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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Early Morning Fire. Box Factory Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £3000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 September 1921 · page 4

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

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On Fire at Sea London, Sept. 20

The Daily Express · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 1

Lloyds report that the stenm[?] Port Augusta, which left New York on August 20 for Fremantle and other Australian ports, is on fire in…

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Disastrous Fire

The Daily Express · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 5

According to a telegram received by Mr. J. Mitchell, Inspector-General of Police, front Superintendent Miller, of Albury, a disastrous fire occurred…

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Sydney Fire Christmas Stock Burned Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3

Practically the whole of the Christmas sock of [?] at the Railway and Tramway Co-operative Stores Nock Street City was rained…

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Christmas Stock Destroyed by Fire. Damage Estimated at £8000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 1

A fire brokt out this morning on the premises of the Railway and Tramways Co-operative Society in Nock-street, City, and practically the…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 2

Railway engines and the three fire bells in Junee made much noise at 10.30 a.m., on Sunday. The fire was located on the verandah of Mr. L…

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To Fight Fire. The Wisdom of Early Precautions

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1921 · page 4

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

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To-day's Wires and Cables Appalling Fire in Paris Every Brigade There 3-Acre Block Gone PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 1

The entire fire brigades of the city are fighting an appalling fire at the Grand Mugasins du Print[?] which is attributed to a short circuit…

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"Consequential" Losses Through Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 3

When a tradesman has a fire on his premises he derives some consolation from the fact that he has been paying premiums to an…

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Big Paris Fire Paris, Sept 29

The Daily Express · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

A fire has destroyed a huge store in the Boulevard Magazine du Printemps, a big eight-storey building with every modern improvement…

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The Fire in France Printemps Entirely Gone Tremendous Loss PARIS

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 1

The Printemps building is entirely destroyed. The damage is estimated at 80 million francs. Seven firemen were seriously injured…

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Disastrous Fire. Magnificent French Block Gutted. Millions of Francs Damage. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

The entire fire brigades of Paris are fighting an appalling fire in the Grands Magasins Du Printemps Boulevard. The new block which is a magnificent…

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Incendiary Fires. on Cairns Cane Fields. Further Outbreaks Occur. Cairns

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

Further trouble has occurred on the cane fields, where four incendiary fires were started during Monday night, two of which resulted in the…

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Fire at Mudgee. Mudgee

The Daily Express · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 1

A [?] destroyed 200 tons of [?] and a shed valued at £1,000. A spark from a chaffcutting plant is thought to have been the caused of the fire…

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To Fight Fire. the Wisdom of Early Precautions

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 6

Summer is approaching—the season when each year the fire demon licks up stretches of crops aud grass in this State aggregating…

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Exciting Fire Plucky Rescues Rescuers Severely Burnt SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 October 1921 · page 1

The dyeing and cleaning works of Albert Bibby at Woolloomooloo, caught alight early this morning. A returned soldier, brother of the owner, who was…

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Early Morning Fire. Occupants' Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 2

The dyeing and cleaning works of Albert Bibby, Woolloomooloo, caught alight early this morning. A returned soldier brother of the owner, who…

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Trapped in Fire Early Morning Sensation. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 October 1921 · page 1

Members of a family named Bibb[?]y were trapped in a burning building at Woolloomooloo this morning. Four of the family sleeping in a…

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Big Fire at Tumut Freezlng Works Gone. Waterworks Jib

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1921 · page 3

At about 2 p.m. on Tuesday Tumut had a bonfire, the biff freezing works buildings, owned by Mr W. D. P. O'Brien and leased to…

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Disastrous Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 5

Vigorous ringing of the fire-bell at the Brigade station, at about 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last indicated that a great conflagration…

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