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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 120

Explosion. Residential Wrecked. 15 People Hurt. Fire Follows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 17

A building: at the corner of Market[?] and Kent streets, city, was wrecked, about 15 people were injured, and hundreds of windows were shattered…

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Disastrous Explosion And Fire In The City Residential Wrecked In Explosion Building Gutted by Fire Big List Of Injured City Blast

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

SEVERAL people had miraculous escapes from death or serious injury lost night in a sensational explosion, entailing the shattering and…

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Sixteen Victims in City Gas Blast Five Trapped When Wrecked Residential Takes Fire Windows of Fifteen Buildings Smashed; Car Ruined Door Blown Across Street Into Shop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

Four men and a woman were trapped in a fire which followed a terrific explosion at six o'clock last night in a residential on the corner of Market and Clarence Streets, City…

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Four Die in Fire London

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 15

FOUR persons were burnt to death, and several others suffered severe burns, in a fire which occurred in the West End…

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Four Die in Big Fire Flames Cut Off Escape London

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1936 · page 5

Four people, including a husband and wife, were incinerated, and several others were seriously injured in a…

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Fires on Shipboard

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 5

The 134th annual report of the committee of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association contains an interesting review of the work of…

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Saturday's First Nights Dramatic Fire of Bette Davis Vivid Personality at the Plaza

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 8

The vivid personality of Bette Davis, one of the screen's few talented dramatic actresses, is provided with a first-class…

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Fire Your Silver Bullets, Now !

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 1

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Fire at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 14

A weatherboard cottage at the corner of Balgowlah-road and Condamine-street. Manly, was burnt last night. The cottage had not been occupied for about four years, and the…

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Shoe Store Fire No Action By Crown

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 6

The Solicitor-General has directed that no further proceedings be taken against Athol Reginald Hyland, who, at the Coroner's Court on…

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By Skin Escaped Fire No Clothes Couple's Loss Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 11

AS the Upwey fire brigade arrived at a burning week-end home in the hills near the township early to-day a man, clad only in…

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POP Fat In The Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 9

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Fire Calls Record Last Year

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 28

A record number of fire calls-- 5065 --was recorded in Sydney and suburbs last year, according to the annual report of the Board of Fire…

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Auburn Co-Operates Elimination of Fire Board Contribution

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Requesting council's cooperation in approaching the Government with a view to securing an alternation of the law to eliminate the payment by…

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Homes' Peril Victorian Bushfires MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 19

Leaping a road and endangering several homes, a bushfire is raging on Mount Buninyong, near Ballarat. The fire broke out last night in…

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Fire Board Contributions

The Biz · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

Holroyd Council has decided to attend a conference to consider a proposal to ask the Government for a reduction of contributions to the Fire Board. The…

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Fires Were a Record in Sydney Last Year

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

CONSTITUTING a record in the history of the service, 6005 fire calls were recorded in Sydney and suburbs for the year 1035, the…

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Fires in Metropolis. Record Number of Calls Last Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

The annual report of the Fire Board Commissioners, tabled in Parliament yesterday, showed that there were 5065 fire calls recorded in Sydney and suburbs in 1935—a record in…

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Fire in Home Shock For Dancers

The Sun · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

Returning at 2 a.m. to-day from a dance, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Morgan opened the door of their home in Verdun-street, Bexley, and found…

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Fire Continues to Rage Heavy Mountain Timber Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

A STEADY fire was burning among the heavy timber on Mount Buninyong, near Ballarat, to-day, despite the fact that several hundred men…

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