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Fires & bushfires, 1937

1,947 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 98

Bones in Fire. Man Charged with Murder. Police Evidence. Mungindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 9

James Walter Johnston, about 28, of Sydney, appeared in Mungindi (Queensland) Police Court to-day on a charge of having murdered Harry Nelson, 60, a half-caste. He…

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One-man Outfit Advocated to Fight Bushfires

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6

One-man fire-fighting outfits as an effective means of combating the menace of bushfires are advocated by Mr. David a. Stead, writing in the…

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Spectacular Blaze Moree

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

Brilliant flames from burning oil and kerosene and intermitten explosions provided a large crowd with a spectacular display last night when…

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A Fire Squad?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 6

IT should be declared a breach of the traffic regulations (both vehicular and pedestrian) to approach within a certain distance of a fire…

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Fire Investigation. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 14

Wagge police are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a valuable stack of 25 tons of hay on George Lugsden's property at Connorton. The stack was not insured…

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Strangers Save Baby Residential Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

While Mr. and Mrs. R. Matheson were fighting a fire in the residential in which they were living in City Road, Darlington, yesterday, two strangers…

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Stop Press Fire Destroys House

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 1

A five-roomed weatherboard cottage at Frater's Avenue. Sans Souci, the property of Robert Killiby, was totally destroyed by…

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Fight Against Fire. Dog Rouses Woman. Baby Dropped from Balcony

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 18

There were several dramatic incidents during a fire in residential premises in City-road, Darlington, yesterday morning…

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Mother Thanks Rescuers Flames Menaced Her Baby Prompt Action Saved Child House Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

MRS. ALMA MATHESON, the mother of the baby who was rescued from the balcony of a burning…

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Sub-station Fire

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 16

FIREMEN had great difficulty last night in extinguishing an outbreak in the City Council electrical substation at the corner of Goulburn and…

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Fire Fought By Men In Masks

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 5

Firemen wore gas-masks and used oxygen outfits last night to ward oft poisonous fumes generated by a fire in an underground…

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Bones Found in Fire Man's Alleged Statement

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 32

James Walter Johnson, about years, of Sydney, appeared at the Mungindi (Queensland) Police Court last week, charged with the murder of…

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Used Gas Masks While Fighting Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

Gas masks and oxygen equipment were used by firemen on Saturday night when fighting an outbreak in an underground electricity…

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Fire Destroys 150,000 Trees Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9

Incendiarism is suspected in a fire which yesterday destroyed 150,000 young trees in the State pine plantation, between Bright and Porepunkah…

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Fire in Aircraft Carrier. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 10

A fire occurred in the boiler-room of the aircraft carrier Furious at Devonport naval dockyard, but was quickly extinguished. The Admiralty is not inclined to believe that…

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25 Racehorses at Large Fled From Fire In Darkness LONDON

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

Firemen called to blazing stables at Newmarket, opened the boxes and set free 25 racehorses. The terrified animals galloped into…

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Arms Felt As If on Fire Nights of Agony With Neuritis

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

She had tried so many "remedies"—always without result—that she had little faith in anything. But finally something induced her to try Krusehen…

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Fatal Oil Fire Six Victims. Pipe-line Expodes. Pryor (Oklahoma), Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 10

A petroleum pipe-line exploded and caused the death of four women spectators in a motor car who were watching their husbands make repairs to the…

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Fire Beneath the Street. Dangerous Task. Masked Firemen. Chemicals Used Instead of Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9

Firemen used their latest scientific equipment to fight a fire which broke out in an underground electrical substation at the corner of Pitt and…

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£300,000 Havoc As Huge Fire Sweeps Over Dock Big Cool Stores Destroyed Steamer Set Alight By Flying Debris Battle to Save Ship Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 9

DAMAGE tentatively estimated at £300,000 has been done by a huge fire which destroyed most of the Government cool stores at Victoria Dock this afternoon…

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