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Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 99

The Faces in the Fire

The Propeller · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 7

Before the cosy fire, With elbows on his knees, Old Dad to-night sits staring At the "faces" that he sees…

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Fire Scared Animals Into Tricks

The Sun · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 10

"Cannon-ball Joe," a performing monkey, started "praying" last might, when swept by smoke from the fire…

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New Fire Fighting Apparatus. "Fog Nozzle" Tested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 7

Members of the fire brigade started three fires at Matraville yesterday to test a firefighting apparatus known as the "fog nozzle." which was recently imported…

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Country News. Home Destroyed by Fire. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 7

Strathdown, the home of Mr. O. A. Moll at Gerogery, has been destroyed by fire. Mr. Moll believes that the fire arcse from a shortcircuit in the electric light wiring in the…

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£68,000 FIRE. Clothing Factory Badly Damaged. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 11

Damage estimated at £68,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed most of the clothing factory of Denniston and Co. Pty., Ltd., in Flinders Lane, city, early this morning…

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Man Rescued From Blazing Bed. Shed Fire in Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 6

Patrick Lonergan, 66, was rescued from a blazing bed in a shed which he occupied as a bedroom at the rear of a house in Wells Street. Redfern, yesterday…

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FIRE - Eating Jimmy Brown Ice Hockey's Don Bradman Predicts Record Season in Sydney

Referee · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 19

THE most glamorous, fire-eating, ice hockey player in New South Wales is tousled-haired Jim Brown, of St. George, who's seen…

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Wild Enthusiasm As King Zog Marries Princess All Albania Rejoices: Radiant Bride Crowds Fire Guns In Air: Magnificent Gifts TIRANA

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

ALBANIA'S entire population went wild with enthusiasm when King Zog was married to the Countess Geraldine Apponyi today…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and jury.) Litigation Over a Fire. Mort's Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., v Lever Bros., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 5

Mort's Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., sued Lever Brothers, Ltd., for £1,427/19/11 for repairs to the lighter Starlet, said to have been rendered necessary by an outbreak of…

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Car Destroyed By Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

Frederick Joseph Box, of Dick Street, Henley, had his hands burned last night when his car caught fire while he was driving it into a garage…

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Midnight Fires on Wharf. to Keep Fishermen Warm

The St George Call · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 1

Ald. Moore blamed the fishermen who use the wharf at Connell's Point for its delapidated condition. He said that the planks of the wharf are used to make…

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Fire On Train; Seamen Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 7

"In the interests of the public, the Railway Commissioner should deal with drunken pests on trains." This statement was made by Mr…

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Fire Under Hall Flooring NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 12

A LARGE crowd in Hunter Street West, Newcastle, became alarmed during the lunch hour today when thick volumes of smoke were seen…

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INDIA-- Land Where Police Still Fire On Crowds

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

The account of the shooting of 32 Indian natives and the wounding of 60 by a police volley at Mysore, on Tuesday, brings the world's attention once more to the troubles of that unhappy country. It is another indication that the new constitution, introduced by the…

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Express Fire. Two Men Discharged. Alleged Drinking on Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 14

"It seems to be necessary in the interests of the travelling public for the Railways Commissioners to take steps a bit earlier to deal with drunken pests…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and Jury.) Litigation Over a Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 6

Mort's Dock and Engineering Co., Ltd., v Lever Brothers, Ltd. This action Is part heard…

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Cottage Badly Damaged by Fire Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 8

Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to the home or Mr. Anthony Soro, at 48 Aberdare Road, Aberdare, at 4.45 a.m…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and Jury.) Litigation Over a Fire. Mort's Dock and Engineering Co, Ltd. v Lever Brothers Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 6

The hearing was concluded of an action in which Mort's Dock and Engineering Co. Ltd. sued Lever Brothers Ltd. for £1,427/19/11 for repairs to the lighter Starlet, said to…

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Petrol Pump On Fire Petrol Pump Takes Fire After Smash

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1938 · page 1

Thirty miles of cars stretched from Penrith to Sydney last night; the Head-of-the-River race barrackers were returning home…

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Fires--

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 10

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