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Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 120

Fire Brigades Team May Tour

The Sun · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

A proposal is afoot for the New South Wales Fire Brigade Union team to tour Victoria and South Australia. Details have not yet…

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New Trial in Cessnock Fire Case

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 10

A SEQUEL to the death of a man in a neighboring house after a fire and explosion in a furniture emporium in Cessnock at 2.30 a.m. on…

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Country News. Fire Destroys House. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 8

The residence of K. Shearer, at Morven, was destroyed by fire. Shearer was awakened by the flames, and had only time to seize his coat before leaving. The damage is estimated…

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Drover Burned to Death Fell Into Fire at Jerilderie

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 7

A Jerilderie drover, John Smith, about 60, was burned to death when he fell into a fire at Jerilderie yesterday. He was…

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Arms Felt As If on Fire Nights of Agony With Neuritis

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 11

She had tried so many "remedies" --always without result--that she had little faith in anything. But finally something induced her to try Kruschen…

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"Keep Nit" Woman's Evidence Rice Mill Fire Two Men for Trial Griffith

The Sun · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 19

MRS. MAGNUS, gave remarkable evidence at the coroner's enquiry into the cause of the Yenda rice mill fire…

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Warehouse Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 18

Fire broke out in a warehouse at No. 97 York-street, city, this morning. The premises contain highly inflammable material, and the flames quickly burned…

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Injured in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 2

Awaking to find his bed in a residential in King Street, Newtown, smouldering Reginald Pearson smashed through the window, and dropped to…

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Fire In Big City Building

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 2

Firemen had to work swiftly to control a fire in the basement of a six-storey building in York Street, near Market Street, early this…

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Woman Alleges Fire Plot Griffith

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 5

Walter Smith and Clarence Stanley Hall were committed for trial at the Narrandera Sessions by the Coroner today, on a charge of…

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Escape From Fire. Man's Leap From Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 18

In escaping from a blazing bedroom at a residential apartment at the corner of Station-street and Enmore-road, Newtown, early this morning, Reginald Pearson, 32, chemist, of…

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Cat Gives Alarm. House on Fire. Occupant's Narrow Escape. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 17

Roused by the excited antics of a household cat a resident of Smithtown Lower Macleay, was awakened in the early hours on the morning to discover the next-door…

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Police Fire on Mob. 10,000 on Strike in Serbia. Belgrade, May 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 18

Ten thousand building workers are striking for higher wages and shorter hours. Police fired on a mob of demonstrators, killing one person and wounding six…

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Rice Mill Fire. Two Men Committed for Trial. Solicitor's Alleged Offer. Griffith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 17

Extraordinary allegations were made at an inquiry at Griffith into the burning of the Yenda rice mill on March 10, at the conclusion of which the district coroner (Mr. A. Savage)…

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Is There a Hoodoo on Bass Strait? "Taroona" Fire Lesson to Shipping Co.'s Only Lucky Chance Averted Holocaust

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 5

CHANCE alone obviated a repetition of the "Morro Castle" or "L'Atlantique" holocausts when fire broke out aboard the "Taroona" at North Wharf, Melb., on May 10…

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Attempt to Fire Curl Curl Home

Truth · Sunday 31 May 1936 · page 15

ELABORATE preparations by a supposed thief apparently to destroy a cottage at Curl Curl, were reported to police last night by William…

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Police Fire, Strikers Fall Belgrade

The Sun · Sunday 31 May 1936 · page 1

During a building workers' strike the police fired on a mob of demonstrators, killing one and injuring six. The men struck for higher wages…

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Gas Fires An Efficient Fuel

The Sun · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 12

During recent years gas hes made enormous strides as the fuel for house-he[?]ting. The gas fire, as illustrated at the A.G.L. Company's display in the Strand Building…

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Factory Is Swept by Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 5

DAMAGE estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused by a fire, the origin, of which is unknown. The outbreak occurred in…

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Fire Brigade Ball High Efficiency Standard Among Volunteers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 2

There was a large and happy gathering at the annual ball of the Cabramatta Fire Brigade, in the Protea Hall, Cabramatta, last week. Proceeds from…

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