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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Early Morning Fire Mantle Works at Canterbury £2,000 Damage SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 1

Smith's man[?] works, Canterbury, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at about £2000…

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Big Fire at Leeton. Messrs Baker Bros' Store Gutted

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 April 1922 · page 2

Messrs. Boker Bros., storekeepers, of Pine Avenue, Leeton, had their [?] completely burnt down in the only [?] of yesterday (Thursday)…

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The Latest in Guns. Fires Twenty-eight Rounds a Minute

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1922 · page 2

A new British gun which has recently been approved, after many experiments, is said to be the best of its kind in the world…

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Mystery Fires . Sydney’s Visitation. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 1

There has been a further batch of mysterious [?] in Sydney, Yesterday and to-day At 2 o’clock this morning the…

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City Fire. Suspicious Circumstances Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 1

The fire brigade was called to an outbreak of fire in the premises of William Docker, paint and varnish warehouse, in Young-street, Sydney…

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Fire on Ship Subdued. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out this morning in the forecastle of he tug Tuncurry, berthed at a wharf at Pyrmong. Capt. Rasmussun, and his wife, succeeded…

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Fatal Fire. Max and Wife Burned. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

While Aubrey Reynolds and his wife were sleeping in their tent at the railway deviation works at Brewongle their tent caught fire and they were…

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Prince in Japan. Fire at Imperial Hotel Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 2

While the Prince of Wales and his entire suit was attending the Imperial cherry blossom party, a fire completely destroyed the Imperial Hotel…

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Fire at Tokio Large Hotel Burned. Princes of Wales Losses. Tokio, April. 16

The Daily Express · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 1

The Imperial hotel, oldest and largest hotel in Toklo was totally destroyed by fire' the afternoon, while the majority of the [?]fest were…

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House of Fire. Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 1

A taxi-driver gave the alarm of fire to headquarters soon after midnight. He had seen flames in a window of 91 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst; where…

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Fire at Lockhart. Wooden Dwelling Destroyed. Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 3

A wooden dwelling, the property of [?]. Frank Hunt, of Lockhart, and [?]merly occupied by Mr. Wardle [?]akin, was destroyed by fire in the…

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Big Fire Averted. Alarm at Show Ground Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 2

A big fire was averted at the ShowGround last night, owing to the promptness of an employee of Anthony Hordern and Son, Ltd., in…

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Ireland. Fires and Shooting. the Killed and the Homeless. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 2

Between 40 and 50 families are homeless as the result of a complete wiping out of Antigua-street, Belfast, composed of small houses inhabited…

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Fitzmaurice Street Fire

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out in the year of Smith’s Book Shop in Fitzmaurice Street about haft-past 6 last night, the fencing and a number of casks…

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Fire at Yarrawonga

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

One of the most disastrous fires which has occurred at Yarrawonga broke out at noon on Wednesday in the buildings known as the…

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Big Dock Fire. Enormous Damage. London, April 20

The Daily Express · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 8

A message from Copenhagen states that a, fire at the Aulbera Harbor stores spread fiercely and rapidly, 70 acres being already destroyed, with…

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Disastrous Fire. Shops Destroyed at Wellington. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

One of the most disastrous fires that has ever taken place in Wellington, N.S.W., occurred at 6 a.m. to-day, when Pepper and Thomas is general store,…

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A Fire Comedy. a Whistle But No Water. Outbreak in Fitzmaurice-street

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

There is something thrilling in the sound of a fire-bell, especially when one is able to see against the fast approaching darkness of the night…

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Fire at Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. C. Kennedy, of Cootamundra, moved their furniture and household goods to Stockinbingal last Monday, and stored them in an…

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