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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

1,358 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 68

Conflagrations. a Destructive Fire at Hay

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 4

The residence of [?] on the Bay (N.S.W.) [?] was totally destroyed by his together with all [?], on Saturday night last. The building was a substantial six-formed…

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Fire at Narrabeen Motor Garage Destroyed Damage Estimated at £3500

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 5

A large motor garage belonging to Mr. Henry C. Bottle in Pittwater-road, Narrabeen, was burnt out late last night, and two motor 'buses and three motor cars destroyed…

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Fire at Narrabeen. Five Motors Burned. Destroyed in Half-an-hour

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 5

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Fire Destroys' Mascot House

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 6

Shortly before 10 o'clock this morning [?] brobe out at the residence of John Williams G. Lewis in Roalyn-street, Ma[?]cot. The building was a cottage of fice rooms, and three more…

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Motor Garage Gutted. Serious Fire at Narrabeen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 17

A fire which caused considerable damage broke out early yesterday morning at Messrs' Bottles' motor garage, Narrabeen. The whole of the garage building was totally…

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Fatal Fire Old Woman's Death Adelong

The Sun · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

A fatal fire occurred at Lower Bago this morning at the residence of a settler, Arthur Perfect. The body of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Walter…

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Country Fire. Woman Burned to Death. All[?]

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 5

A track burning affair [?] at Lower Bago to-day. A rabit trapper noticed [?]mouldering woodwork in a lonely part of [?] which he…

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No Infantry Work. French Artillery Fire. Enemy 'Planes Suffer. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 6

A French communique states.— There is marked activity in reciprocal artillery are north-west of Rhelms, and in the Champagne district generally. There has been…

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Fires Out in Melbourne Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 April 1917 · page 2

The strike of bottle blowers is unsettled, with the result that the fires under the tanks at the works of the Australian Gloss Manufacturers Co. have been allowed to burn out. This will…

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A New Zealand Fire Auckland

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 April 1917 · page 2

The Hawkes Bay fruit cool storage buildings and plant, which cost £10,000 to erect, have been destroyed by fire. They contained 22,000 cases of apples and pears. The buildings were…

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Blaze at Glass Works

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 5

About 26 square tent of roofing was hunt by or at the tustration Glass Manulacluring company's products in Dowing-street. Waterloo this morning. The blue and caused by…

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New Zealand Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The buildings and plant of the Hawke's Bay Fruit Cool Storage Company were destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The works, which were opened…

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Munition Factory Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 7

The Press Bureau announces that a fire and a small explosion in a munition factory in the north of England this morning killed one employee, and injured four…

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Feeding the Fires Ballarat's Stokehold Men Work in the Dark LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 1

Officers and men of the torpedoed troopship Ballarat have been interviewed at Salisbury. They state that the explosion shook the…

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CONFLAGRATIONS. Fires in Wheat Stacks

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 May 1917 · page 4

A fire in a wheat black at Springdale, near Temota (N.S.W.), caused damage estimated at £[?]. Another fire occurred in a wheat stuck at [?] (N.S.W.), but was [?]guished before…

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The French Front Violent Artillery Fire LONDON, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 5

A French official message issued at midnight says: -- The artillery on both sides was active, particularly north-west of Reims and in…

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Smithfield Fire Candle and Kerosene Man Committed for Trial LIVERPOOL

The Sun · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 5

An inquiry was held at the Liverpool courthouse by the District Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) regarding the outbreak of fire at the residence of Frederick Johnson,…

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In Palestine. Accurate British Fire. Does Damage to Enemy. London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 1

The following official report has been received from [?]—Our artillery in the neigh[?] of [?] the south of Palestlne near the [?] dispersed…

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Suspicious Fire. What Neighbors Found. Cotton Waste and Kerosene Smithfield Resident Committed

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 6

The Liverpool Coroner, Mr. P. S. Poolman, [?] an inquiry at te local court[?] concerning an outbreak of [?] at the residence of Frederick…

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