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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 120

Fire in Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

Damage estimated at £25,000 was done by fire which completely gutted the cask and barrel making premises of R. Bab[?]dge and Sons, at Mile End, early this morning…

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Kerosene Find at Fire Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 23

Following a fire in a six-roomed house at South Brisbane this morning, police found eight bottles of kerosene on the premises with…

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Big Fire Open Verdict "No Blame"

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 25

RETURNING an open verdict at the inquiry Into the fire, which destroyed the premises of Australian…

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Costly City Factory Blaze Three Drops Caused It All Bullion And Film Were Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

THREE drops of ducothinner, falling on a radiator in the basement, started the fire…

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£25,000 Damage Caused by Fire Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

A spectacular fire to-day destroyed the barrel-making plant and office of R. Badidge and Sons, coopers,of Mile End. The damage is estimated…

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Factory Fire. Raycophone Ltd. Two Firemen Hurt Damage Said to be £30,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

Two firemen were injured, an employee had one hand gashed and his hair singed, and property worth about £30,000 was destroyed in a fire which broke out in the factory of…

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Four Injured Broken Crockery in Cottage "Mix-up" Claim to Police Blood On Floor Outbreak of Fire

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 10

THOUGH they, have been unable to secure any definite information of what happened, detectives…

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Fire in Boulevarde

The Biz · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 4

During clearing operations in The Boulevarde, near Wren[?]nore-street, Fairfield, on Wednesday evening, a fire got out, of control and spread over a small…

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Fire Brigade Maintenance

The St George Call · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 6

Willoughby Municipal Council asked Kogarah Council last Monday night to co-operate in a protest to tho Government in regard to the-councils’ 25…

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Fierce Fire in Melbourne Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 7

Fireman effected a good save in extinguishing a fierce blaze in three-storey building at Russell and Little Collins Streets, city early…

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Fire in Factory. Coroner's Inquiry. Open Verdict Returned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 5

Further inquiry was made yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) into a fire which occurred on December 21, 1935, at Australian Slippers, Limited, Phillip-street, Waterloo. An…

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Fire Rages in Mungindi 9 Buildings One Man Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 7

A fire late last night threatened the whole of one portion of Mungindi, where there is no fire…

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Melbourne Fire. Damage Estimated at £11,000. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 12

Prompt action by 75 firemen saved a three-story building at the intersectien of Russell and Little Collins streets, Melbourne, from destruction by fire early this morning…

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Fire Ruin 17 Buildings Women Weep Shops Vanish Mungindi

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 11

ANOTHER blaze last night, which destroyed nine buildings, increased the great ruin by fire, which in five…

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£10,000 FIRE. Nine Buildings Destroyed. Fight to Save Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 12

Dramatic scenes occurred late last night and early this morning when the townspeople of [?] turned out to fight a fire which [?] the main buildings of the town…

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Many Hurt in Fire at Mungindi Business Centre Destroyed £20,000 LOSS

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 7

THE whole of the township of Mungindi combated a fire which destroyed a big portion of the shopping centre late last night. The damage…

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Open Finding in City Fire Company Was Not to Blame Rider Added By Coroner Big Factory

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 3

AN open finding was recorded by the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday at the conclusion of the inquiry into the origin of the fire…

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Fires. Technical College

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 21

The prompt action of an employee. William Swain, was responsible for the checking of a fire which broke out on the first floor of the East Sydney Technleal College yesterday…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 10

A weatherboard cottage, the property of Mrs. A. M. Wilkinson, occupied by Mr. Otto Albert Kalms and his family, was destroyed by fire early to-day. The cottage is outside…

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Council Payments to Fire Board

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 8

"With modern buildings, the risk of fire is not as great as in the past, yet the Fire Board had not reduced the amount of council's…

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