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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 99

Petrol Pump on Fire. Lorry's impact Cause of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 11

Shortly before 5 o'clock, a lorry turned into the garage of Hock Howard, Gladesville Road, Hunter's Hill, but when the driver applied the brakes they failed to act, and the…

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Played on the Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--The presence of mind of a Salvation Army officer saved an…

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Cotton Waste Causes Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 7

Oil-soaked cotton waste, setting up combustion, caused a fire in Marcus Clark's building, corner of George and Pitt Streets, yesterday…

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Storehouse Fire. City Building Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 13

A fire broke out on the third floor of Marcus Clark's old building on the cornor of George and Pitt Streets. Railway Square yesterday morning Brigades from…

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Blackout At Height Of Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 5

GRAFTON, Sunday.--During the height of a fierce fire at Coff's Harbor last night an overhead electric, cable fell into Moonee Street,…

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Put Out Fire With Trumpet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Sunday. -- With his trumpet, a Salvation Army officer forestalled the Fire Brigade tonight…

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Country News. House Destroyed by Fire. Bangalow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 7

Fire destroved the five-roomed house occupied by V. Viney at McLcod's Shoot. The occupants were visiting Byron Bay. and on their return found the building ablaze…

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Celluloid in City Fire Boxes Of Bullets Are Scorched

The Sun · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 1

A fire, which started In a cabinet containing cellulcid, at the Farleigh, Nettheim Pty., Ltd., store, in Foveaux-street, to-day, scorched a pile of boxes…

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Incendiarism Suspected. Fire in Rubber Works. Machinery Destroyed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 11

Valuable machinery and large stocks of rubber were destroyed in a fire at the premises of Kenworth Rubber Reclaim Pty., Ltd., Bray Street, South…

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Police Probe Mystery Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 7

Detective-Sergeant Delaney is investigating the cause of a fire which was discovered yesterday in the home of Alfred Allingham, Woolwich Road,…

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Police Probe Fire in Room

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

DETECTIVES yesterday investigated a fire in a bedroom of Mr. Alfred Allingham's home, Woolwich Road, Hunter's Hill…

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Nightdress on Fire; Girl Died From Burns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--While combing her hair in front of a gas fire on July 12, Pearl Griffiths, 12, of Clifton Hill, leaned forward to see herself in a…

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Damage by Fire Sprinklers. Celluloid Ablaze. Basement Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 12

Stocks of sports goods, shoes, boots, and saddlery, at the premises of Farleigh Nettheim Pty., Ltd., Foveaux Street, were damaged by water yesterday morning, when…

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Phone Girl Stays at Job While Fire Burns on

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 7

ANSWERED CALLS DESPITE FIRE DANGER. A cabinet containing celluloid caught fire at Farleigh, Nettheim's store, Foveaux Street, City, yesterday. Boxes containing cartridges were scorched. Dense clouds of…

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Fire Bug Terror of Campers 4 Homes Burned In Week

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1

RESIDENTS of Happy Valley camp are convinced that they are victims of incendiarism. Mysterious fires have destroyed four…

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Bushfires in Suburbs

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2

SEVERE bushfires are feared if rain does not fall soon. Firemen believe that widespread outbreaks will occur if the…

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Suspect Happy Valley Fires Not Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 4

Campers at Happy Valley have formed a vigilance. committee to protect their shacks against fire. The secretary of the anti-eviction…

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Happy Valley Fires Still a Mystery

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 2

SPECIAL investigators of the Department of Social Services yesterday failed to solve the mystery surrounding the fires at Happy Valley…

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Lorry on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 3

A short circuit in the wiring of a big motor lorry caused it to burst into flames in front of the White Way Service Station, Sydney-road, Lidcombe, last Friday…

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Fire Damages Wooden Cottage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1938 · page 2

Several rooms of a weatherboard cottage in Sutherland Street, Neutral Bay, were damaged by fire last night. Damage is estimated at £200…

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