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Fires & bushfires, 1910

2,206 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 111

Fire on the Telamon. Half Apple Cargo Destroyed. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1910 · page 7

Tho Telamon's Insulation was partly destroyed by the fire. The captain reports that half the apples carried are in fair condition…

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Jeweller Burnt Out. a Goulburn Fire. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 7

C. V. Pigott's jeweller's shop, with its contents, was destroyed by fire last night. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Pigott" estimates his damage at £700, which is covered…

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Fire on an Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 8

Captain Harris, of the Union line steamer Walpori, has reported that a big Are was burning on Kent's Group when he passed there at a distance of 20 miles last Tuesday afternoon. The authorities at Wilsons…

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Fire in Goulburn. a Timely Discovery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 9

GOULBURN, Saturday.--As a lady boarder at the White Horse Hotel was retiring between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, she looked out of a window facing Auburn-street, and noticed a dull…

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The Kent Island Fire. Well Under Control

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 9

HOBART, Saturday.--With reference to the immense bush fires raging at Kent's Group, the secretary of the Marine Board, Hobart, has received the following wire from Captain J…

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The Telamon Fire. Condition of Cargo. London, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 7

The insulation on the Telamon has been partly destroyed owing to the fire in the lower hold. The captain reports that half the apples…

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Fire on the Sonneberg

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 12

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has been advised by cable that the German-Australian steamer Sonneberg has arrived at Aden from…

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Fire on the Telemon. Vessel at Perim

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 13

Cable news confirming the report that the steamer Telamon 4500 tons, owned by the Ocean S.S. Company (Holt's Blue Funnel line), from…

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The Country. Burnt Out

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 10

GILGANDRA, Tuesday.--A fire occurred at Mr. James Lewis's homestead at Breelong, as a resuit of which he lost the contents of his sheds, including hay, harness, chaff-cutting, works, and…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 11

A ten-roomed house at Palmerston North was burned down on Monday. This is Palmerston's eighth fire within a fortnight. The Government has decided to send a…

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Casino Fire Brigade Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 10

CASINO, Tuesday.--Mr. Nance, inspector to the Fire Board, Sydney, arrived, at Casino last night, and had an interview with the brigade members, who decided not to accept the…

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Steamers on Fire. Sonneberg Outbreak Under Control

The Star · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 7

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association have been advised that the fire on the German-Australian steamer Sonneberg, now at Aden, from Sydney, has been got under…

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The Telamon Fire. Wool Reloaded. London, April l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1910 · page 9

The wool which was unloaded from the steamer Telamon at Perim. owing to the fire aboard, and dried, has been reloaded. Among the apples 10,000 cases were…

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Ship Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 10

The Sydney Marine Underwriters Association has been advised that the from the German-Australian steamer Sonneber has been got under control and is confined to [?] 3 held…

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Fires on Steamers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 7

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, Ltd., were in receipt of a cable yesterday stating that the fire on the steamer Sonneberg was undor control,…

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The Sonneberg Fire

The Star · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has been advised that the fire on the German Australian Co.'s steamer Sonneberg has been extinguished. The Sonneberg is at…

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The Sonneberg's Fire

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received a cable stating that the fire which broke out in No. 3 hold of the steamer Sonneberg while the vessel was at…

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Fire at Chatswood Town Hall

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

The Chatswood Fire Brigade this morning received a call to the Willoughby Town Hall, where some tar has become Ignited. The services of the brigade were not required, as the…

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The Country. Fire at Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 10

ALBURY, Wednesday.--An outbreak of [?] occurred in one of the store rooms at Messrs. Collins and Mason's hide and skin merchants. at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. The fire was…

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Fire in Bathurst-street. Young Lady Suffers

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1910 · page 5

Excitement prevailed in Bathurst-street, city, this morning, owing to a fire occurring at Commercial Chambers, Bathurst-street, adjoining and extending over Messrs. Riley Brothers'…

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