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Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 120

Fire Sale

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 6

Portion of the enormous stock at present being unpacked from 788 cases which have arrived from the recent fire at A. Kent-'s softgoods warehouse, 175-177 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. The stock will be offered for safe by The Hub Ltd., 393 Pitt Street, at 9 a.m. to-morrow…

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Blow-out Trawler Peril Like Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 17

A BLOW-OUT in the stokehold disabled the trawler Mary Cam, between the heads at 9 a.m. to-day, but…

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Sow Eats Chickens, Sets Barn On Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 1

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--A sow ate 250 chickens, valued at £20, and set a barn on Are, at Mr. A. Thomson's farm, near Grafton…

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Outbreak of Fire. Motor Ship Tarn. Rotterdam, July 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 14

The Norwegian motor ship Tarn (6850 tons) arrived here to-day with fire aboard. It is believed that the outbreak is under control. [The Tarn was scheduled to sail from…

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Sow Eats 250 Chicks. Sets Fire to Barn. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1936 · page 14

Bieaklng into a specially healed incubator, containing 250 chickens, on the farm of A. Thompson, of Whiteman Creek, a sow ate the lot…

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Exciting Fire Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 11

Here's most exciting news for shoppers--a fire sale! The Hub, Ltd., have secured the enormous stock, which was damaged to the extent of £75,000,…

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Fire at Bexley

The Propeller · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 7

When a weatherboard cottage in Stoney Creek Road, Bexley, caught fire last Saturday night firemen from the Bexley and Kogarah brigades…

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Pictures in the Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 4

Mr. Frank Harty will give a talk at Pakle's Club, 319 Elizabeth-street, this evening, entitled "Pictures in the Fire."…

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Fire at Wallarobba. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 7

Early this morning the home of Mr. Duncan Fraser, at Wallarobba, about ten miles from Dungog, was totally destroyed by fire, including the post and telephone office, which…

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Tarn on Fire. Damage Not Serious

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 4

While the Norwegian motor-ship Tarn was leading cargo at Rotterdam for Australia, general cargo in No. 3 hold caught on fire…

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Protection From Cold. Fire Bucket on Plough. Lithgow

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

During the past week light snow has fallen in the district, particularly in the Oberon area. In an endeavour to keep warm on cold, windy days, one ploughman carries a…

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Sheets of Fire Girl Flees By Window MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 34

Awakened by the roar of fire at 4 a.m. to-day, Grace Cottell, 17-year-old daughter of Mr. Richard Cottell, of Middlesex-road, Surrey Hills,…

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Vandalism in Spain. Historic Shrines Desecrated. Communist Orgy of Fire and Rapine

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 40

An orgy of church and convent burning after the recent elections in Spain disgraced the fair fame of the country that was for centuries the pride of the Catholic…

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Dangers Besetting Motorists Warnings Sounded By N.R.M. A. In Budget Fire Risks

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 July 1936 · page 11

"BEWARE! Danger!" would be an appropriate title for the weekly budget Issued by the N.R.M.A. last night…

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Petrol Blaze Disastrous Fire

The Sun · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 18

MURWILLUMBAH. Friday.-- A bam and its contents were gutted, a car almost completely destroyed, and the owner severely burned when…

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Fire Sale

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 10

This photograph shows a section of the crowd clamoring for bargains yesterday -- the opening day of The Hub's sale of smoke, fire and…

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Fire at Parsonage

The Biz · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 4

Some excitement and inconvenience was caused at the Methodist Parsonage, York-street, Fairfield, on Tuesday night. when a chrmney caught alight. The local…

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Fire in City Store

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 16

Apparently caused by a short-circuit, a fire broke out in an electric switch-board in the store of Edward Fay, Ltd., Pitt Street, city, last night…

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Fire Buckets on Ploughs

The Land · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 21

To combat the extreme cold weather occasioned by falls of snow, farmers in the Lithgow and Oberon districts were carrying fire buckets on their…

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Disastrous Fire Occurs In Shops CASINO

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 10

A DISASTROUS file occurred at Woodburn this morning. It started in a baker's garage, spread to H. Lakis' shop, and then destroyed J…

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