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Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 120

The Shanty on the RISE! The Fire Woman

The World's News · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 6

RATA BOB poked the fire reflectively and then told us how the volcanoes and boiling springs in New Zealand came into existence…

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Two Cottages Destroyed Fire at Boggabri. BOGGABRI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 19

Last night two cottages were completely destroyed by fire in Oakham-street, Boggabri. One belonged to Mrs. C. Hansen, and was [?]upled by her, and the other, owned by…

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Lloyd George Under Fire BARRAGE From High Officers Moral Courage

The Sun · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 13

Lloyd George is still under heavy fire in England because of his memoirs, which attack, with all the fiery conviction of his nature, persons who were in high places in wartime…

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Chimney Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 3

A chimney at the home of Mrs. Bradford, in Mary-street, Auburn, caught fire on Thursday. The Auburn Fire Brigade extinguished the blaze…

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Fire in Campbell-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 10

Premises occupied by Chinese tenants in Campbell-street, city, were damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. The building was of two floors. Two rooms and their contents on the…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 6

An eight-roomed cottage owned Dy Mr. H. Lumley, of Wardell, was destroyed by fire. O. Holwell, who was on night shift on the Wardell ferry, noticed the fire at about 3.30…

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Trouble With Hydrant Fire Victim's Allegation Shed Destroyed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1936 · page 11

That sand and dirt had to be broken away before a fire hydrant in Vaughan-street, Lidcombe, could be opened was stated by Cyrus Claude Hayes on…

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Torch Fires Passions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 3

THE ROUTE TAKEN by the Olympic torch from Greece to Berlin. Its arrival at Vienna was the occasion for an outbreak of Nazi rowdyism and street-fighting. The above poster is one of many to be exhibited at the third Annual International Poster…

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Wool Store Fires

The Land · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 8

Several hundred bales of wool were destroyed in a fire which demolished the stores of the Hawkes Bay Farmers' Co-operative…

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Fight Against Fire. Three Homes Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 12

A fire broke out early this morning at Hazelbrook, and at 3 o'clock was sweeping down Oaklands-road. Three houses were destroyed. They…

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Fought Fire Mayor Of Bathurst KATOOMBA

The Sun · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 7

At 1.30 a.m. to-day, the Mayor of Bathurst (Alderman Griffin) who, with the council's engineer (Mr. Adams), was motoring from Sydney…

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Along Parapet To Escape From Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 11

To escape from a fire which enveloped Aberdeen House, in Collins-street, to-day, the caretaker (Mr. Harold Howard), with his wife and…

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Old Lady Fell Into Fire While Asleep NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 10

DOZING off to sleep while sitting in an armchair at her home in Throsby Street, Wickham, to-night, Mrs. Mather Thompson, 60, fell into…

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Fire Drill in the Fleet—additions to England's Cricket Team—

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 July 1936 · page 14

A rating on the destroyer flotilla leader, H.M.A.S. Stuart, wearing an oxygen mask, about to descend into the engine-room with fire fighting apparatus during fire drill at Jervis Bay. A. Fagg (Kent), a…

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National Park Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 18

Large areas of scrub caught alight yesterday in National Park, in the vicinity of the road to Marley. The fires had been smouldering all Thursday night, out broke out fiercely…

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Hearse on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 18

A motor hearse, belonging to Wood Coffin Limited, funeral directors, caught fire in Pitt-street near Martin-place, last night. The first warning the driver had was when…

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Mayor Helps to Fight Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 2

ALL THAT REMAINED of two of the three cottages which were destroyed by fire in Oakland Street, Hazelbrook, early yesterday morning. The Mayor of Bathurst (Alderman Griffin), who was motoring home from Sydney, helped to fight the fire…

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Dog Gave Warning of Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 7

Awakened early to-day by the harking of their dog, Harold Howard and his wife, caretakers of Aberdeen House, an office building in Collins…

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Fire Sprinklers. False Alarm in City Store

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 18

A flood of water gushed across Park-street, temporarily disorganising traffic, when heat from an incinerator set automatic sprinklers at work in the furniture store of Bebarfald's,…

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From the Frying-pan Into the Fire Pay-On-The Nail Suburban Bookie's Hurtful Leap

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 August 1936 · page 8

OVER the air racing results gave club and pub bookies a sorry dinge last week which created a new price control--and further trouble…

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