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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Big Blaze. Fire at Mort's Dock Pattern Shop. £60,000 Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at a Mort's Dock engineering establishment at Balmain this afternoon, and damage to the extent of £60,000 was caused. The…

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Two Big Fires Sunday Sensations Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 4

A big fire broke out at Mo[?]ts Dock, Balmain, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the pattern shop being completely gutted and the engineering section…

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Fire Among Paper. Boys Suspected

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 2

The fire brigade was called to a stationer's shop at Chippendale to-day and extinguished a small fire among some paper. It was discovered that the back…

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Crime or Accident? Grass Fire at Glenfield

The Daily Express · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 2

"I was on my way to the river when I saw flames and smoke rising from a patch of thistles on Mr Ted. Castle's property, Glenfield. At the…

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Grass Fire 180 Acres Ablaze Near Urana-road. Fierce Fight

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1924 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon the only Wagga district grass fire of any considerable size this season burned 180 acres of grass on a pasture paddock…

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Sydney's Sunday Fires Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 1

It is now estimated that the damage at yesterday's two big fires will total £75,000. The police scout the [?]es that fire…

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Big Fires Sydney and Melbourne Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 1

A fire broke out late last night in the premises in George Street, Haymarket occupied by C. Polson and Co., Mercers, the Central Costums…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Daily Express · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 3

Last week a fire broke out at Garmanian station about half a mile from the cheese factory, shout 20 acres of grass being burnt. The [?]re was…

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£30,000 Goes Up in Smoke Big Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 2

A fire gutted the big furniture storeroom of James and Sherwood, East Melbourne, this morning. The building was full of domestic goods, and in less…

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Fire Danger

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 4

IN the Legislative Assembly Mr. Kilpatrlck again brought under the notice of the Minister for Works the bush fire danger owing to sparks…

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Fire Brigade Estimates

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 3

Included in the Fire brigade estimates as submitted to Tumut Mundelpal Council the item of £100, Council's portion towards cost of a motor…

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Is a Fire Brigade Needed ?

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1924 · page 6

The fire which was the cause of the destruction of the Royal Mail Hotel building last week Once again vividly brings before us the necessity of…

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Fire in Sydney. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 4

A fine occurred this afternoon at Fallishaw's furniture factory, Leigh-hart. The promise were gutted, but the firemen succeeded in preventing…

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Week-end Fire Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 22 December 1924 · page 1

The factory of D. Fallshaw, cabinet and furniture maker, at Styles Street Leichhardt, was burned out yesterday the damage being estimated at…

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Big Blaze. Fire at Reval. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Helsingfors correspondent states that damage estimated at 5,000,000 Esthonian marks was caused by a fire at Reval in buildings…

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Left Fire Burning. Careless Campers Fined

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 3

On the night of November 30 Leslie Watson and Sidney Beasley camped at a place on the Tootool road about four miles from The Rock. Beasley put…

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Fires at Shops Serious Allegations of Incendiarism. Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 2

An inquiry was held to-day concerning the fire that occurred at numbers 39 and 39A, Broadway, Glebe, on July 29 last. It was stated that Con…

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Before the Mast a True Sea Story the “Hell-fire” Mate

The Daily Express · Tuesday 23 December 1924 · page 4

Some time ago was published a a series story entitled "The Ship of Fate,” the chief character in which was a bullying ship’s officer who…

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Tragic Christmas 48 People Killed by Fire and Water. American Disasters. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1924 · page 2

Two disasters involving the loss of a large number of lives, occurred in widely separated sections of the country. Thirty-six men, women and…

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Grass Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 2

Some excitement was aroused at Junee last night when an alarm of fire was raised. The outbreak was in the yard at the rear of the premises…

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