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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 98

Thousands See Fire in City Studio Damage of £12,000 Firemen Crawled Through Fumes Films Saved

The Sun · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 29

Thousands of people on their way to work watched as fire to-day gutted the eighth floor of Film House,…

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Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 2

A DOPTION of comprehensive plans to prevent and chock bush and pasture fires this season was urged by Mr. J. B. Cramale, a one-time…

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Cause of City Fire Unknown Big Blaze In Film House £10,000 DAMAGE

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 9

WHILE fire official have been unable so far to determine the cause of the fire which swept through Sidney Riley's photographic…

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Blaze at Film House. £10,000 DAMAGE. Studios Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 19

A spectacular fire, which destroyed the top floor of Film House, 251a Pitt-street, city, a seven-storcy building, yesterday morning, brought out all…

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£12,000 Damage in City Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 9

Damage estimated at £12,000 was done by a fire on the top floor of Film House, Pitt Street, City, yesterday. A large stock of film was stored in…

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Fire on Welcombe Proceeding To Capetown

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters have received a cable, stating that a fire broke out in the British steamer Welcombe in No. 4 hold…

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'Plane Fire. Most of the Mail Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 13

The Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. J. S. Duncan) said yesterday that only one postal article was lost in the fire which destroyed the Dragon Rapide mail…

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Fire Risks in Buildings "Eliminate Them," Says Coroner

The Sun · Friday 14 May 1937 · page 9

THE City Coroner (Mr. Cram) to-day emphasised the necessity for minimising fire risks in buildings where inflammable materials were…

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Tried to Stop Fire Spreading

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 5

The efforts of Robert Henry Hill to prevent the spreading of a fire at the Hafoma Phonograph Company's premises on March 25 were described…

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£7000 Damage in Sawmill Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--A sawmill owned by Morgan Simon, and two adjoining houses, were destroyed by fire at Milton tonight…

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Men's Deaths at Fire. Coroners' Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 10

The City Coroner (Mr, Oram) yesterday returned findings of accidental death at his inquest on John Neale Rust, 53, fire officer in charge of the Waterloo station, and Robert…

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Lost All His Clothes in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 2

Mr. Tuckey, of Arcadia Street, Coogee, lost all his clothing, with the exception of the suit he was wearing, when a fire broke out in the dressing-room of his…

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Two Deaths in Fire Coroner Holds Inquest

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 7

The necessity for minimising fire risk in buildings where inflammable materials were used was stressed by the City coroner, Mr. Oram,…

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Embassy. "Fire Over England"

Truth · Sunday 16 May 1937 · page 34

Flora Robson, Raymond Massey, Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier, Vivcan Leigh, Morton Selten, Tamara Desni, George…

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Fire in Garage Rush to Save Parked Vehicles

Truth · Sunday 16 May 1937 · page 18

DAMAGE estimated at £2,000 was done to premises in Homer-street, Earlwood, last night, when a fire broke out in the…

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The Carping Critic "Fire Over England;" Interesting Film At Embassy

The Sun · Sunday 16 May 1937 · page 13

Alexander Korda's "Fire Over England," at the Embassy, is billed as England's greatest motion picture. It…

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Fire Damage in Motor Works Stock and Plant Lost at Earlwood

The Sun · Sunday 16 May 1937 · page 2

A building occupied by Earlwood Motors, in Homer-street, Earlwood, was partly burnt out last night. Stock and plant were destroyed,…

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Film Reviews "Fire Over England."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 6

Presented by Alexander Korda through United Artists, "Fire Over England" is a picture of imposing magnitude, a spectacle entitled to rank among the finest and most…

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Girls Escape From School Fire Auckland

The Sun · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 5

Twenty girl pupils and their teachers made a hurried escape from their beds when a fire occurred at the Queenswood girls' school, Hastings…

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£6000 Damage in Fire Adelaide, Sunday [?] pounds damage

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 May 1937 · page 5

Six thousand pounds [?] was cause by a fire which stroyed J. McLaughlin and Co.'s general store at Millicent to-day…

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