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Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 120

Fire at Boatshed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 12

A 46-foot launch, built for deep-sea fishing, was considerably damaged early this morning at the boatshed of W. Holmes and Co., at Lavender Bay…

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Fire Destroys Sawmill. Stroud

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 9

Woods' sawmill, on the simsvine-road, and a quantity of timber were destroyed by fire yesterday. Splendid work on the part of the employees saved the greater part of the…

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Fire at Inverell. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 9

Damage estimated at £2000 was done this morning in a cafe in the business portion of Otho-street. The premises are part of a block of buildings owned by E. C. Body, and were…

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Korean Benedictines. Fire Causes Heavy Damage

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 28

A fire broke out in the carpentry shop of the Benedictine Monastery at Tokowon, Korea, on January 2, destroying the workroom and all equipment, a large supply…

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Fire in School. Children's Orderly Exit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 17

Pupils were marched in orderly fashion out of their classrooms when a fire broke out in the Public school in King-street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon…

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Fire Brigades' Team

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 21

The following New South Wales Fire Brigades' Kentwell Cup team will meet North Bondi in a practice match at the Weigall Ground today at 3 p.m.:--C. Eustace;…

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Boat on Fire Speedboat Events

The Sun · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 7

Averaging 50 miles per hour for ten miles Cottien, skippered by Harry McEvoy, won the first heat of the motor boat championship of New South Wales for the…

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Car Destroyed by Fire. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 12

When Mr. T. Deconlay and Dr. Simons, of Warwick, were travelling in a car in the Billabilla district, the car burst into flames, and they had barely time to escape before the…

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Friends of the Poor Society The Fire Jesus Lit

The Methodist · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 10

We lit a fire on the beach—a real fire with a fierce glow, and the music of crackling wood. My troop of Boy Scouts, in camp, passed silently along the river beach like conspirators. We might…

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Communal Riots. Attempts to Fire Mosques. Troops Called Out. Bombay, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 15

British troops were called out, following communal riots at Poona, arising from a dispute over music played in front of a Hindu temple, to which Mohammedans objected…

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House Fire Incendiarism Suspected

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 6

Circumstances surrounding a fire at the home of Mrs. Nora Smith, 6 Beatrice-street, lead to believe that incendiarism may have been the…

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Machine Factory Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 6

Two businesses were ruined, 20 men thrown out of work, and more than £8000 damage was caused by a fire which occurred on the top floor…

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Fire Destroys Car. Tullamore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 7

Early yesterday Mr. J. Buchan, of Gunningbland, was awakened at his hotel to learn that his car, parked in front of the hotel, was a mass of flames. The cause of the…

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Mystery Clubhouse Goes £1500 Damage Suspicious Fires Moree

The Sun · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 16

A LONG list of mysterious fires which have taken place in unattended houses in Moree during the past few…

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Arabs Blamed for Fire Wrath Against Jews Jerusalem

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 April 1936 · page 4

It is believed that incendiarism on the part of Arabs was responsible for a fire which destroyed a Jewish food factory…

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Mysterious Fires Clubhouse Destroyed. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 11

The list of mysterious fires, which have taken place in unattended houses in Moree during the past few months was added to when the Moree bowling clubhouse was…

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Fires in Hay District. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 9

A fire yesterday morning destroyed the garage of Mrs. W. J. Simpson, in Pine-street, together with a Studebaker car it contained. Neither was insured. A bucket brigade…

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Incendiary Fires. New York, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 11

Extraordinary concentration by the police to-day failed to bring about the capture of a man, who for several consecutive Sunday mornings has terrorised the tenement section…

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Water Key Was Stolen Big Blaze at Moree Moree

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 7

The theft of a key used to turn water into the town mains was one of the sensational incidents connected with a fire which destroyed…

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By the Dead Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 April 1936 · page 23

—"RETINA" (17) took this picture at 11 o'clock at night…

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