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Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Fire Damp Explosion in English Mine London, April 23

The Daily Express · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 2

A Firedamp explosion in [?] mines reap[?]edin eight [?] killed and one injured…

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Bush Fires Commission. Roots Burn Underground

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 5

Allan Way Beach, representing the Tumut district council of the Agricultural Bureau, giving evidence before the Bush Fires Commission, thought…

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Fire in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred early this morning on premises occupied by Messrs. Miller Bros., motor car painters and upholsterers, in Castlereagh-street,…

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Motor Bur on Fire Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 2

A motor bus caught fire while travelling to Mayfield last night and in a very short time was enveloped in flames. The passengers managed to…

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City Fire In Castlereagh Street SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 1

An outbreak of fire occurred early this morning on premises occupied by Miller Brothers, motor car painters and upholsterers, Castlereagh…

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City Fire in Castlereagh Street. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 3

An outbreak of the occurred early this morning on premises occupied by Miller Brothers, motor car painters and upholsterers [?]lereagn…

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Detroit Fire Heavy Loss of Life. New York, April 24

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 1

Detroit reports that nine are known to be dead in the fire at Briggs motor works on Saturday. More are believed still to be in the…

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Fire in Orange Orange

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 3

Two adults and five children made a hurried escape from their home at Orange early, this morning, when a fire destroyed the building. Robert Henry…

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Sugar Mills Fire Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

A serious conflagration occurred at Mill[?]quin Sugar Company’s refinery, [?] the Bundaberg district, this morning. Sugar [?]ds and a quantity of sugar…

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Big Fire at Whitton Hotel Albion Totally Destroyed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

All Whitton was early agog on Wednesday, morning last, when the alarm was given that the large two storey weatherboard building. Hotel…

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Timber Yard Fire Big Adelaide Blaze Adelaide

The Daily Express · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 1

Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused early this morning, when fire destroyed a large wood and Iron building, together…

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Big Adelaide Fire Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

Damage estimated at several thousands of pou[?]s was caused early this morning when a fire destroyed a large wood and iron building, together with…

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Sugar Shares Drop After Fire at Bundaberg Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

Millaquin sugar shares dropped from 28/ to 22/ to-day on receipt of news that a fire had caused damage estimated at £20,000 to the company's premises…

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Fire Fighting Appliances

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

The secretary to the Board read a communication from the secretary of the Commission, dated 7th April, 1927, in which it was advised that a…

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Gas Fumes Fire in Closed Room Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

Leslie Byrne, night watchman, was the victim of a strange accident last night. He lit a coal [?] in a tin at Sutherland electric sub-station, where…

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New Zealand Fire Two Men Burnt to Death Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Express · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 1

Two men were killed and a woman seriously injured in a fire at a boarding house at Napier. The victims killed, John Webber and…

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Wyalong Blaze West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 1

A weatherboard house at Wyalong, occupied by James Horsfield, and owned by H. Channon, was destroyed by fire on Monday…

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Destructive Fire. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 2

A fire At the Austral Otis Engineering Company's works, South Melbourne, early this, morning, caused damage estimated at between £10,000 and…

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Fatal Fire Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 6

Two men were killed and a woman was seriously injured in a fire at a boarding house at Napier. John Webber and William Robertson were killed,…

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Fire at Grahamstown

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 May 1927 · page 7

A disastrous fire occurred at a residence on the Mt. Horeb Road, below Grahamstown, on the morning of Tuesday last when an eight-roomed…

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