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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 99

Fire in Stables. Animals Rushed to Safety. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 8

Horses, parrots, Persian cats and valuable dogs were rushed to safety when a fire broke out in stables at the rear of premises in Little Cobden Street, near Elizabeth Street. North…

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Fire Brigades. Protest Against Working Hours. Police Object to Procession

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 11

A mass meeting of the members of the Fire Brigades' Union has been convened for this afternoon, at the Trades Hall, to enter further protests against the 78-hour week provided…

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"Vendetta Against Him" Suicide Of Smithfield Man Tragic Sequel to Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

On the morning after the Smithfield Sports Club, controlled by James L. Morris, was destroyed by fire, Morris was found bleeding from wounds in his throat and wrists, with a razor lying nearby. He died later…

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Dash Backward Under Fire Daring Escape In Stolen Car By Three Suspects

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

THREE suspects made an amazing escape in a stolen car under a fusilade of shots fired by police in Redfern early on Saturday. At 3.30 a.m. Sergeants Cullen…

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Fire Fancies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 15

[?] NINE-YEAR-OLD country contributor, ERIC FINCH, of Gunnedah, wrote this bright [?]aginative poem: The flames leap up the chimney wide,…

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Fire In Radio Works

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

FIRE severely damaged the workshop on the first floor of Otto Sandel's radio engineering premises in Oxford Street,…

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Child Burnt to Death in Tent Fire Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 10

Eileen Joyce Bralthwaite, 2 years and 8 months, was burned to death in a tent at Marble Hill, near Summerton, to-day. Among the remains…

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Child Burned to Death. Tent Catches Fire. Rescuers Driven Back. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 20

Eileen Joyce Braithwaite, two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Braithwaite, was burned to death in a lent at Marble Hill, near Summertown, about noon to-day…

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£50,000 Appeal: 'Burnt Out' Men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 2

"NOTHING in war is so ruthless as the peacetime struggle of men for existence." The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Hughes) said this at the Town…

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Fire Damages Kiosk in Gardens

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 7

Damage estimated at several hundred pounds was done to the kiosk in the Botanic Gardens early yesterday morning. It is believed that the…

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Kiosk Set on Fire. Thieves in Botanic Gardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 15

Thieves set fire to the kiosk in the Botanic Gardens in the early hours of yesterday, and, when employees opened the kiosk at 9 o'clock they discovered the counter blazing. The…

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Scrub Fire

The Broadcaster · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 1

On Friday last a scrub fire occurred in Bangor Street, Guildford, but no damage was done. Guildford Fire Brigade was on the job…

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New Fire Engine

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 3

A new Dennis motor fire engine has been installed at the Cabramatta fire station, the Board of Fire Commissioners informed Cabra-Vale Council at this…

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Work on Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 5

More than 1000 cream tiles are being used in the reconstruction of parramatta Fire Station, which is nearing completion The tiles are imported from Germany…

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Benefit for Fire Sufferers

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

A committee has been formed to organise a benefit for Mrs C. Walsh, who was a heavy loser by the fire which destroyed her residence, High Street, last…

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Fire at Glenbrook Dwelling Destroyed

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 6

A week-end dwelling at Glenbrook, owned by Lawrence Springall, of 7 Sutherland Street, Lane Cove, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday…

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Fire Near Walcha. Walcha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 9

Fire destroyed a building at Woolbrook, the property of Mr. J. Morgan. A motor truck and a quantity of chaff were also destroyed. The damage was estimated at…

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Tisnaren on Fire. London, April 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 12

The Swedish motor-ship Tisnaren (5,747 tone), bound from Sydney to Hull and Oslo (Norway), is on fire at the Charlton Buoys, in the Thames. No. I forward hold is…

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Midnight Fire High Street Residence Completely Gutted

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 7

A FIRE broke out, shortly sifter midnight on Thursday, in a fibro-wea herbeard residence, with brick front, in High Street West,…

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Show Bull Injured in Fire on Train

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

A YOUNG Jersey ball, Ellerdale Masterman's Oxford, owned by Mr. R. Watson Hewett, Ellerdale, Rous, was badly burned when his rug…

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