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Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 98

After Fire in Shack Woman's Charred Body Found Man's Story Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 10

THE body of Martha Herriman, 66, so burned that identification was difficult, was found in a shack at…

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Modern Fires Improve Appearance Of Rooms

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 6

AS a means of enhancing the appearance of a lounge room or bedroom, householders, architects and builders, are finding the modern…

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Waves Of Fire

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 24

WHEN the searchlights from Point Lonsdale lighthouse (Vic.) are flashed across the heads at the entrance to Port…

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Fire Dragon & Mighty Atom

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 3

AMERICAN sporting writers have a penchant for nicknaming their leading players. Donald Budge, America's trump…

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Small Fire, Big Hold-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 1

Traffic was held up in Castlereagh Street for nearly ten minutes last night after an alarm that E. F. Wilks and Co.'s building was on fire…

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Burwood Fire Inquiry Doctor Assisted Proprietress

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 10

An inquiry condutced by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Geo, R. Williams) into the fire which severely damaged the…

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Church Damaged by Fire. Incendiarism Suspected. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 4

All Saints' Anglican Church, Drummondstreet; South Ballarat, was extensively, damaged by fire early this morning. It is believed that the fire was the work…

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Munition Ripe and Ready To Fire Fourteen-one Handicap 5 Furlongs.—3.40

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 3

VALORIA: One of the real veterans of the field, and a good horse at Kenso. It is some time since Tom McGrath's old-timer has put his hoofs on a first…

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Fire After Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--After a collision between cars at Cooks Hill, in which three women passengers were hurt, blazing petrol leaked from a car…

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Fire Destroys Cottage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 9

An unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Brien's-road, Northmead, was completely destroyed by tire last night. The cottage, which was owned by Mr. Frank Vidilini, was…

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Rotarians Fight Fire Goulburn

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 14

Five Goulburn Rotarians, returning by car from Canberra last night, helped to fight a fire which threatened to destroy Collector's historic…

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Film Review “Fire Over England”

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 3

During the past two or three years Great Britain has been working on an ambitious film programme in which the most boosted…

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Inquiry Into Fire. Damage to Shop. Doctor's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 7

The inquiry into a fire which occurred after midnight on March 24, in the Andrea Hat Shop, Burwood-road, Burwood, which was occupied by Mrs. Mary Fraser, was resumed…

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Volcano Ring. New Guinea's Position In System. "Girdle of Fire."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 10

New Guinea lies on a line of weakness in the earth's crust, and is one of a chain of volcanic islands stretching through the Moluccas and the Sunda…

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Police Fire on Crowd. Strikers in Chicago. Four Killed. Tear Gas Fails. CHICAGO, May 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 12

Four men were killed and 84 wounded in a second battle between police and striking steel workers who attempted to enter the Republic Steel…

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German Ships Open Fire. Reprisal for Bombing of Deutschland. Spanish Town Shelled. Nineteen Inhabitants Killed In Bombardment. LONDON, May 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 11

The German battleship Admiral Scheer and four German destroyers bombarded the Spanish loyalist port of Almeria, as a reprisal for the bombing of the German battleship Deutschland by loyalist aircraft…

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Drastic Reprisal Is Made By Germany Warships Fire on Spanish City; Extensive Damage Sequel To Bombing Of Battleship Off Balearics Many Casualties Berlin

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 1

GERMANY is ablaze with anger at the bombing of the battleship Deutschland by Spanish Loyalist 'planes in the Balearic Islands, and drastic action by the German Government, feared in some quarters as a prelude to a declaration of war against the Spanish…

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Bushfires at Daceyville and North Head

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 10

Brigades from Randwick, Paddington and Mascot turned out late yesterday afternoon to extinguish a bushfire near the Eastlakes, Golf…

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Britain Deplores Germany's Retaliation in Spain Tension Is Increased by Fresh Incidents Mussolini Threatens To Fire On Spanish City If Italian Vessels Again Attacked Almeria Deathroll London

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 1

NO attempt is made in British Government circles to disguise the fact that the bombing of the Deutschland and the prompt reprisal in the bombardment of Almeria by a German battleship constitute…

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Fire Destruction

The Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1937 · page 18

About £10.000 worth of Greater Union Theatres Ltd.'s costumes were destroyed in the fire in the Lyceum Building, Pitt-street, city…

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