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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 98

St. Gabriel's School, Castle Hill. Fire Destroys Christian Brothers' Residence

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 30

During the 15 years of its existence, St. Gabriel's has successfully carried on its work of teaching and training the deaf and dumb. Nearly 100 deaf mutes scattered…

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£10,000 Involved. Fire in a Wool Store An Insurance Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 6

Many other claims by farmers and graziers whose wool was destroyed when the store of Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., at Pyrmont, was…

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St. Gabriel's School for Deaf Boys, Castle Hill. Destruction by Fire

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 30

During the fifteen years of its existence St. Gabriel's has successfully carried on its work of teaching ami training the deaf and dumb. Nearly one hundred…

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Summer Golf Meeting Held in the Rain. Cheery Log Fires for Weary Players. (From Our Special Representative) BOWRAL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 20

Apparently the clerk of the weather got the seasons slightly mixed for the summer meeting of the Ladies' Golf Union, which began at Bowral on Tuesday. Driving rain, a bitterly cold southerly, and mist were the order of the day, instead of the weather one optimistically…

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Brigades Organised in London In Cases Of Fire After Air Attack Peace Time Move London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

AN emergency fire brigade organisation against an air attack with incendiary bombs was the subject of a statement by the Home…

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Fire Board Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 17

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) said yesterday that the election for three years of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which was held on February 23, resulted in…

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Smoker Who Started Fatal Fire. Acquitted of Manslaughter Charge. New York, Feb. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 12

William Hoffman, a house painter, who was charged with second-degree manslaughter following a fire in a four-story residential building, in which five persons were killed, was…

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Police Fire on Crowd. Two Killed in Hungary. Miners' "Stay-in" Strike. BUDAPEST, Feb. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 12

Gendarmes killed three persons and wounded seven when they fired a volley into a group of miners and women who were demonstrating in support of a "stay-in" strike in a…

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M.C.C. Battery of Fire and Venom Reliance On Pace No Fears of Bodyline Tactics Test Eve Practice Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 1

ENGLAND has announced the 12 players from which the fifth Test team will be selected. Sims has been discarded. If Worthington plays it is…

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Bush Fire Threatened Dalwood Home

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 8

After fighting for four hours yesterday, firemen from Headquarters end Manly extinguished a big bush fire which swept through a large area…

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Blaze Faced Calmly Trained Children Ready When Home Threatened Forest Fire Checked at Hospital Fence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 5

PREPARED for emergencies by weekly drill, children remained remarkably calm when fire threatened the Dalwood Health Home at French's Forest above the Spit, yesterday…

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Full Speed to Port Fire On Liner Duntroon Under Control Adelaide

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1937 · page 5

THE interstate liner, Duntroon, is returning at full speed to Adelaide with a fire in her No. 4 hold…

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Fire Over England London

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 5

A chain of bonfires will extend from Land's End to John o' Groats on the night of Coronation Day. A suggestion by the "Dally Sketch"…

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Fire Fighting Mammoth Motor Ladder

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 12

AMONG the many faculties that have increased greatly in efficiency thanks to the automobile, is fire fighting. Nowadays firemen…

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Fire in Hold Ship Puts Back To Adelaide ADELAIDE

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1937 · page 17

WITH a fire in her No. 4 hold definitely under control, the interstate motor vessel Duntroon returned to Outer Harbor Some anxiety was felt in Adelaide at the possibility of a stampede among a number of racehorses which were travelling to Fremantle on the…

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Fire at Lime Works

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 7

Auckland, Monday.--Premises of Miranda Shell Lime Development United were burned to the ground. Damage amounted to £10,000 and 600…

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Fire in Motorship. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 11

The motor ship Duntroon, on which a fire had broken out on Friday night, resumed the voyage to Western Australia this morning. The outbreak occurred when the vessel was…

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Fire In Racing Stables MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 1

WHEN methylated spirit fumes ignited at William Burke's racing stables, Crown St., Newmarket, this morning, two grooms were…

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Duntroon's Fire Second Outbreak ADELAIDE

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 4

The Melbourne S.S. Co.'s interstate motor vessel Duntroon returned to Adelaide at 7.15 p.m. on Saturday after having fought and extinguished…

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Bombs, Fires, Slaughter Day of Terror in Addis Ababa London

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 9

THE first account by an eye-witness of the recent bombing in Addis Ababa is given by the Djibouti…

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