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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 120

Big Blaze in Fire Station Thought Alarm Was Out Of Order Auckand (N.z.), March 27

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 7

THE fierce gale which has swept the Dominion was responsible for the razing of the Whangarel fire station in a manner which, were it…

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Fire Mystery

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 11

At the conclusion of his inquiry today into the fire which gutted the premises of Sweet Bros., Ltd., in Newtown on March 7, the City…

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Fire at Darlinghurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 6

A fire which broke out in a residential at the corner of Surrey and Victoria streets, Darlinghurst, on Saturday, threatened to spread to surrounding premises, but was…

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Car on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 3

A motor car belonging to Dennis Toohey, Carlton-parade, Carlton, caught fire at the corner of Harris and Weston streets, last night…

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Brigade Puts Out Fire In Silence

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 9

Because a man was in [?]icate health and a shock might have imperilled his life, firemen put out a fire in a house in Conie…

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Clothes on Fire. Woman's Condition Serious

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 9

Mrs. Maud Murray, 26, of Morehead-street, Redfern, was shockingly burned on the back, legs, and hands when her clothing caught fire as she was working by an open stove at her…

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On Fire New Tricolor HONGKONG

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 1

The passengers aboard the Norwegian motor ship Tricolor, which Is reported to be on fire in the North Pacific include Mr. L. E. Andrewes…

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Fire on Two Holdings. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 7

A fire which occurred on Mr. J. E. Jelbart's property, Stony Park West, when burning off was in progress, swept through about 150 acres of, the holding and about 30 acres of…

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Fire Causes Damage to Hotel Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 April 1936 · page 5

A fire broke out In the early, hours of this morning in the Commercial Hotel, South Morang. It destroyed the dining hall and several…

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Fire Board

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 12

The City Council yesterday received a letter from Woverley Council asking that it appoint a delegate to attend a meeting of councils…

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Fire at Mossgiel. Mossgiel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 14

About 9.30 to-nighl a fire broke out in the cellar of the stoie conducted by Mr. Thomas Honeyman. A bucket brigade was quickly summoned by telephone, and about…

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Fire Cause Carelessness Alleged MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 27

Carelessness as the main cause of the recent bushfires in Dandenong Ranges was alleged before the Bush Fire Brigades Inquiry Commission…

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M.V. TRICOLOR On Fire in Pacific

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 4

The Norwegian motor ship Tricolor, owned by the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line, is reported to have caught fire in the North Pacific whilst bound from…

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Fire in Store a Mystery Director's Evidence at Inquiry

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 8

EVIDENCE that the firm was not in financial difficulties, its assets exceeding liabilities by £51,000, was given by the managing director,…

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On Fire at Sea. Motor Ship Tricolor. Hong Kong, April 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 11

The Norwegian motor ship Trlcoloi is on [?] the North Pacific. Amone, the passengers are Mr. L. E. Andrewes, Deputy Registrar of the Hong Kong…

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Ambrose Palmer Went Out In A Blaze Of Glory TECHNICAL K. O. in Twelfth Fought On With Eyes Badly Cut Kelly a "Keller"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 3

AMBROSE PALMER does not know the meaning of surrender. With blood, flowing from cuts on both eyes, and with legs refusing to answer nature's call, he turned down an invitation by the referee at the end of the eleventh round of his fight with Leo Kelly to capitulate…

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Snow After Bush Fires in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Last week -- bush fires; today -- snow, thunderstorms, and threat of floods. That is Victoria's experience…

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Blaze Caused By Fireball Damage In Storm

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

IN the sharp electrical storm which swept over the metropolitan area yesterday afternoon a fireball struck a tramway "feeder" switch at the corner of Evans Street and Weston Road, Rozelle, and a fire immediately broke out. Balmain and Rozelle brigades…

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Granville Fire Station

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 24

Mr. T. D. Mutch, a Fire Commissioner, advised Granville Council last night that the Fire Board had decided not to remove the Granville…

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Liner a Blaze of Light

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

A STRIKING PICTURE taken with a long focus lens of the giant liner Queen Mary when the vessel was floodlit, before leaving the Clyde…

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