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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 99

Casey Under Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 2

Senator Collings said that the habit was all too prevalent of belittling the dignity of Parliament. This had come not only from the…

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Fire Hero Serious

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Noel Knight, 22, who was burned while dragging fire in the kitchen of their home at…

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Stop-press Vessel on Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 1

Newcastle.--The unit, 35-ton motor ferry, on Stockton-Steel Works run, caught fire in Harbor this afternoon. Only person on…

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"Evaded Facts" Criticism of Fire Board

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1938 · page 4

In its reply to a request by the Merrylands Progress Association for the provision of a permanent fire-fighting unit at Merrylands, the Board of Fire…

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Ferry Launch on Fire. Blaze During Trial. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 11

The ferry launch Unit, owned by Cox Bros., of Stockton, caught fire while on a trial run in Newcastle harbour to-day…

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Ferry Burnt When Motor Back-fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 5

FERRY AFIRE. Still smouldering, the Newcastle ferry Unit is shown being towed to a berth yesterday after…

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Fire on Roof of City Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 13

Late last night the Fire Brigade received a call to the T. and G. building at the corner of Elizabeth and Park Streets, city. A detachment from headquarters attended…

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Conscription Under Fire In Commons LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 3

LABOR will insist upon an early Commons debate on the implied Government plan to conscript man-power in an…

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Japanese Killed in Fire. Suspicious Circumstances. VANCOUVER, June 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1938 · page 12

Anti-Japanese sentiment is feared to have been the cause of the deaths of three Japanese boys who were trapped in a fire in a Japanese tenement, which was totally destroyed…

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Waterloo Fire

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 3

An unoccupied two-floored building, about 100 feet long and 80 feet wide, was badly damaged by fire today in McCauley-street, near…

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Fight Five Fires in One Day

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

YESTERDAY was one of the busiest days firemen have experienced for months. They attended: A house fire at Neutral Bay;…

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Fire in Tram

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

PASSENGERS to a Bronte tram had a scare in Oxford Street last night when a fire started to the contact box…

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£4000 Fire Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

HOSES UNDER RAILWAY LINES. -- Water to fight a fire which destroyed valuable machinery at New South Wales Produce Company's store, Concord West, had to be taken under railway lines. A policeman on the lines warned approaching trains to slow down. Damage amounted to £4000…

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Ready Aid for Fire Victims

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 6

Charitable bodies to-day rallied to help the Luckman family, who lost all their belongings in a fire that destroyed most of their home in…

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Employees' Brave Fight at Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 2

WITH burning timber and white-hot machinery falling round them four employees tried to put out a fire at the N.S.W. Produce Co.'s mill at Concord West yesterday. The heat boiled the water in…

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Family Loses All In Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 5

IN ten minutes yesterday a fire destroyed household possessions Which Edwin Luckman, of Neutral Bay, had struggled four years to…

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Hot Iron, Fire Call, Taxi Dash

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

MRS. GEORGE ANNETTS, of Cullen St., Lane Cove, WON'T leave her electric iron switched…

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Harbour Collision. Fire Float and Coastal Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 7

The Maritime Services Board's fire-float Pluvius, which was towing a punt, and the coastal steamer Paterson were involved in a slight collision near McMahon's Point about…

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Petrol Boxes Found at Fire Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 1

Wooden boxes filled with petrol and suspended from shelves by pieces of twine are alleged to have been found…

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Saw Fire Engines Going To Her Home

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

When Mrs. Elsie Luckman saw fire engines yesterday, she did not know that they were going to her home. While she was away from her house…

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