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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 98

Toll of the Road Escaped Crash & Car Fire Man Trapped Beneath Burning Wreckage After Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 1

RESCUERS of a man who was pinned in a burning "baby" car which was crushed under a heavily-laden meat waggon in…

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Constable's Gallantry Dash Into Flames in Search of Man £15,000 Guest House Fire Springwood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

CONSTABLE KENT dashed into the raging fire at Bon Accord Country Club early this morning to search for a…

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Trailers Under Fire But Sales Still Mount (Copyright by "The Sun" and the N.a.n.a.) Detroit, April 7

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 7

Trailer manufacturers, rolling along 12 months ago on the growing tide of public interest in a new phenomenon, have discovered that some of…

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Broken Gas Main Spurts Fire Around Trapped Man Escapes in Flames Blast Throws Mate Clear

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 13

TRAPPED in the cabin of a mechanical shovel to-day, while flames from a broken gas main roared…

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Bushfire Danger Fighting Force Planned

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 22

DAMAGE to the extent of £1,000,000, not to mention the loss of human lives, is caused by bushfires in New…

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Preventing Bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 17

The Rangers' League is taking steps to prevent serious bush fires, such as occurred in the Blue Mountains at the end of last year…

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Heat Fires Forests

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

EDMONTON (Calgary), Wednesday.-- A heat wave started a chain of forest fires in various parts of Canada. Thirty-five fires are reported out of…

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Unfortunate Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 15

"TUBBY" (Murringo).—Under the most tragic circumstances a very dis[?]rous fire recently robbed a widow and family of seven of their comfortable house. The age of the…

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Fire at Castlereagh

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 4

Mr Frank Carter, of Castlereagh, is suffering from severe burns on the legs and arms due to a fire that destroyed a shed of his on Sunday night. With…

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Boys Set Fire to Bear

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Four boys were found by a keeper at the zoo flicking lighted matches at a shaggy-haired bear. The animal was careering round…

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Fire Brigades' Win in R. Union

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 3

N.S.W. Fire Brigades, last season's runners-up, defeated 1st Field Cadre at Victoria Barracks ground yesterday in a Mid-Week Rugby Union competition match by…

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Panic in Theatre. Excited Spectator Fires at Film. ISTANBUL, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 12

An unexpected thrill was given a cinema audience when a young man, irritated by the failure of Tom Mix, the hero, to shoot his film enemies, jumped up and emptied his…

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Clothes on Fire; Men Ran in Pain

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 27

WITH their clothing enveloped in flame, two brothers today ran screaming in agony after their motor cycle and side car…

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Rugby Union Mid-week Matches. Fire Brigade's Good Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 15

Fire Brigades beat 1st Field Cadre, in the Midweek Rugby Union's A division competition, by 26 points to 8, at Victoria Barracks ground yesterday. Field Cadre last week beat Police, last year's…

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Springwood Fire Guest House Destroyed Escapes in Night Attire

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 1

THE fire fiend has been troubling Springwood again. A few months ago its visitation was in the form of the menacing bush…

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Church Bell Tolls Fire Warning Town Is In Danger As Giant Woodstack Burns MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 1

TOLLING church bells brought residents of Lancefield tumbling from their beds at 2 a.m. to-day to find the township threatened by a spectacular fire. Twelve thousand tons of firewood, stacked ready to…

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Bushfire Prevention

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 12

Since the bushfire outbreaks in the Blue Mountains last year, the Rangers' League has taken steps to prevent a recurrence…

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Bushfire Control Will Be Discussed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 May 1937 · page 6

Since the serious bushfire outbreaks in the Blue Mountains towards the end of last year, the Rangers' League has taken active steps…

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Fire at Mascot

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 7

Fire severely damaged the factory of the Walbow Racket Company, sporting goods manufacturers, in Alfred Street, Mascot, last night…

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Unaware of Fire

The Sun · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 9

Mr. Hunter Guy drove several miles along a road from East Maitland to-day before he noticed that his lorry was on fire. The vehicle was…

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