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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 120

Open Finding In Office Fire CESSNOCK

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 4

THE Coroner today found that the office of Albert Edward Westcott, solicitor, had been maliciously set one fire by…

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Bl—2nd Division Skylarks' V Fire Brigade

The Biz · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 10

W. Hampton and R. Thompson v C. LawTence and Chapman 6-2; Miss Larkin and J. Wayman v Mrs. Chapman and Edwards 5-6; Mrs. Maccionn[?] and R…

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Pirate Carrying on Girl Pat Threat to Fire London

The Sun · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 1

THE pirate trawler, Girl Pat, is still carrying on, it appears, and the tragedy reported from the Bahamas had…

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City Fire £1000 Damage Girls' Dash

The Sun · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 8

TRAPPED in a small shop in Pitt-street, near Liverpool-street, city, to-day, when the show window burst into…

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Dash to Aid Ship on Fire Dramatic Rescue Of Passengers Story Told Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 June 1936 · page 1

AN account of the rescue of a number of passengers from the blazing Norwegian vessel, Tricolor, in the North Pacific, was related by…

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Girls Dash From City Store Blaze

The Sun · Sunday 21 June 1936 · page 15

Fire caused £1000 damage in ten minutes in Chapman's Eastern Art Stores, Pitt-street, yesterday. Three young girl…

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Fireman Said Hot Music Made Blaze

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 5

NEARLY 40 chickens perished in a blaze in on incubator belonging to Lanyon and Sons at the rear of their shop in George Street…

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Car on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 2

Caused by a backfire in the exhaust, a fire broke out in a car belonging to Mr. H. Lipscombe, in the yard of his home, 15 Harrow-road, Auburn, last…

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Fire in Lock-up Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 6

A fire which broke out early on Saturday morning in a lock-up shop at 391a Pitt-street, city, was extinguished with chemicals by members of the headquarters fire brigade, but…

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Threat to Fire on Planes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 2

A THREAT to fire on low-flying aeroplanes has been made by a farmer who lives between Goulburn and Canberra…

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Fire Damages Bakery Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 5

A fire which broke out in a bakery promises of Robert Ovens, Mount Alexander Road, Ponds, this afternoon, caused severe damage to both…

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Notes Recovered From Fire. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 7

Mr.H.F. Kealy, licensee of the Great Northern Hotel, which was destioyed by fire last week, has been advised that the bank will accept the notes recovered from the hotel…

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Arms Felt As If on Fire Nights of Agony With Neuritis

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 6

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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Tension In Ireland Police Fire on I.R.A. Party Dublin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 3

SHOTS were fired by police at College Green this morning when supporters of the Irish…

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To Blazes With Fire Engines!

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 1

THE capture of the pirate trawler Girl Pat reminds me of the good old days when I was a…

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No Right to Fire at Plane Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 1

The farmer living between Goulbum and Canberra who threatens to shoot at low-flying aeroplanes on the Sydney-Melbourne route will be charged…

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Cars in Blaze. Fire at Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 10

Two motor cars were practically destroyed early this morning when a fire broke out in a shed used as a garage and livery stables in Verona-street…

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Kept to Bed Through Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 2

The calmest man in Sydney was revealed in a fire which destroyed two cars in a livery stable off Oxford Street, Paddington, early today…

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Fire Danger Dense Bushes on Land

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 16

There was a serious danger of fire, said Mr. A. M. Barton, of Goulburn, in a letter to Ermington Rydalmere Council on Monday, complaining of the dense…

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The Childrens Page Goody Gossamer's Rhymes. Pictures in the Fire

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 39

When I was quite a little girl— Ah, me, that's long ago! I loved to sit beside the fire And watch its leaping glow…

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