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Fires & bushfires, 1938

1,967 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 99

Shop Fire Allegation

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 8

MURRURUNDI, Tuesday. -- Phillip Gordon McKenzie, 32, grocer, was charged at the police court today with having maliciously attempted…

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Feather Factory Burnt. Early Morning Blaze. Smoke Hampers Firemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 9

Extensive damage was done by fire at the premises of the Hygienic Feather Mills Ltd., in Chelmsford Avenue, Botany, shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday. The goods burnt or greatly…

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Fire at Blayney. Man Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 18

Mr. R. J. Fegan, C.P.S., yesterday, at the Blayney Court House, refused to grant ball to John Thomas Reed, 32, a monumental mason, who was charged on two counts of…

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Rebels Fire on Deserters Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 2

MADRID, Tuesday. -- A defence communique states that on the eastern front the rebel attempt to stiffen the morale of their forces by…

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Fire In House, Man Charged Alleged Threat; No Bail Blayney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 5

BECAUSE it was feared he might carry out his threat to murder a man, John Thomas Reed, 32,…

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R.A.A.F. PLANE. Destruction by Fire. Police Investigations. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 17

Police are making inquiries to ascertain whether the fire which last night destroyed an Air Force Avro Anson plane near Currie (King Island), was…

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Fire Destroys Air Force Plane Mysterious Outbreak After Forged Landing King Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 1

MYSTERIOUS fire last night destroyed the R.A.A.F. Avro-Anson bomber, which was damaged in an emegency landing here on Sunday. Manned by three Citizen Air…

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Czechs' Police Open Fire on Rioters Six Killed; 20 Injured LONDON, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 1

A STATE of emergency has been proclaimed in five Sudeten districts of Czechoslovakia following serious clashes…

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Czechs' Dramatic Move. State of Emergency in Sudeten Areas. Police Fire on Crowd. Hitler's Next Step Awaited. PRAGUE, September 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 17

The Czechoslovakian Government has proclaimed a stale of emergency in the Sudeten departments of Eger (Cheb), Neudek, Proznece, Ellbogen, and Kagen with the object of preserving order…

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Fire Areas in the Shire

The Propeller · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 1

A reply has been received by Sutherland Shire Council from the Premier (Mr, Stevens) to its representations that action be taken concerning the…

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Gets Bail In Fire Case

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 10

OVERRULING opposition by the Crown, Mr. Justice Owen, in the Supreme Court yesterday, granted ball to John Thomas Reed, 32…

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Blayney Fire Charge. Judge Grants Bail

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 7

An application made before Mr. Justice Owen in the Supreme Court' yesterday that bail be granted to John Thomas Reed, 32, who had been…

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"Fire Bird." Dramatic Colour. National Orchestra's Achievement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 September 1938 · page 13

Although the other works in last night's programme at the Town Hall were attractive and interesting, Stravinsky's "L'Oiseau de Feu" proved…

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Bush Fires Begin Early

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 4

Sydney was surrounded with a ring of September suburban bush fires yesterday. Some of the firemen were surprised…

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Houses Threatened. Bush Fire Sweeps Woy Woy. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 13

Firemen from Ettalong and Woy Woy and more than 100 volunteers had a long fight to save about 30 cottages at Woy Woy which were threatened by a bush fire this afternoon…

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Three Fires in Gale Blaze In Roof Of Golf Clubhouse

The Sun · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 3

During the height of a 50-miles-an-hour gale in Sydney to-day, three fires broke out. St. Stephen's Parish Hall, at the…

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Fires in Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 13

There were outbreaks of fire in bush and glass in about 20 of the suburbs yesterday. Very little damage was done, but a shed was burned at Wollstonecraft. Fire brigades were…

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Fire Engine Strikes Man

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 5

KNOCKED down by a five-ton fire engine returning from a false alarm, Bert Nicholls, 65, was critically injured at Burwood yesterday…

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Homes in Fire's Path

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 2

THIRTY cottages were menaced by bushfires which raged for six hours on the outskirts of Woy…

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Injured by Fire Engine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 13

Alben Nicholls, 65, of Dawson Street, Croydon, was knocked down by a fire engine which was returning from a small fire in Parramatta Road, Burwood, yesterday. He suffered severe…

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