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Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Bigger Number of Fires Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

The Fire Brigades' report shows that iii Sydney district 3715 calls were answered during the year, constitution a record…

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Alleged Careless Use of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Constable C. J. Shipway yesterday afternoon arrested two men, J. F. Jeffrey and F. Tesseyman, for the alleged careless use of fire. It is alleged…

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Fires In Sydney 3715 Calls in 1926 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The annual report of the Fire Brigade shows that in the Sydney district, 3715 calls were answered during the year, constituting a record. It is…

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Koorawatha Fire Woman Committed for Trial Bathurst

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

Mary Ann Preston, 63, was committed for trial at the Bathurst police Court to-day on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a…

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Fire near Bathurst Charge of Incendiarism Woman Sent for Trial Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Mary Ann Preston, aged 63 years, was committed for trial in the Bathurst Police Court on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a standing…

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Disastrous Fire. 13 Shops Destroyed. Man Badly Burned. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 1

Thirteen shops, comprising practically the whole of the business centre of Stanhope, a soldier settlement about 150 miles from Melbourne, were…

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Township Swept Thirteen Shops Gutted Big Fire at Stanhope Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 1

Thirteen shops comprising practically the whole of the business centre of Stanhope soldier settlement about 150 miles from…

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Disastrous Fire. Metters' Building Gutted Six Brigades Fight Flames. Estimated Damage £200,000

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

Only the four walls were left standing after a fire had swept through Metters's Building in Elizabeth street, between Liverpool…

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Big City Fire Premises of Metters Ltd Gutted Only Four Walls Left of 5-Storey Building Brigades From Six Stations Fight Flames for Two Hours

The Daily Express · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 1

Only the four [?] standing,[?] thr[?] [?]…

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Burnt-out Settlers Suggestions for Assistance

The Daily Express · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., recently submitted to the Minister for Lands and the Minister for Agriculture the following suggestions for…

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Suggested Government Assistance for Burnt-out Settlers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 4

The Hon. R. T. Ball, M.L.A., recently submitted to the Minister for Lauds and the Minister for Agriculture the following suggestions for…

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Careless Use of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

In the Wagga Police Court yesterday before Mr. S. B. Allen, J.P., John Francis Jeffrey and Frederick Charles Tesseyman, charged with the careless use…

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City Fire in George Street Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

Fire severely damaged premises known as 430 and 430a in George Street to-night. Detachments from six stations were…

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Sleepers for Fences. Relict for Bub Fire Safferers

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, recently made representations to the Railway Commissioners regarding the matter of supplying…

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Fire in Sydney. Two Buildings Damaged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

A fire severely damaged the premises known as 430 and 430A in George-street tonight Detachments from six fire stations were turned out, and the…

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Bush Fires. Started by Engine Sparks Casual Fettlers Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 2

The New South Wales Graziers' Association recently wrote to a number of its local committees asking whether they could give specific instances of the…

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Fire in Mosman Flats Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 3

Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out in a block of flats, owned by Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., at Mosman, to-day. The top portion of…

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Arson Alleged Five Fire Outbreaks Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

There was a [?] to the Dres in Oakes [?] Burest. last [?] when the [?] [?] a man [?] his with…

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Castle Destroyed Fire in Oermary Lond[?], Jan, [?]

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

A Berlin message [?] that [?] [?] the [?] [?] M. [?] where the [?] [?] cont[?]…

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