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Fires & bushfires, 1908

2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 115

Fire at White Cliffs. Rescuer's Arm Badly Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 7

WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.--A large wood and Iron building, owned and occupied by Mr. John Kugan, situated on the Tableland, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday, at 3 p.m., during…

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Fit As Fire

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 1

Probably no fitter horse than Melodrama was on Saturday ever stepped on a racecourse, and the fire and go of a dozen horses seemed embodied in his frame…

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Fire at Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 4

A fire broke out in the residence of Mrs. J. R. Craige, Ferris-street, (Annandale, at 10-47 on Monday night, when damage to the extent of about £100 was done. The M.F.B. with…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Panic in a Synagogue. Forty-eight Killed, Many Injured. False Alarm of Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—A groundless alarm of fire created a panic in the Synagogue at Marmaros-Sziget, Hungary, where 3000 people were gathered, it being the Day of…

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False Alarm of Fire a Panic-stricken Congregation Dreadful Tragedy in a Synagogue London, Tuesday, 3.5, p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 1

A false alarm of the was responsible for a fearful disaster in Maramarossziget, Hungary, yesterday. A service was in progress in the Jewish…

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Bush Fires. Two Men Surrounded. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 8

In connection with the recent fire in the Kynuna district two men had a narrow escape. They became hemmed in by the fire, and were compelled to seek a refuge in a waterhole…

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Early Morning Fire Alarm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 7

At an early hour this morning the M.F.B. received a call to Argent-chambers, 19 Hunter-street, where it was thought a fire had broken out on the top floor, in a workroom…

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Fire on the Steamer Pateena

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 9

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--An outbreak of fire was discovered in the after-hatch of the Union Co.'s steamer Pateena, while leaving Picton. The hatchway was battened down, and the…

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Fire at Ashfield. a Mysterious Occurrence

Evening News · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 5

A mysterious outbreak of fire, fortunately discovered before much damage was done, occurred at the Ashfield Town Hall shortly before half-past 1 o'clock this afternoon…

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Fire Risk at Vaucluse. a New Station

Evening News · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 8

The necessity for having adequate fire fighting appliances in the municipality of Vaucluse has I been agitating the minds of the local aldermen, ' and the residents for some .time. At a recent…

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Fire on the Pateena. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 7

During the run of the Union S.S. Company's Pateena from Picton to Wellington last night a fire was discovered in the aftarhold. Not much damage was done…

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The Kent-street Fire. Lodging-house Keeper Fatally Burned

Evening News · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

The City Coroner held an inquest into the death of Emily Lambourne, 58, a lodging-house-keeper who lived at 189 Kent-street, city, which, took place at the Sydney Hospital on Sunday…

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A Fatal Panic. in a Synagogue. False Alarm of Fire. London, Oct. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 7

A groundless alarm of fire caused a panic among a congregation numbering 3000 in the Synagogue at Maramaros Sziget, Hungary…

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Fires

Evening News · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 4

Owing to some curtains coming in contact with a lighted candle a fire brote out in a back bedroom in the dwelling of Mr. Eugene Croft, Avenue road, Mosman, last night. The…

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Prevention of Fire. a Useful Invention

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 9

The select committee appointed by the Legislative Council to inquire into means for the prevention of fire witnessed yesterday morning an exhibition of a fire escape of an extremely…

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Van on Fire. Driver Severely Burned

Evening News · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 5

One of David Jones' furniture vans caught fire in Jersey-road, Paddington, this afternoon, and the local branch of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called upon to extinguish the…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Winton (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 13

Information has been received of another disastrous bush fire, which has swept several holdings in the vicinity of Ayrshir[?] Downs. The fire traversed 10 miles of the country,…

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Two Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 14

A furniture van belonging to David Jones and [?] caught fire in Jersey-road, Paddington, yesterday afternoon. It is thought that a passer by must have dropped a lighted match into it. The M.F.B. put out the…

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Fire at Mosman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 11

On Thursday night the M.F.B. received a call to Clovelly, Avenue-road, Mosman, a private house occupied by Mr. Eugene Croft. Some bedcurtalns had come in contact with a gas jet. The flames were put out by the inmates of the house with buckets of water, but in…

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Fire at Tumut Tumut

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 15

A owelling and furniture belonging to Mr. J. J. M'Kay on the Post-office Farm, at West Blowering, were partially destroyed by fire last night. The cause of the outbreak is…

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