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Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 99

American Girls Around the Camp Fire. Unusual Welcome for Hockey Players. One a Yachting Champion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 12

AMERICAN women hockey players who arrived by the Mariposa on Sunday received a very enthusiastic welcome from the interstate and Sydney players who were in camp at Castlereagh for the week-end. Coo-ees, songs, and cheers greeted the visitors as they…

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Train Fire Charge Three in Court Melbourne Express Moss Vale

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 1

Three seamen were charged at Moss Vale court this afternoon with having early to-day maliciously…

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Train Fire: One Man Freed

The Sun · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 6

Lighted cigarettes had been placed in a towel container on the Melbourne express, according to the Police Prosecutor in the…

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Fire on Melb. Express Three Men Arrested

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

Three seamen were remanded to appear today at Central Police Court when they came before a magistrate at Moss Vale yesterday afternoon to…

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Train on Fire. Passengers' Alarm. Three Men Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 13

Passengers, the majority of whom had been sleeping, had an alarming experience in the express train from Melbourne to Sydney at 3 o'clock…

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Train Fire: Charged Arrests of Paid Off Seamen Moss Vale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

THREE seamen were charged at Moss Vale Court today with having maliciously set fire to a…

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Fire on Express. Two Seamen Remanded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 7

Murdo Smith 45, and Sinclair Pottinger. 45. were remanded to April 28. when they appeared at the Central Police Couit yesterday on a change of having maliciously set…

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Fire at Bacon Factory. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 7

The smoking section of P. F. Riedent and Sons' bacon factory, at Wagga, was almost completely destroyed by fire at 5 o'clock this morning, The fire brigade, under Sub-station…

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Droughts Cause French Bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 3

PARIS, Friday.--Continued cold and rainless weather is wreaking havoc with the vineyards and orchards. Drought-stricken forests are burning…

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Fatal Fire at Wedding Party London

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 5

A fire in the photographer's studio at Coventry yesterday, when bridesmaids' dresses caught ablaze, led to two bridesmaids dying in hospital…

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Tragedy After Wedding. Fire in Photographer's Studio. LONDON, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 10

As a sequel to a fire in a photographer's studio at Coventry, where a bridal party was being photographed yesterday, two of the bridesmaids died in hospital after midnight…

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Stop Press Fire in Workshop

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

Fire which broke out in saw dust in Beale & Company's workshop in Trafalgar Street, Annandale, was noticed in [?]ick of…

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Car Strikes Pole. Four Persons Injured. Lights Put Out and Fires Started

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 7

Four persons were injured, four fires were started, trams were delayed, and lights were put out in hundreds of houses and shops last night, when a…

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Startling Series of Mishaps 4 Hurt, Blackout, 4 FIRES Car In Smash Brought Down Wires

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 1

GLARING headlights of a car resulted in an extraordinary series of mishaps at Manly last night, when two returned…

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Fire at Katoomba. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 11

The home of Mr. T. B. Bullock, one and a half miles on the north side of Katoomba, was destroyed by fire while Mr. Bullock, a returned soldier, was attending the Annac march in…

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Police Fire Kills 32 in Mysore Madras

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 3

THIRTY-TWO were killed when Mysore police fired on an Indian Congress meeting attended by 20,000…

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Animals Rescued by Firemen in City Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 12

A number of animals, including a donkey and a kangaroo, were rescued by firemen and helpers from the vicinity of a fire in Graham Lane, city, last night, when a two-storied tyre retreading and vulcanising works caught fire. The animals, which are hired by Mr. Leo Cracknell to film and theatrical companies, were terrified. Their cries soon attracted attention, and they were removed to safety…

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Camp Fire Concert

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 7

The Sutherland Troop of the Boy Scouts requested permission to hold a Camp Fire on portion of Woolooware Oval on Thursday, 12th May. Will…

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Fire at Mill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 3

Caused by a spark from machinery, a fire broke out in the blowroom at Bond's Mill on Thursday night. Prompt arrival by the local brigade, which was backed…

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Blaze in City. Electric Shocks for Firemen. Animals' Panic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 12

Firemen suffered electric shocks, some of which were so severe that they were hurled to the ground, when they fought a fire which last night…

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