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Fires & bushfires, 1904

1,913 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 96

Children and Fires. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 10

Sir, -- Will you lot me draw the attention of the mothers of this State to the terrible fact that every winter a large number of children's Uvea are sucrificed through carelessness about…

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Fire at Tumut

Evening News · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

TUMUT, Saturday.-A. fire occurred at 1 o'clock to-day in a brick dwelling at tie intersection of Wynyard and Simpson streets. The cottage, which was owned by the executors of the Dodd…

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Fire in a Produce Stoke

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 14

At half-past 5 yesterday afternoon a [?] store, situated at the corner of Wattle and Thomas streets, Ultimo, and occupied by C. W. M'Farlane and Co., produce merchants, of 144…

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Russian Commissariat. Hot Meals Without Fire

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 3

Enormous herds of cattle and vast stores of flour are being concentrated at Harbin by General Pochinsky, the Russian commissariat officer in Manchuria…

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Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society. Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 18

The annual general meeting of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society was held at the head office of the society, King and Pitt streets, yesterday, at poon. Mr. S. H. Cary (chairman of…

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Fire in the City. Produce Store Burned. Damage by Flames and Water

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 11

About a quarter to 6 o'clock last evening it was reported that a fire had broken out at a produce store. On making inquiries a "Stair" reporter…

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The Attack on Anju. Cowardice of Cossacks. Refuse to Face Fire. London, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 11

The attack upon the small Japanese garrison left at Anju was made by 500 Cossacks. The fight was fierce, and lasted for 12…

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Fire at Tumut. Tumut

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 15 May 1904 · page 1

The local brigade experienced the first fire at midday to-day, when an outbreak occurred at a brick dwelling-house at the corner of Wynyard and Simpson streets,…

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Attempt to Fire Kronstadt Arsenal

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 May 1904 · page 8

A heap of shavings, which had been sprinkled with petroleum, was discovered ablaze in Kron-stadt arsenal, Russia. The fire was extinguished before it had time to spread…

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Fires. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3

A brick building, containing four rooms, opposite the Presbyterian Church, the property of the Dodd Estate, was burned down on Saturday just after midday. The fire brigade…

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Early Morning Blaze. Boot Shop Damaged

Evening News · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 4

At 20 minutes past G o'clock this morning the M.F.B. was informed that a fire bad broken out in a boot shop situated at 300 Crown-street, Burry Hills, and five minutes later the…

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Children and Fires. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 3

Sir,--Perhaps your correspondent, "A Country Mother," and many other anxious maternal souls, will be glad to know thai all risk of children's clothes, mosquito curtains, etc., catching fire…

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Fire in Crown-street

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 5

The M.F.B. were culled out during the early morning to a fire in the shop and residence of Mr. James Gardiner, at 300 Crown-street. Two rooms on the first floor were burned…

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Fire at Carlton. Household Burnt Out

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 5

Mrs. Buck was the lady who brought out the firemen from the Illawarra suburbs last night early. She lighted a lamp in her comfortable…

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Fire at Surry-hills

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 10

Shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning the premises occupied by James Gardiner, a bootmaker, at 300 Crown-street, Surry-hills, were discovered to be on fire. The alarm was sent…

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Fire at Kogarah. a Cottage Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 9

A destructive fire occurred at Kogarah last evening, the private dwelling of Mr. R. H. Buck, in Macpherson-street--a five-roomed weather-board cottage--being t[?]ally demolished, with…

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Safety From Fire

Evening News · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 4

A meeting of the committee recently appointed to inquire into the condition of the theatres of Sydney, in the event of fire o[?]panic from other causes, was held at the office of the Chief…

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Sydney Theatres. Precautions Against Fire

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 11

Shortly after the terrible disaster at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, in which hundreds of lives were lost, a commitee was apopinted to inquire into the condition of the…

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Dangerous Fire in New York. Brave Lift Lad Whose Coolness Saved [?]Ife

The World's News · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 7

Fifty young women hedged in on a roof and screaming in terror, the excited shouting of men, the sight of several firemen limp and exhausted being attended by ambulance surgeons,…

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Fires. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1904 · page 8

On Saturday evening a fire occurred at Killarney station, when a cottage and other outhouses belonging to Mr. W. F. Buchanan were destroyed. The damage is estimated at…

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