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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

2,206 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 111

Fire Insurance Policy. Misunderstanding About a Premium. Alleged Detention. Insurance Company Sued

The Star · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 6

The Chief Justice and a Jury had before them this morning in the Banco Court an action in which the plaintiff was Richard John Newis and the defendants the General…

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Fire at yokohama. 3000 HOMELESS

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Monday Evening.—A.disastrous fire has occurred at Yokohama, Japan. Five hundred bouses were destroyed, and 3300 people are houseless…

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A Yokohama Fire. 500 Houses Destroyed. London, Monday, 4.40 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 1

A fire in Yokohama yesterday resulted in the destruction of 500 houses, leaving about 3000 people without homes…

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Infuriated Strikers. Open Fire on Loyalist Comrades Scene in a Parisian Suburb. Assailants Escape in the Dark

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--Two hundred strikers at a paper factory at Clicby la Garenne, a suburb of Paris, infuriated by the refusal, of 50 of their…

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Law. Monday, March 21. the State Courts. Banco. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) a Cabramatta Fire. Claim Under an Insurance Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 10

Richard John Newis. timber merchant, of Prospect, brought an action against the General Accident, Fire, and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited, claiming to recover under a policy of…

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Law Report. Banco Court. (Before the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) Action on a Policy of Insurance: Questions of Law. Newis v General Accident, Fire, and Life Assurance. Corporation, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. Gordon, K.C., and Mr. Monahan, instructed by Mr. G. Crichton Smith, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Windeyer and Mr. Barton, instructed by Mr. W. A. Windeyer…

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The Smithfield Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. R. Murray, of Smithfield, desires us to correct some statements in regard to the fire which destroyed his promises on Sunday week last. The tacts are as…

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Fire at the Show

Evening News · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 5

An alarm of "Fire", caused great excitement at the Royal Agricultural Show, Moore "Park, on Tuesday afternoon, and but for the prompt action of the bystanders, a serious conflagration…

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Fire in the Produce Pavilion. District Exhibit Alight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 15

An alarm of fire was raised at the farm produce pavilion at the Show Ground at about 4.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and it was quickly observed that flames were bursting out among…

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Fire at the Show. Sensational Outbreak Photo. Flashlight Ignitus Exhibits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 8

A sensational outbreak of file occurred on the Show Ground yesterday afternoon, and for a few minutes there was every appearance of a serious conflagration…

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Fire at Guy Fawkes. Hotel Bank, and P.o. Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 8

HILLGROVE, Tuesday.--A fire occurred at Guy Fawkes about 2.30 this morning. The Grosvenor Hotel, Bank of New South Wales, and the Post-office, being burnt to the ground…

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Awful Railway Smash. Wreckage Takes Fire. Forty-five Killed, Twenty-one Wounded. London, March 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 10

While a train at Marshalltown, Iowa (U.S.A.), was taking a curvE at high speed, it became derailed. When the train left the rails the…

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The Country. Fire at Wyalong

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 6

WYALONG, Wednesday.--A serious fire occurred at 2 a.m. on Monday. Dr. Casperson's chemist shop and stationery and fancy goods shop at the corner of Mallce and Neeld…

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The Summer Hill Fire. Insurance Company Sued

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 7

In No. 4 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of four, Jarrett Johnson, auctioneer and furniture dealer of Summer Hill, sued the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance…

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The Penrhyn Castle Fire. Attributed to a Cargo Thief

The Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 5

The Murine Court (Judge Backhouse, president, and Captains M'Gibbon and Christic assessors), held an inquiry this morning into the cause of the fire on the barque Penrhyn…

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Fire on the Penrhyn Castle How It Was Caused

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 7

I The Marine Court-Judge Backhouse, who had Captain M'Gibbon and Christie with him as assessors-held an inquiry this morning into the circumstances attending the outbreak of fire…

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Nameless Volcano. in a Samoan Valley. Missionary's Graphic Story. a Serpent of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 8

What had been a peaceful, sleepy, very beautiful valley on the north coast of Savail, in Samoa, during tho afternoon, became suddenly, in the still of one night, an inferno of…

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Fire at Waverley. Drapery Store Burnt Out. Two Other Shops Damaged

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 6

An outbreak of fire docurred early this morning. when Thompson's drapery store at 23 Cowperstreet, near Spring Waverley, was, burnt out, together with its contents;…

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An Irish Fire Brigade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

Strabane. County Tyrone. possesses an extraordinary fire brigade. Its personnel was discussed at a meeting of the urban council, the chairman…

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Bedroom on Fire. Woman and Infant Burned to Death. Another Child Seriously Doused

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 4

A burning tragedy by which a mother and her infant child mat their deaths, and another child was seriously injured, occurred before 5 o'clock yesterday morning, near Hanson-street,…

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