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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

2,839 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 142

Fires. Tottenham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 10

Mr. J. Lyell's store and building were, completely gutted at 4 o'clock this morning. The insurances are covered in the Scottish Union and National. No water was available…

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A Melbourne Blaze. Firemen's Trying Time

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A fire broke out in a storeroom at the Anglin Company's extensive butchery premises in Bourke-street this morning. A force of 50 firemen was summoned,…

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Constantinople Fire Out

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday Evening.--The fire which has been raging in the city has been extinguished…

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Fires. Mysterious Explosion. Man Runs From the Police

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

A fire which originated in a startling fashion occurred in 91 Oxford-street, near Crown-street, last evening at 20 minutes to 11. First-class Constable Cond[?]e was just in front…

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Oxford-street Explosion. Chemist's Shop on Fire. Man Charged with Arson

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 1

Edgar Albert Edmunds, 33, appeared at the Central Police Court this morning, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., in connection with the explosion that occurred in a chemist's…

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Bush Fires Rampant

The Propeller · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 3

The severe heat on Tuesday last was responsible for many bush fires in this district. At Peakhurst about 400 acres of…

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Turned Incendiaries. Tea House Burnt Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--A tea-house in Kew Gardens was burnt out this morning. Two women have been arrested…

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Tug on Fire. Blaze in Darling Harbor

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The tug Aimee, owned by E. Warburton and Sons, fuel merchants, of Darling Harbor, caught fire shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. The flames had gained a good hold of…

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A Tug on Fire

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 12

The fire brigade received a call to Warburton and Company's wharf, Darling Harbor, at 2 o'clock this morning. where a fire was in progress on the steam tug Amy. The outbreak…

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War Hangs Fire. Wintry Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

CONSTANTINOPLE; Thursday.--Boisterous weather, and frequent snow-storms have checked hostilities. The Bulgarians are experiencing difficulty in…

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Disastrous Tokio Fire. Tokio, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 10

A tremendous fire is raging in the city. Already 3300 buildings have been destroyed, [?] 15,000 persons have been rendered homeless…

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Great Fire in Tokio. 15,000 Persons Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 9

TOKIO, Thursday.--A fire destroyed 8300 buildings in Tokio last night, rendering 15,000 persons homeless…

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Knew Dickens. an English Fire-fighter. Memories of Gad's Hill

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 3

"Yes, I was a competitor in the sports held by Charles Dickens on Boxing Day, 1869." Thus Mr. Maunder, a man of deceptive appearance as to age, who was obliged to…

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A Fearful Fire. Damage, £1,500,000. Tokio's Misfortune. Tokio, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The terrible fire raging here originated in the Salvation Army Hall, in the Kanda quarter of the city. Many schools and institutions have been…

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Fearful Fire in Tokio. 15,000 People Homeless. London. Thursday. 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 8

A disastrous fire has devastated the Kanda quarter of Tokio. The blaze originated in a Salvation Army hall. A strong wind was blowing, and soon…

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Frantic Females. Worse Than Anarchists. Suffragette Crimes. London Tea-house Burnt. Fires at Post Offices. Joyce Locke—virago. London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 8

Yet another [?]ly crime is attributed to suffragettes. This is the complete gutting of the tea house in Kew Gardens by fire last night…

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Bush Fires in the South

Globe · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

A serious bush fire was started at Wagga (N.S.W.) recently by a spark from the shire council's traction engine. A special inquiry as to whether the engine should be got rid of…

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Bush Fires and 'Infernal Machines."

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 7

The Baulkham Hills Shire Council had before it at this Week's meeting three letters making claims for damage done through bush fires started. It was alleged, by sparks from the…

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Series of Small Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 13

A few small fires were reported in the city and suburbs yesterday. At Carrington-road, Waverley, a quarter of an acre of grass and a panel of fencing at the…

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Fires in the Suburbs

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

The fire brigade has been kept busy during the day attending outbreaks in the suburbs. A number of bush fires occurred together with a couple in private dwellings…

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