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Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Heat and Fires Sweltering Sydney Record Water Consumption Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

Sydney to-day had a repetition on yesterday as regards heat and fires. The temperature reached 97.6 degrees and up to 3.15 p.m. there were…

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More Trouble at Pentridge. Fire at the Goal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

There is a renewal of trouble at the Pentridge gaol at Melbourne. A fire broke out there yesterday. The occurrence is regarded as very…

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Fire at a Tannery Wellington (N.z.), Jan. 10

The Daily Express · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

A fire in the [?]uede shop at Woolston tanneries yesterday did £35.000 worth of damage. Despite a high wind the brigade succeeded ln…

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Local and General Helping the Fire Fighters

The Daily Express · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 2

Yesterday the Kyeamba Shire CouncIl donated £2/2/ each to the Pullitop Tarcutta, and Gregadoc Bush Fire Brigades…

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Charged with Arson a Sydney Fire, Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 12 January 1924 · page 1

A fire this morning destroyed a shop and damaged rooms of other buildings In Oxford Street, [?] occupied by Mrs. Rose Gilmore…

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Fire Bug at Work. Two Bush Fires

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

A bush fire on Mr L. J. Johnson's Mundarlo Estate last week destroyed 400 acres of good grass land. It ran from…

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Fire and Burglary. City Premises Ransacked Fire Fighters Discovery. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

Detecives were sent, for early this morning when the firemen found, when the had been called to a fire in White and Co.s premises, Goulburn-street,…

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Fire at a Tannery. Over £30,000 Damage. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1924 · page 2

On Saturday a fire destroyed the tannery of Messrs. Russell Brothers at Richmond. The damage is estimated at between £30,000 and £40,000…

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Fire at Mulumbimbi. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

Afire which broke out at Mullumbimbi yesterday, caused damage to the extent of £1200. Three cottages were destroyed…

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Fire at Casino. Documents Destroyed. Casino

The Daily Express · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 1

A fire yesterday morning completely gutted Arthur Gregory's Office and Alfred Wiley’s refreshment room while the "Express'' newspaper office…

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Great City Fire. Marcus Clark's Branch. At Newtown Gutted. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

A fire broke out in Marcus Clark's branch store at Newtown to-night and the five-storied building, which faced Brown-street, was completely gutted in…

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P.p Board and Bush Fires

The Daily Express · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

The Secretary of the Wagga P. P. Board stated yesterday that the ordinary monthly meeting of the Board, which was to be held on Friday, has…

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A Big Bush Fire. Out of Hand Five Mile Front

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 2

Bethugra had a mild outburst of bush fire the other day, but to-day there 's something big doing. A fire started two miles from there,…

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Bush Fires Outbreak in Victoria a Township Endangered Melbourne

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

A big bush fire near Big Hill serlo[?]ly [?] the existence of the town of Harcourt last night. Hundreds of volunteers fought…

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Big Bush Fire. Over 8,000 Acres Burnt

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

Bush fires! Yesterday a big bush fire was raging close to Bethungra. It had a frontage of over six…

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Victoria's Bush Fire. a Thousand Men Master It. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

The bush fire, which swept through vicinity of Bendigo, has been master-thousands of acres of country in the ed…

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Fires in Queensland Brisbane

The Daily Express · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

A fire at Laldley to-day destroyed the hotel, Post Office and other buildings, and also damaged the local branch of the Queensland National…

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The Fire Fiend

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

Here we are again, with a heat wave o'er three of the States, and the thermometer in this comparatively cool clime imitating the crack…

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Fire Brigade Chief Complains

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

The chief of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade criticised the water supply on Tuesday when referring to the fire at Marcus Clark's emporium on Monday…

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The Mundarlo Fire. an Arrest Made

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

At Gundagai police court on Tuesday, before Messrs P. Sullivan and A. J. Browning, J's.P., Thomas J. Monaghan, of…

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