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Fires & bushfires, 1909

2,354 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 118

Fire at Lismore. Good Save by the Brigade. Lismore

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 1

A fire broke out in Messrs. Lance and Co.'s tailoring establishment Molesworth-street, Lismore, at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning. The brigade turned out promptly and used the new large water[?] for the…

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Fire at Tamworth. Good Work by the Brigade. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 8

A fire having disastrous results occurred about 4 o'clock this morning, and only for the prompt and efficient action of the fire brigade, there is no doubt there would have been a…

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Shooting Affray at Fremantle. a Resentful Lodger. the Uses of a Fire Hose. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 13

Between midnight and 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a shooting affray occurred at the house of some people named Edwards, in Norfolk-street, Fremantle. One of the members…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

COROWA, Tuesday.—The annual volunteer fire brigades' demonstration opened here yesterday, ideal weather being experienced. The firemen assembled at 1 o'clock, marshalled under…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 8

On December 7 a party of surveyors struck camp at Tyrrell West. The same afternoon a fire broke out and swept though the properties of Messrs. J. M'Callum and A. M'Garry,…

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The Country. Fire at Gloucester

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

GLOUCESTER, Monday.---A produce and grain store in Barrington-street, occupied by B.J. Brown, was burned to the ground yesterday' morning. The fire had such a hold…

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Fire at Lismore. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

At 2 o'clock yesterday morning the promises of Lance and Co., Molesworth-street, tailors and outfitters, a wooden building, was discovered to be on fire. The brigade was quickly…

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Fire Brigades Demonstration. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

Splendid weather was experienced for the opening day of the annual demonstration of the volunteer fire brigades at Corown. There was a fair number of people in attendance…

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Charge of Setting Fire to Grass

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

BATHTIRST, Tuesday.—At the Sofala Police Court this morning James Bourke was committed for trial on a charge of maliciously setting fire to grass on the land of George Knight…

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Earthquakes to Order. Fountains of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

Explosions, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, bombs, tidal waves, and spectacular pyrotechnics comprised perhaps the most unique entertainment yet submitted to an Australian…

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Fire at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

A five-roomed wood-and-irpn house in Piper-street, South Broken Hill, was destroyed by fire last night. The building was owned and occupied by a family named Case, but the…

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Washed From His Citadel. Fremantle Police Tactics. Use of a Fire Hose

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.—Frederick Hult was presented at the Fremantle Police Court yesterday as a result of a somewhat sensational shooting affair, which occurred, on Saturday…

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Fire Brigades' Demonstration

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 5

COROWA, Wednesday.—The competitions in connection with the Volunteer Fire Brigades' Demonstration were continued yesterday. The weather was perfect, and a much larger crowd…

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The National Fire Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 8

In the January number of "Everybody's Magazine, Mr. S. H. Adams has a very remarkable article entitled "Burnt Money." It is a seathing analysis and exposition of…

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Fire in Liverpool-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 10

About 11 o'clock on Monday night a fire broke out in a dwelling-house at 383 Liverpool-street, occupied by Mary Ann Nietom. The brigades were quickly in attendance, and…

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Fire at a Woolshed. Brewarrina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 9

Coobienda woolshed, Dumble, was burnt down on Tuesday night last. It contained eight bales wool and about 150 woaners. Nothing was saved…

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Opening of a New Tramline. City Fire Precautions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 30

THE official opening of the Abercrombie-street tramway by the Minister for Works took place on Saturday afternoon. As the line runs through portion of the city, Redfern, Darlington, Newtown, and Erskineville, the representatives of those districts formed a joint committee, which spared no pains to make the occasion…

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Fire at North Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 5

The North Sydney Fire Brigade was called about 4 o'clock this morning to the grocer's shop of Mr. J. C. Johnson, at Blues Point. North Sydney, where an outbreak of fire had…

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City Mutual Fire Insurance Co

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 9

Amongst ornate and useful calendars for the current year is that issued by the City Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. It is just the thing for the office table…

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Swimmers and Firemen. at the Metropolitan Fire Station

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 7

Inter-State champion swimmers who are visiting Sydney mingled with the metropolitan firemen at the central station, in Castlereagh street, this afternoon. They…

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