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Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Fire in Wheat Stack. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 2

A fire broke out in a hessian covering of a big wheat stack in the Wellington, N.S.W., railway yards this afternoon. The outbreak was extinguished…

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Ocean Liner on Fire London. Aug, 17

The Daily Express · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 4

Fire has broken out on the Union Castle liner Saxon, bound . from Southampton to Capetown, and she is putting in to Sierra leope,, the…

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Fire at Carbarita. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 2

At 2 o'clock to-day the metropolitan fire brigades received a call to the premises of Cooper and Nephews, Ltd., sheep dip manufacturers, at…

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A Sydney Fire Sheep Dip Factory Destroyed Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

A big fire broke out at the premises of Cooper Nephews Ltd., sheep dip manufacturers, Carbarita, this afternoon…

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Woman's Clothes on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 2

As a result of her clothing becoming alight whilst standing before the fire at her home. Narandera road on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Knight, aged 25…

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A Condemned Town "Full of Filth" Destroy it By Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 August 1921 · page 1

A Stockholm correspondent, Svenskadagblad, a Soviet commissary from Astrakkan, informed the Moscow Government that Astrakkan was so full…

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Mysterious Fires. Moree Coroner's Inquiry. Accidental or Otherwise. Moree

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 August 1921 · page 2

The Moree Coroner has inquired into six outbreaks of fire which occurred within seven days. The Coroner remarked it was most peculiar how…

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Fire Alarm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1921 · page 2

The fire alarms in Junee sounded the call of fire on Sunday night, and the brigade under Captain F. P. Dowd war smartly on the scene. However, it…

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Fire Looters. Arrested at Chicago. £50,000 Robbery. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 August 1921 · page 3

At Chicago five men were arrested in connection with a daring robbery on Sunday night at the Masonic temple safety deposit vaults where…

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To-day's Wires and Cables 8 Big Fires in City Damages Totalling £45,000 Shopbreakers Suspected SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 1

A fire at 3 o'clock this morning practically destroyed the premies of Alexander Smith, ironmongers, etc., Pitt street. A restaurant and offices…

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Fire in the City

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 4

A big fire occurred at 3 o'clock this morning in Pitt Street, near Circular Quay A cabman noticed huge [?]ongues of flame leaping from the…

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Big Fires Busy Early Morning Incendiaries Suspected Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 1

A big fire broke out ,it 3 o clock this morning In Pit Street, r.ear Circular Quay. A cabman noticed fiancés leaping from the building of the. Quay Ironmongery…

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Early Morning Fires. Two Outbreaks in Sydney. Damage Estimated at £45,000 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 2

A fire at 3 o'clock this morning practically destroyed the premises of Alexander Smith, ironmongers, etc., Pitt-street, whilst a restaurant and an…

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Fire at Paddington. Chemist's Shop Ablace. Police Making Investigations Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 4

The fire which broke out at the chemist's shop of Taylor and Scully, Oxford-street, Paddington, early yesterday morning is receiving the…

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Boiling Wax. Causes Fire at Manly. Mother and Daughter Burnt. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1921 · page 3

Wax boiling on the stove flowed over and on to the fire in Alfred Esdaile's home at Manly, causing a blaze m which Mrs. Esdaile and her…

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Fire Is Shed

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

A small fire occurred in a shed at the residence of John Thomas Ball, on the Gregadoo Road (Lake Albert, early in the morning of Friday last. It was…

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Australian Footballers Gallantry at Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 2

Members of the australian Rugby League team gallantly assisted at the Harrowgate Hotel fire. They were slaying at the adjoining hotel and turned…

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To Fight Bush Fires Early Precautions

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 September 1921 · page 8

Summer is approaching—the season when each year the fire demon ticks up stretches of crops and grass in this State aggregating in value a…

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Early Morning Blaze Box Factory Gone And Two Adjoining Premises SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1921 · page 1

A building at Annandale, occupied by H. Squires, box-maker, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The two adjoining, premises were…

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Sydney Fire Another Jam Factory. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 1

A fire broke out at Annandale this morning at Taylor Bors. [?] mann factory and box making establishment. The damage is estimated at…

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