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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 99

Australian Batsmen's Reply to Barracking — King and Queen at Ascot — Fire at Homebush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 16

Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…

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Keeping School Fires Burning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 5

The Education Department allots North Bondi public school 30 a year for heating. Several pupils said yesterday that…

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Coal, But No School Fires Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 7

There are 18 collieries operating between Paxton and Kurri, and coal is cheaper there than anywhere else…

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Fight Fire Beneath River New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 3

FIREMEN are risking death as they fight a blaze in a mid-town tunnel under construction 150ft. below East River…

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Put Poison in Fire Criticised By Coroner

The Sun · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

The action of a woman in throwing into a fire a packet containing a white powder was criticised by the…

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Fire in House. Coroner Warns Occupier. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 12

The Newcastle District Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, in returning an open finding this afternoon to an inquiry into a fire in a dwelling house in Pulver Street, Hamilton, in the…

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"Nordic Religion." Nazi Jew-baiter Lights "Sacred" Fire. MUNICH, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 11

A hundred thousand Nazis ascended the Hesselberg "sacred mountain" to witness Herr Julius Streicher, chief Nazi Jew-balter, light a giant bonfire and proclaim "Nordic religion."…

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More Bombings 3 British Seamen Killed Ships Set a Fire: One Sinking London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

THREE more British seamen were killed today by Spanish rebel bombs…

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More Raids on Ships. Two on Fire. Seamen Dead. Britain Suffers Again. LONDON, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 11

Rebel planes bombed and set fire to two British merchant ships in Spanish Government ports to-day. Four seamen were killed…

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Hose Bursts During Fire. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 9

Watches and clocks worth £200 were ruined in a fire in W. A. Burgess's jewellery shop, City Arcade, this afternoon. The fire broke out when petrol used to clean watches ignited,…

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Fire Brigades. Cost of Upkeep. Insurance Manager's View. "Community Responsibility."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 11

Mr. W. K. Fethers, manager for Australia of the Royal Insurance Company, in an interview in Sydney, yesterday, expressed the view that fire insurance…

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Wide Area in Darkness. Current Fails. Fire at Power House. Hospitals Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1938 · page 17

Many suburbs were plunged into darkness shortly before 9 o'clock last night, when a breakdown occurred at Bunnerong power-house…

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Blaze in Mail Van

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

GOULBURN, Wed.--It is understood that several mailbags were damaged when a fire occurred on the Temora mail train…

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Fire in Kitchen

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 4

Penrith Fire Brigade received, a call on Sunday night to a fire that, starting on the floor, had damaged the roof of the kitchen of unoccupied premises in…

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Cyclist Is Pinned Under Fire

The Sun · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

Pinned, with several bones broken, beneath a blazing motor cycle at Richmond last night, Edgar Phipps,…

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Threat To Fire On Japs. DARWIN, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 5

A TENSE situation during the arrest of Japanese luggers was described by Capt, Haultain in…

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Cronulla Fire Station. Complaints About Noisy Siren

The Propeller · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners has replied to Sutherland Shire Council concerning complaints of the noise caused by the screeching of the siren…

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Black Out Town in Darkness Switch-gear Fire

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 4

PENRITH was plunged into darkness on Tuesday evening owing to a failure of the electric light, due to the switch-gear at…

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Town Black-Out Will Last Days Electric System Damaged by Fire Explosion -- Then Darkness Wauchope

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

WAUCHOPE will probably be without electric power or light for several days…

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Bus Driver Stops Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 1

MOTOR CYCLE AND SIDE CAR ON FIRE. The machine burst into flames in Parramatta Road yesterday afternoon. The driver of a passing bus put the fire out with an extinguisher…

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