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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

2,759 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 138

Ship on Fire. Abandoned at Sea. Crew Saved by Another Vessel. Doomed Steamer Was Coming to Sydney

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 6

Messrs. Houldar Brothers of Pitt-street, Sydney. owners of the steamer Parlsiana, 84 days out from New York to Sydney, via ports received news from Albany, West Australia. this…

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Managing the Fire Fighters How Some Hose Was Obtained. Hiring of the Motor Cars. the Question of Expenses

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the administration of the Fire Brigades Act, continued its sittings in the Chief Secretary's Department this morning…

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Fire Brigade's Administration. the Commission of Inquiry. To-day's Evidence. Members' Allowances and Expenses. Statement by Mr. Taylor, M.l.a

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

Acting-Judge Domunds continued the inquiry at the Chief Secretary's Office. Sydney. this morning into the purposes to which public and other funds have been devoted by the late Fire…

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Wentworth Bush Fires. 300 Miles of Flames

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 15

WENTWORTH, Friday.--Owing possibly to the rains that fell during the early part of the week, the bush fires which were raging in the vicinity of Wamberra station are partly under…

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Picture Panics and Fires

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 1

The Government should give immediate attention in the interest of life and property, to the frequent occurrence of fires and…

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The Parisiana Fire

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

Further particulars regarding the abandonment of the steamer Parisians at sea, received from Albany West Australia, show that a terrific explosion occurred soon after the…

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Open Column. "Smouldering Fires at Broken Hill."

The International Socialist · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 6

EDITOR, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST,—I would like through your columns to make a slight correction to a certain statement appearing in an article headed…

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The Hen House Fire

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 11

Gloomy night had spread its sable pinions over the red-tiled roofs of the liliputian. hamlet. Silence brooded o'er the scene; a silence vast, impenetrable, and…

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The Coraki Fire. About £18,000 Damage

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

CORAKI, Saturday.— It is still impossible to secure details of the insurance on the buildings destroyed by yeaterday's fire. The extent of the losses is known to be about £18,000…

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Oil Losses From Fire. the Careless Use of Matches

The World's News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 16

VERT frequently cable messages report the tremendous losses caused by oil wells catching fire, not only in the United States,…

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Origin of the Fire. in Tween Decks Among Resin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 13

The fire broke out on the night of Sunday December 11, in the tween docks among the cargo of resin. The bulkheads were cut away and the fire was attacked from different parts…

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The Wentworth Fire Now Under Control Settlers' Trying Time

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 5

WENTWORTH, Saturday.— News has come to hand that the Wamberra fire was at last under control. The fire had been burning about two weeks, and the fire fighters state that it was…

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Fire Beigade Inquiry. Evidence Before Royal Commission. Alleged Improper Expenses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 10

Acting District Court Judge Edmunds, sitting as a Royal Commission, heard further evidence yesterday regarding the administration of the late Fire Brigades Board and of the Board of…

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Destructive Fire. Coraki Suffers Heavily. Half Business Portion Burned. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 15

The most disastrous fire ever experienced in the history of the town of Coraki took place during the early hours of this morning. More than half the business portion of…

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Fire Brigade Administration. Commission of Inquiry. Evidence by Inspector of Accounts

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Acocks, inspector of accounts in the Audit Department, was the principal witness at the Friday afternoon sitting of the commission of inquiry into matters connected…

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Fire Brigades Board. Royal Commission's Inquiry. Motors Used for Elections. Perquisites and Travelling Expenses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 11

Good progress was made yesterday by the Royal Commission (Acting-Judge Edmunds) appointed to inquire into the expenditure of public funds by the Fire Brigades Board and the…

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Big Fire at Coraki. Business Centre Demolished. Damage Estimated at £20,000. a Brigade-less Town

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 13

CORAKI, Friday.--At about 2.30 this morning a fire broke out at the rear of the premises of Stokes and Priddices tailors shop in Richmond-terrace, and quickly demolished the whole…

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Abandoned at Sea. Steamer Parisiana on Fire. Burning for Five Days. Chew at St. Paul Island. Brought on to Albany

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 13

The mystery of the non-arrival of the Empire Transport Company's steamer Parisiana, which was bound from Now York to Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports, was cleared up…

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Story of the Fire. Vessel White with Heat. Tremendous Explosion Rends Her. Fireman Smothered in the Bunkers. Two of the Crew Die From Exposure. Rescued After 28 Days

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 13

ALBANY, Friday.--The Parisiana left New York for Melbourne on October 29 last. She proceeded by way of St. Vincent and the Cape of Good Hope, and was making an easterly run…

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Disastrous Fire at Coraki

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1911 · page 14

A disastrous fire occurred at Coraki during the early hours of Friday morning. More than hall the business portion of the town was completely demolished, the whole block from. Minto-street to…

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