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Fires & bushfires, 1912

2,735 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 137

Pittsworth in Peril. Fire in Queensland Town. Business Block in Ashes

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A fire broken out at pittsworth, a town 37 miles beyond Toowoomba, and 140 miles from Brisbane, and several buildings, chiefly built of wood, have been…

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Country Fire Brigades the Commissigner's Demands to Be Resisted. Criticism at Casing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 3

At last meeting of the Bathurst Mu-nicipal Council a letter wan received from the Tire Commissioners' Board Intimating that the probable…

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Second Edition Disastrous Fire. Business Places Destroyed. a Blazing Block. Brisbane, Tuesday Morning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 9

A disastrous fire occurred at Pittsworth. shortly after midnight, and at 1.30 a.m. it was still raging. Alrecady five business places have been laid…

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Fire Fighters. Hardworked and Ill-paid. Talk of a Strike. Public Safety Considered

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 7

"Badly equipped, without adequate clothing, burdened with [?]rotten appliances, hard worked, and wretchedly paid," is in the opinion of Captain Dakin, secretary of the N.S.W…

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Hanging Fire

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 1

In a few of the events decided at Victoria Park dead 'uns were observed The post positions had no doubt something [?] do with the owners not sending their…

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Country News. Fires. Branxton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

A fire occurred at St. Peters at the residence of Mr. Bernard M'Dermott, a dairy farmer, on Friday morning. Portion of the building, a detached kitchen and dining-room,…

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Fire Near Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Shortly before noon a fire broke out in grass paddock at Kemp's poultry farm. Denham Court, resulting in the destruction of some fencing and grass. The fire…

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A Destructive Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 13

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A serious fire occurred at Pittsworth at about 1 o'clock this morning, and destroyed the following premises in Yan-dilla-street:--Donnellan and Co., drapers; R…

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Fire Needs at Marrickville

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 18

Ald. Carmichael, at the last meeting of the Marrickville Council, asked the Mayor to have a reel or fire-hose placed in a central position in Marrickville by the Fire Brigade Board…

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Our Fire-fighting Forces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 18

The secretury of the New South Wales Fire Brigade Employees' Union has some trenchant remarks to make upon the condition of the organisation that stands…

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Fire in a Rectory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 18

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--Owing, it is supposed, to the upsetting of a lamp, a fire broke out in the servant's room at North Goulburn rectory on Saturday night. When discovered, it had…

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Marrickville's Wants. Fire Station Needed

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 4

Marrickville aldermen appear to be homewhat afraid that their municipality will be consumed by the and judging by the distance between the business centre and the local fire fighters…

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Creeping Up. Fire Board and Contributions

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 11

ARMIDALE. Wednesday.—For some considerable time the local municipal council has been [?]naking protests against the management of the Fire Brigade by the Board of Fire…

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"Outgrown Its Usefulness" Condemned Fire Station

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 3

The municipality of Mascot has twice been promised that when the Fire Brigade Commissioners are considering their estimates for new fire stations the claims of the…

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Fire Brigade Board. the Year's Estimates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 7

Ald. W. Taylor, municipal representative on the Fire Brigades' Board, has notified the Marrickville Council that the estimates of expenditure for the year 1912 for the Sydney Fire…

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Combined Slide and Stair Fire Escape

Globe · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 6

A new type of slide fire escape which can be combined with a stair fire escape in the same shaft of allotted space, has been designed by an inventor of Montreal, Canada. The…

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Fire on Battleship. Sensational Save. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 19

A fire occurred on the battleship Caesar at Devonport, owing to a leak in an oil fuel tank. A desporate effort had to be made by the…

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Hanging Fire. France and Spain Tardy. Suspense Over Morocco

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 9

PARIS, Tuesday.--The negotiations between France and Spain for the settlement of their Moroccan claims are still under a cloud…

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Disastrous Fire. a Blazing Block. Business Places Destroyed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 20

A fire broke out at Pittsworth shortly after midnight, and caused damage to the extent of £5700. It took place in what is known as Donncilan's block, and spread rapidly. The…

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Under Which King? Dacey or Johnson? Government Playing with Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 14

The relations between the Government and the Chief Commissioner for Railways—the existence of which has been denied—formed a theme for comment by Mr. Wade, M.L.A., the…

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