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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 120

Big Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 5

The flames, fed by stored bags and jute, after a fire had started early last night at the warehouse of A. Abraham and Sons, in Sussex Street. City, soon made a raging furnace. Fire brigades from Headquarters and adjoining stations fought the flames for several hours to get control, and…

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Not in the Fire

The Methodist · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 2

"The Lord was not in the fire."—1 Kings 19:12. Elijah has been referred to as the prophet of the fire. Not that he, in common with many other peoples, worshipped the fire, but for him…

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Big Fire. City Warehouse. Fine Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 17

Fire broke out on the ground floor of premises occupied by A. Abrahams and Sons Pty., Ltd., sack and bag merchants, in Sussex-street, city, last night, and in a few…

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Country News. Inquiry Into Fire. Canowindra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 18

Alter inquiring into a fire which, on Boxing night, destroyed a weatherboard cottage at the corner of Ferguson and Belmore streets, Canowindra, the coroner (Mr. F. B. Hinton)…

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Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry, Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 18

The district coroner (Mr. Arthur Sam) returned an open verdict after an inquiry into the cause of a fire which destroyed the farm home, machinery shed, and garage, of Henry…

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Jute Store Is Gutted Big City Blaze Is Quelled Firemen Have Hard Task Heavy Loss

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

A SENSATIONAL fire occurred in the city early last night, when a three-storied warehouse, occupied by A…

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Fire Eats Through Four Floors Sack Merchants Suffer In Sussex Street

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

Burning through from the ground floor to the roof, a fire last night did thousands of pounds' worth of damage to a four-story building in Sussex Street, occupied by A. Abrahams and Sons Pty., Ltd., sack and bag merchants…

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Cut Twig with a Bullet Man Who Did Not Fire Sydney Duel Sequel MACARTHUR

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 8

THERE was a wealth of dramatic color in the duel fought in Paris last week between two young men who had been schoolmates. One of…

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The Adventures of Will Wattle-Gum Clarence Beats The Enemy With A Smoky Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 9

"AND now," thought Clarence Kookaburra, "for a way to get the Stringy-barkers out of the Walloping Caravan and to find Will and…

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Bush Fire

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 2

A smoke haze fills the afternoon And wavers down the argent sky. It veils in misty blues and greens The trees it gently wanders by…

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Latest By Radiophone Sandringham Was Blaze of Light All.Night Anxiety, Then A Sunny Dawn

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 1

After yesterday's heavy fall of snow, London and the greater part of England are basking in glorious sunshine, which is regarded as an augury for the King's recovery from his present very serious illness, the cause of grave discussion…

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Clergyman Seeks New Trial Removal Order Hangs Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 13

Rev. H. E. E. Hayes, of Mernda, who was found guilty by an Ecclesiastical Court of charges of false doctrine and…

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The Challenge Palm Is Our Pick Nifty New Zealander Has Been Setting Track on Fire Keep Moaenza on Safe Side

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 3

WE'VE decided that Mick Poison's chubby and extra well-trained mare, Palm, will just about take next Saturday's big sprint at Randwick, the Challenge. BUT don't get that betting-bit in your mouth and bolt,…

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Ex-servicemen May Yet Rule Over France Cross of Fire a Political Force War-Time Hero Faced By Big Decision PARIS

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 16

WHAT is to be the future of the Croix de Feu, the semi-Fascist organisation of ex-servicemen led by Colonel Casimir de La Rocque, now that agreement has been reached to disarm die "private armies" of the Right…

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Burned by Petrol Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Enveloped in flames when petrol which was being poured into the tank of his motor cycle ignited outside a garage at…

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Clothes on Fire Child Rushed Into Street Wrapped in Flame

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Believed to have ignited her clothing while playing with matches, Sylvia Warner (4) is in Bendigo Hospital in a…

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Seven Trapped In City Fire Leap to Safety One Collapsed Girl Carried Out

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 9

SEVEN business men were entrapped by a fire in a building in George-street north this afternoon, and one collapsed after being rescued. A girl was carried from the building to safety…

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It-top Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Screens at the pithd at Wallsend Colliery were damage[?]y fire to-night. Lambton and Waend brigades put the fire…

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Risked Life To Save Twenty Men Hero of Garage Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 4

''I THOUGHT of the 20 men Working upstairs. Though my strongest inclination was to run, I had to try to slop the petrol tank…

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Fire in Timber Yards

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 5

HEAVY damage was caused by a fire which broke out in Peddigrew's timber yards in Gregory St., Enfield, late last night…

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