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Fires & bushfires, 1920

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Fires in the State. Sydney's Record

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1920 · page 2

The report of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales states that during the year there were 1748 fires in the metropolitan area, of…

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Fire Brigade Sports

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 January 1920 · page 3

There was a good attendance on the Leeton Recreation Ground yesterday, when the New Year's Day Sports wore held in aid of the local…

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Disastrous Fire. Flour Mills Destroyed. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1920 · page 4

John Darling and Sons' large flour mill at Port Adelaide was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The premises occupied an area…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Tuck, officer in charge of the Wagga Fire Brigade, has supplied the following figures with regard to the operations of the brigade for the 12…

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Fire at Young. Children's Narrow Escape. Young

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 4

A house at Saw Pit Gully, near Young, was gulted by fire to-day, The tenant., Charles Masters, was working in a field nearby, while his wife was…

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Fire at Alexandria. Goods Shed Damaged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 3

Number five store at Alexandria railway yards was discovered to be on fire at an early hour this morning. The shed contained a quantity of oil and…

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Armistice. Bolshies Break It. They Open Fire on the Workers. STOCKHOLM, January 5

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 1

An Esthonian communique states that an armistice began at 10.20 in the morning of the 1st; but the Bolsheviks, at noon, opened fire against the…

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Fire and Robberies. Discovery in Melbourne. Goods Recovered. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

Detectives visited a place of business in Swanston-street to-day and seized nearly £1000 worth of blouses, costumes, and Assam silk coats, and…

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Sequel to Fire. Two Men Arrested. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 3

James Bourke and Joseph D. Walker have been arrested for larceny of £400 worth of silks, the property of H.T. Ellis, on the occasion of the…

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Fire Alarm

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

An Oakland car, belonging to Fr. Tracey, at Gundagai, who was here on a visit, caught fire this after noon at Bartley's garage, through a short…

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Items of News. Alarm of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

Shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to attend a fire at the Albury Hotel, Baylis-street. The fire…

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Strikes in Germany. Military Fire on Crowd. Several Casualties. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Aix-la-Chapelle says that a strike, followed by riots, has occurred in the neutral zone, opposite the Belgian sector, on…

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Stopping Fires in Mines

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

Coal-dust floating in the air in clouds is just as likely to cause explosions in coal mines as fire-damp, and there are three ways of overcoming the danger…

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Wagga Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Inspector G. H. Dadd. from Fire Brigade headquarters, made his half yearly inspection of the Wagga Fire Brigade yesterday. During the day he…

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Fire at Wyalong. Large Hotel Destroyed. Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

The Club Hotel, West Wyalong, a large wooden building, and the residence adjoining, were completely destroyed by fire to-day…

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Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

The fire—alarm rang out about 3 o'clock on Thursday morning, and the express engine which happened to be at the station tooted as the blaze was…

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Heavy Loss by Farm Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. Matthews, farmer, of "Bonnie Doone," Lockhart, reported a fire which destroyed his chaff house full of wheat and chaff. The cause of the…

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Fire at Sackville

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, while the men were at lunch, a chaffcutter at Mr. W. R. Lyons' property, "Sackville," Forest Hill, caught alight. It is…

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Fire in Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

The works of the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company, Waterloo, were destroyed by fire at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The scene of…

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Fire in Sydney. Glass Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

The works of the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company, Waterloo, were destroyed by fire at an early hour this mornig. The scene of the…

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