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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 98

Shops Destroyed in £10,000 Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

Three new shops were destroyed by the which caused £10,000 damage at Cobden, a town in Western Victoria…

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Big Fire at Manila One Dead, 100,000 Homeless MANILA

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 23

A fire destroyed 1½ square miles of the popular Tondo district and 100,000 people are homeless. One person was killed and 11 were…

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News Of The Late Final World Cabled By Our Correspondents British Warships to Return Fire Destroyer Acted on Instructions First Lord Explains To House Of Commons Protest to Be Made London

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 23

WHEN the British destroyer Gallant fired upon Spanish rebel aircraft which had attacked it, it acted on previous instructions. The First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Samuel…

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Gas Fires Are More Popular

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

THE expansion of the use of gas for room warming is evidenced by figures announced by the National Gas Association of Australia,…

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Fires in Riviera Casinos Paris

The Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 11

While visitors were taking tea in a casino at Juan-les-Pins (Riviera) this afternoon, a fire broke out on the stage and took two hours to…

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Explosion and Fire

The Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 9

Dense volumes of smoke rising from the freighter, Laila, at Boston (U.S.A.). after a terrific explosion which followed a Fire. She had been loaded with nitrate and sugar…

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Radio News. Playing with Fire

The St George Call · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

Love, like the wind, has a habit of blowing where it listeth, and that is the moral of “Fire Hazard” which will be presented by the theatre of the…

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Fire in Railway Shops. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 9

The permanent way workshops, which four years ago were destroyed by fire, were threatened again last night, when the nightwatchman discovered the paint shop…

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Fire in Philippines. 100,000 People Homeless. MANILA, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 11

Fire destroyed one and a half square miles of the popular Tondo district, and 100,000 persons are homeless. One person was killed and 11 injured…

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Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Navy Is Told To Fire If Bombed Off [?]Tanish Coast Basques with Backs to Wall Before Bilbao London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 3

BRITISH naval vessels in Spanish waters have been ordered to fire immediately they are attacked from the air, instead of giving a warning and seeking to avoid action…

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Two Die in Big Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Two were killed and many injured in a fire that swept the town of Pozarica, Vera Cruz State (Mexico)…

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New Fire Engines Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 8

Provided that the State Government grants a request for permission to borrow £100,000, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade will buy 30…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Narromine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 14

A fire which broke out early this morning in a weatherboard resudence in Ellengerah-street, owned by Mr. R. C. Tanered, and occupied by Mr. J. R. Woolfe, completely destroyed…

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Fire Turned From Grass Lands Near Wodonga Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1937 · page 11

By burning extensive breaks in the past two days, fire-fighters have practically averted danger of fires in the ranges near Wodonga reaching…

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Late Rush for April Fire Big Punters Knew About Him

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1937 · page 5

April Fire's win in the Trial Hurdle Race at Warwick Farm yesterday was anticipated by a few big punters, the gelding being…

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Fire-Walking Is Painless If You Know How To Do It LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1937 · page 17

The "ancient mystery" of fire-walking was blown out in two tests at Carshalton in Surrey, supervised by the London University Council of Physical Investigation, when one Indian and three Englishmen walked on fire unscathed…

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Startling Hurdle. April Fire Heavily Backed. Almost Lost Rider

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 13

Although only five horses started in the Trial Hurdle Race at Warwick Farm on Saturday, it was one of the most startling jumping events seen in Sydney for some time…

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First Win for Three Years Lean Career of April Fire

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

WHEN April Fire won at Warwick Farm on Saturday he scored his first success for more than three…

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Died in Lounge in Pyjamas Brother Finds Brother Head Was Near Gas Fire NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

BELIEVED to have been dead for several hours, Frank Toohill, 32, of Brunker Road, Adamstown, was found…

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Wool Fire Court Echo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 7

Before the High Court of Australia yesterday, special leave to appeal from a judgment of the State Full Court was given to Goldsbrough, Mort and…

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