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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 99

Country News. Bushfires at Goondiwindi. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 15

Bushfires occurred in country owned by C. T. Rissman and J. A. Parker, close to Yelarbon, at the week-end, and burned so fiercely that the glare in the sky was seen by residents…

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Smithfield Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

A fire in Smithfield-road, Smithfield, early yesterday morning destroyed a billiard-room owned by Miss Maisie Morris. Detective-Sergeant J. McCarthy…

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Grass Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

The Lidcombe Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday afternoon to attend to a small grass fire in Bridge-street. The flames were extinguished before any…

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City Fire Inquiry

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 10

Giving evidence at the inquiry yesterday into the fire which gutted the building occupied by Plzzery Pty. Ltd. in Wilmot Street city on January 13…

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Australians Under Fire

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Several Australian and American women, belonging to the Independent Gospel Boat Mission, narrowly escaped injury when Japanese planes…

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Springwood Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

Mr M. Chapman, Faulconbridge, writes:—Re report of recent fire in my house at Faulconbridge, although the firemen attended, the fire was already…

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Houses on Fire. And Electricity Meters

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 3

Suggestions were made at the last meeting of the St. George County Council by Alderman Cross that the owners of houses should be held…

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Copra on Fire. Smoke Affects Firemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 8

Eighty tons of copra in a shed at the oil mills of James Barnes Ltd., at the corner of Bourke Road and Huntley Street Alexsndria, caught fire yesterday afternoon. The…

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Fire Brigade Hours Three Platoons Objected To

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 16

After two days spent inspecting city and suburban fire stations, the Industrial Commission to-day resumed its hearing of an application by the…

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Four Shops Gutted by Fire Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

Damage estimated at £2000. was caused by a fire which gutted four shops at Laidley early to-day. Two families living in residences over the…

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Fire Extinguishers on R.A.A.F. Planes Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

Automatic fire extinguishers to be carried in future in all R.A.A.F. planes have been ordered, the Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, said…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into City Fire. No Evidence of Suspicious Circumstances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

Evidence that nothing of a suspicious nature had been discovered was given before the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday when he inquired into the fire that seriously…

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Hurt In fire: No Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 2

Judge Perdriau ruled at the Workers' Compensation Commission yesterday that except in special circumstances, a commercial traveller is not protected…

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Sequel to Fire in Hotel Com. Travellers and Compensation

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 5

A sequel to a hotel are was heard before the Workers' Compensation Commission yesterday, when Judge Perdriau held that, except in exceptional circumstances, a…

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THROAT & Wrists Were Cut Man Found Dying After Fire Explosion Liverpool

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 7

IN the early hours of yesterday morning, a mysterious explosion awakened many residents in Liverpool and Smithfield Roads,…

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Bushfires in S.A. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 13

Three bushfires occurred in different parts of the Adelaide hills to-day. The most serious fire was within a quarter of a mile of the Loftia Park kiosk. It took more than…

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Country News. Family Escape From Fire. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 8

A weatherboard house of eight rooms, owned by Mr. A. W. Stinson, and occupied by Mr. J. K.. Stinson, his wife, and daughter, was destroyed by fire…

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Mysterious Bedroom Fire Suffocates Two Small Children MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1

Mysteriously suffocated by smoke from a fire in their bedroom, two small children were found dead when their mother returned home last night at Grovedale…

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Squads Fire On Slayer As He Runs Mexico City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 3

MEXICO'S most dreaded form of execution was used in the execution of a soldier today…

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Fought Fire On Launch

The Sun · Sunday 20 February 1938 · page 1

After desperately fighting a fire on the speedboat Endeavor at Kogarah Bay yesterday afternoon, the skipper and his mechanic were forced to dive…

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