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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 98

Flying Boat Destroyed by Fire London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 5

AN R.A.F. flying boat has been destroyed by fire at Plymouth…

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Tile Works Fire Good Save by Brigades

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 6

Parramatta, Wentworthville, Granville, and Burwood fire brigades made a great save at Shannon's brick and tile works, Wentworthville, on Friday night…

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Burnt Out Points

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 7

If the points in the ignition distributor burn out fairly early in the life of a car, the cause is almost certain to be a faulty coil. Replacement of the coil will avoid a repetition of the…

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Blaze in Sussex Street

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 8

Waiting for dinner to be served in a city restaurant last night, Mr. R. Althouse was told that the building occupied by his firm, in Sussex Street,…

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Fire in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 8

Prompt work by firemen from headquarters and other stations, who arrived within a few minutes of the alarm being given, saved the three-storied building of Aithouse and Geiger,…

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Blaze In Sussex Street Store Good Save Made by Firemen Hundreds Watch Flames Heavy Loss

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

CITY firemen made a spectacular save early last night when the premises of Althouse and Geiger. painters and signwriters, in Sussex…

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Man Is Remanded on £100 BAIL Charged With Setting Fire to Premises

The Sun · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 9

Ronald Allenby Worvill (18). salesman, was remanded at Central Police Court to-day, till April 7, on charges of maliciously setting fire to premises…

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Spanish Civil War Planes Silence Batteries Air Raiders Started Huge Fires Rebels' Reverse Gibraltar

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

WITH huge fires and explosions, which could be seen and heard across the Mediterranean at Gibraltar, Spanish Government planes, following the recent successful "push," bombed the rebel stronghold at Ceuta (Spanish Morocco) and silenced the…

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Fire in Native School in New Zealand Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 5

Schoolboys dashed into the mazing Waerengahika native college, near Gisborne, to save furniture and other valuables. Only the chapel escaped…

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Soccer. Brimstone and Fire Sparking Industrialists All But Burn Up Arlington Goodyear and Metters Draw

Truth · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 6

SUSTAINED action—stand shaking bumps—torrid tussling in goal mouth melees—more squeals than a piggery—zambucs getting a rub between spells—players walking off and being carried off—JUST some of the highlights that…

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Open Verdict Fairfield Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 4

An open verdict was returned by the Liverpol District Coroner (Mr. P. Poolman) on Saturday, when he inquired in to the destruction by fire of a two-room…

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Fire at Grafton. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 7

A fire occurred to-day in Penney's bulk grocery store, and damage to the extent of £2000 or more was done. Grafton Fire Brigade cut off the fire from the main…

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Coroner's Verdict Green Valley Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

Her attention drawn by loud reports, Mrs. Hannah Brown saw smoke coming from a house in Green Valley on the afternoon of February…

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Stayed in House During Fire

The Sun · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 11

Running from a fire in a house in Brougham-street, Darlinghurst, today, a woman, named Mrs. Chisholm fell and was injured…

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Zion City. Tabernacle Destroyed by Fire. Zion City (Illinois), April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 10

The wooden tabernacle in which the general overseer of Zion City (Rev. W. G. Voliva) preached that the world was flat, was destroyed to-day by a fire which also destroyed a…

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Mosquito Plague in the North Indirectly Caused Injury To Boy Fell at Fire Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

THE mosquito plague, which has been expelled from the city area. Is still harassing residents of the cuter suburbs…

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Injured During Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 1

While climbing out of a window of a flat on the ground floor of a residential in Brougham Street. Darlinghurst, yesterday afternoon. to…

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Woman Injured. Escaping From Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 11

When fire broke out in residential premises at 203 Brougham-street, Darlinghurst yesterday, Mrs. Grace Leete, one of the occupants, who had been ill, left her bed and…

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Fire Fighter Retires Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 7

The captain of the T[?] Hill fire brigade for the past 14 years, Mr. P. Galbraith. has retired from the service. He has been an active member of the brigade…

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Fire Brigade's Save. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 9

Prompt action by the Dubbo fire brigade yesterday saved one of Dubbo's oldest homesteads from destruction. The brigade was called to Mr. F. H. Harvey's property,…

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