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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1916

1,933 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 97

On the Wane. Germans' Fierce Fire. French Infantry's Fury. London, Wednesday Morning

Evening News · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 1

[?] Paris correspondent [?] is the most [?] is…

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Fire at Katoomba. Four Shops Gutted. Early Morning Blaze. Katoomba

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

Four shops were destroyed by fire in Katoomba-street early this morning and the King's Theatre adjoining, was damaged. The fire was first noticed by one of the railway…

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The Cremorne Fire

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 1

In the report of the [?] fire in Monday "Evening News." It was printed that there was ni sign of the flumes when Mr. and Mrs. Griffths and their son Arthur went to…

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Tram on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 7

Excitement was caused on a Glebe Point tram about 10 o'clock last night by a fire, which occurred when the ear was turning the corner at the junction of Glebe…

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Cremorne Junction Fire

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 3

In connection with the fire at Cremorne Junction early on Monday morning, it was not a son of Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths who got away from the burning building with them,…

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Bedclothes Catch Fire. Elderly Woman Asphyxiated. [?]

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

Mrs. [?] woman [?] asleep list [?]…

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Fire at Kat00mba Business Block Destroyed Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 5

The biggest fire which has ever occurred in Katoomba happened at 3 o'clock tills morning, the result being that a block of buildings opposite the railway gates was totally…

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Loss of Aeroplanes Fire in German Factory. Copenhagen, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 7

A fire, which broke out in a factory in Altona (on the Elbe, adjoining Hamburg), destroyed 63 aeroplanes…

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Bulgarian Riots Police Fire on Crowd. Many Killed and Wounded. Athens, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 1

[?] disturbances have again occurred in [?] of [?] held an anti dynamic war demonstration in Sons. The…

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Fires in the Country

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

A homestead rusting £2000 on Kulki station, Jerilderie, the property of Mr. Mill[?]st, was destroyed by lire on Monday. The outbreak, the cause of which…

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Fire at Bondi

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Jeffrey Brothers' fruit shop at 408 Oxford-street. Bondi Junction, caught fire at 7.30 o'clock this morning. The place was severely damaged by fire and water…

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Motor Boat on Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

As the result of a leak in a ben[?]ino lank, a boat on the Wanganui River, N.Z., caught fire. There was considerable danger, but the Passengers landed…

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Fire at Bondi Junction

Evening News · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

The premises of Jeffery Brothers, fruiterers in Oxford-district, Bondi Junction, were severely damaged by the early this morning. The building, which is constructed of brick and…

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Fire at Katoomba. Four Shops Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Thursday.--A disastrous fire broke out in the main thoroughfare shortly after 3 o'clock this morning, as the result of which n business block, consisting of four…

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Preparing the Anzacs Gas and Liquid Fire

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 1

Before they went into the firing line the Australians in France were put through a course of training in the Hun methods of warfare. They were placed in a…

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Katoomba Fire. Four Shops Destroyed. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 8

A terrace of four weatherboard shops, situated in the centre of the town business area, at the intersection of Main street and Katoomba-street, were destroyed by fire early…

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State Fire Insurance Injunction to Be Asked for Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 5

An interesting position has arisen in connection with the Government's fire insurance scheme. A writ was issued yesterday on behalf of the Australian Alliance Assurance…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

The first fire since the formation of the Bankstown fire brigade occurred on 1st inst. in Brancourt Avenue about 7 p.m. It appears that Mr. John W. Conningham…

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Financial. Australian Mutual Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 19

The annual report of the Australian Mutual [?]re insurance Society for the 12 months [?]ded March 31 shows an income for the [?]lod of £81,917, which, less expenditure…

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