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Fires & bushfires, 1920

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Forest Fires Raging in Russia[?] London, Sept. 23

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 1

Helsing[?]rs reports that fires are raging in many places in Russia. Tens of thousands of people are homeless and 160 perished at Vologda and…

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Trains As Fire Starters Henty Farmer Secures Damages a Long Delayed Action. Railway Commissioners Must Take Precautions. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 25 September 1920 · page 1

In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, Jo[?] Yensch sued the Railway Commissioners for £300 damages sustained by a fire…

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Local and General Mail Car on Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 2

At about 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, near the 18-mile peg on the Currawarna road, the mail car owned by Mr. Ted Hurst was totally destroyed…

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Way Down in Texas a Big Blaze Firemen Overcome. VANCOUVER

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 1

A great blaze occurred to a dock at Galveston (Texas). Forty firemen were overcome by the fumes from the burning sulphur…

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FIRE! Holcombe's Furniture Factory £20,000

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 1

Holcombe's furniture factory at Newtown was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Several adjoining premises were…

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Newspaper Office Destroyed by Fire. Cowra

The Daily Express · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 1

The office of the Cowra .“Guardian” was destroyed by fire this morning. The proprietor, Mr. J. J. Sullivan, is an. ex-President of the Country…

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Fire at Cowra. Newspaper Suffers Heavily. Cowra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 3

A big fire occurred at Cowra this morning. Three shops were gutted, and the "Guardian" newspaper suffered a serious loss in its linetypes…

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A Red Night. Fires and Rioting Belfast. a Bill Hart Cowboy Drama. Lord Grey Denounces the Government. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1920 · page 2

There has been a red night in Ireland, with fires and rioting in Belfast. A terrible affray occurred in the Falls-road district at 10 o'clock. In…

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Great Dock Blaze. Outbreak in Texas. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 4

A great dock blaze occurred al Galverston, Texas, £5000 damage being done. The Italian steamer Etria and part of a cargo of wheat…

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Cairns Cane Fires Attributed to Incendiarism Brisbane

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 1

Recent Ares In the Calms district canfields are attributed lo incendiarism. A canegrower at an inquiry into the fire, said it was to the…

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City Fire Furniture Works Destroyed. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 3

A fire which at one time threatened to assume serious proportions broke out at Holcombe’s extension table manufacturing works in…

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Big City Fire. Furniture Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 6

Holcombe's furniture factory at Newtown was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Several adjoining premises were also damaged…

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Disastrous Fire. Whole Waterfront Burning Valuable Shipping Destroyed Vancouver. Sept. 30

The Daily Express · Saturday 2 October 1920 · page 1

Report from Galveston, Texas, state that the whole waterfront is afire and two piers have been destroyed. The British, steamers Hornsby…

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Destructive Fire. Ex-gundagai Man Burnt Out

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 October 1920 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred in the main centre of the town of Cowra at midnight of Friday last, the premises occupied by the…

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Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 4

About 8.30 on Saturday night the fire alarm was heard. The scene was Mr. Nowand's "Hurleyville." A detached shed got afire. A bucket crew got it…

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Factory on Fire. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 2

Joseph's bedding factory at Darlington was damaged by fire to-day to the extent of about £6000. Many were compelled to ruin for their lives…

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Not for Allies. Liner Destroyed by Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Berlin correspondent states that it is reported from Hamburg that a fire there destroyed 55,000 ton liner, Bismarck, the biggest ship in…

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World’s Biggest Liner Partially Destroyed by Fire London, Oct. 6

The Daily Express · Thursday 7 October 1920 · page 1

Berlin reports that a fire destroyed the interior of the [?] the world’s largest liner [?]ring comple[?]on at Ha[?] for [?] over…

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Big Fire in Melbourne Damage £100,000. MELBOURNE

The Daily Express · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 1

Hoadley’s chocolate factory was destroyed by fire to-day. It was impossible to save the premises, which within half an hour after the fire…

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