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Fires & bushfires, 1918

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 62

Hun Incendiaries Setting Fire to Queensland Sugar Crops Two Unnaturalised Germans

The Mirror · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 3

Two unnaturalized Germans, named Max Falgerno and Arthur Danzar, were convicted this week at Bundaberg (Q.) of setting fire to sugar crops in Queensland, and sentenced to…

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City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1918 · page 11

Fire brigades from Headquarters, Pyrmont, and George-street North effected a timely save at Kent-street last night, where an outbreak of fire occurred in the soda fountain…

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Fire in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1918 · page 6

A fire broke out early yesterday morning in Mr. Theo. Astley's tailoring premises. No. 5 Sydney Arcade, city. On the arrival of the brigade the place was well alight, and, despite…

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The Moving Picture Show The Signal Fires

The Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1918 · page 4

The Milliliter for Education in Victoria has decided to inform Mr. Orchard, Minister for Recruiting, that he cannot see his way clear to sanction the lighting of bonfires in…

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Conflagrations. a Sydney Fire Cause a panic

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 April 1918 · page 4

An outbreak of the occurred in a three-storeyed building it the corner of Market and Clarence streets, Sydney on Thursday, and caused a pan[?] among a large numbers of girls employed on…

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40 Gothas Lost Friedrichshafen Fire Incendiarists Suspected LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 5

Router's correspondent at Paris reports that it is stated in a Zurich telegram that the explosion at Friedrlehshafen on Saturday destroyed the sheds used for the…

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Destructive Fire. Zeppelin Sheds Burnt. London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 5

News received in Zurich states that a Zeppelin factory, which was recently destroyed, had been lately transferred into a Gotha factory…

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Friedrichshafen Fire Caused by Allied Airmen London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 18 April 1918 · page 6

The Paris paper "Le Temps" states that the fire at Friedrichshafen, which destroyed two Zeppelins and 40 Gothas, was caused by the bombardment of Allied airmen…

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Manly Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 8

A fire occurred yesterday morning in a motor garage at Manly, occupied by P. M'William. Considerable damage was done to the building and a motor car. The flames…

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Queensland Hotel Fire. Sensational Evidence by a Witness

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 4

The inquiry into the origin and circumstances of the fire that occurred at Tatlersail's 'Hotel, Charleville (Q.), on March 16th was concluded on…

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CONFLAGRATIONS. Fire in a Creamery Factory

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 4

A fire broke out at the Dallina (N.S.W.) Cooperative Creamery on Sunday morning and five wooded building, containing the refrigerating plant and machinery, were burnt to the ground,…

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Gloria Light Company Fire. No Destruction of Stocks

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 4

"Farmer and Settler" folk that come across the city papers may have observed a paragraph with reference to a fire in the building occupied by the Gloria Light…

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'Keep the Home Fires Burning.' Writer Killed During A[?] [?]Id on London

The World's News · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 2

THE bodies of Mrs. Lena Guilbert Ford, an American poetess, and her son, about 30 years oid, were discovered in the wreckage of a house destroyed in one of the recent German…

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Fire Risks

Evening News · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Fuller of [?] a report of the address [?] president of the institute of [?] F. Priceuard, on the fire vicks of the frouns…

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Fire Dangers Chief Secretary Inquiring

The Sun · Monday 29 April 1918 · page 6

The attention of the Chief Secretary, Mr. Fuller, was drawn to-day to the statement of Mr. Pritchard, president of the Institute of Architects, regarding the danger of a fire…

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Fire at Hurstville

Evening News · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 4

Fire was discovered in the grocery shop of Mrs. Agnes M'Cully. Forest-road, Hurstville, last night, during the absence of the inmates. The building is a one-storied structure…

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The Boycott That Missed Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 2

Certain political factions take orders in a certain way from the unseen hand of sinister treachery, but the great body politic in Australia does not. When in…

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