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Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Fire-proofing Children's Clothes

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 6

There is an easy and efficient method of fire-proofing the clothing of children, which everyone should know. Many tragedies can be averted by…

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Wagga Fire Station Building Inadequate New Station Recommended

The Daily Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 2

In connection with the recent visit of inspection of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners to the Wagga Fire Station, the Chief…

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The Sydney Fire the Injured Fireman Hears of Mate’s Death Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 1

News of Fireman Brown’s death, as the result of injuries received at Adams’s fire on Sunday, was withheld from his mate, Fireman Chappie, who…

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Schooner Lost. Totally Destroyed by Fire. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 1

The four masted schooner John A. Campbell has been totally destroyed by fire at Gilbert Islands. She was loading copra for San Francisco, and was…

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Fire on Steamer. Coal in the Bunker Alight. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out last night amongst 400 tons of coal in a bunker on the steamer Ooma. The bulkhead was burnt and a number of tons of coal was…

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City Fires. Blaze in Clarence Street. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1922 · page 1

A fire in Clarence-street early this morning did serious damage to the building occupied by the United Carrying Company and by Moore and…

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Wagga Fire Station

The Daily Express · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

ln last Friday’s issue of the “Daily Express” there was published a report of the Chief Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigade,…

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The Fire Tragedy. Conroner's Inquest Opened. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

An inquest was opened this morning into the death of William Brown, a fireman, who was hilled as a result of falling from a broken ladder at the…

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Adams’ Fire the Broken Ladder Coroner’s Inquiry Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

The City Coroner this morning opened an inquiry into the death of one fireman and the injury of two others through a fire ladder break…

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Wagga's Needs. a New Fire Station. Motions at Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Four important motions affecting closely the welfare of the community were brought before last night's meeting of the Wagga Council by Ald…

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Arson Charge. The Fire at Rose Bay. "His a Lie!" SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 1

At the Central Criminal Court Ellen Daunton, aged 60, charged with alleged arson, when asked to plead, exclaimed, "I am not guilty…

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Big Fire at the Spit. £10,000 Damage. Forty Boats Destroyed. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 September 1922 · page 1

Damage by fire at the Spit last night is estimated at £10,000. Forty out of seventy of the boats in the boatsheds were destroyed…

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Dublin Strike. Drastic Measures. Troops Fire. DUBLIN

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 1

The Free State has its own methods of dealing with strikers. Following the announcement that a postal strike was illegal, troops were…

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Fire at the Spit. [?] Boatshed Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1922 · page 2

Lyon's [?]oatshed at the Spit, one of the largest boatsheds on the harbor was destroyed by fire late on Sunday night. The Mosman and Neutral Bay…

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News From Smyrna. Terrible Fire Raging. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 1

A terrible fire is raging at Smyrna. The Greek and Armenian quarters have been destroyed…

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Clothes Catch Fire. Girl's Presence of Mind. Gets Under ShoWer Bath. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 1

Lillian Mooney, a domestic servant employed at Strathfield, saved herself from almost certain death by her presence of mind when her…

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Smyrna Fire Evidence Against Turks London, September 14

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 1

The 'Daily Telegraph’s” Smyrna correspondent says the fire broke out in the heart of the Armenian quarter, leaving 60,000 pople homeless. It…

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An Open Verdict Inquest on a Fire Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 1

The City Coroner to-day returned an open verdict at an inquiry into a fire at Koss[?]th Cadden’s drapery shop at the Corso, Manly, on the…

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A Street Scene Motor Spirit on Fire Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 September 1922 · page 1

There was much excitement in Phillip-street this morning when 50 motorcars congregated there preparing to start on the Sydney-Brisbane…

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