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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 62

Bush and Grass Fires Hundreds of Square Miles Ablaze. Immense Destruction

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

With the approach of the hot weather the much-dreaded bush and Kray fires have swept through many parts of New South Wales. The extraordinary growth…

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Fire Board Estimates. Year Closes with Credit Balance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

The Board of Fire Commissioners has adopted the estimates of expenditure for the Sydney fire district for 1918, and the various municipal councils have been apprised of the amount of…

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Railway Disasters. Austrian Train on Fire. London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

A Vionna telegram, repeated from Amsterdam, states that a grave disaster occurred to a passenger train at Samber, Galiciu. It caught fire while going at full speed, The…

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The Grase-Fire Menace Summer's Deadly Peril for Producers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 1

Pastoralists and crop-farmers in the spacious inland areas are facing at the present time a menace only in a slight degree less terrible than that of the…

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Japanese Ship on Fire S.O.S. Call to Frisco VANCOUVER

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 5

San Francisco has received wireless S.O.S. calls from the Japanese steamship Shinyo Maru, somewhere in the Pacific. The message says that the ship is on fire…

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Wheat Fires in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Fires in the northwestern wheat belt destroyed 300 acres of standing wheat, estimated to yield 13 bushels to the acre, belonging to Tepper Brothers, and…

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Epping Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 8

A firn occurred early on Boxing Day which, had not prompt assistance boon available, would certainly have resulted in tho demolition of a valuable section of…

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Fire Board Estimates

The St George Call · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 6

The Board of Fire Commissioners has adopted the estimates of expenditure for the Sydney fire district for 1918, and the various municipal councils have been…

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Over the Kitchen Fire

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 5 January 1918 · page 3

APRICOTS STEWED IN SYRUP.—Wipe the down from young apricots, and stew them as gently as possibly in a syrup made of four ounces of sugar to half a pint of water,…

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More Grass Fires Big Area Swept Hay

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1918 · page 2

The grass fires last Saturday burned a strip of land through Clare Station. The holdings of Messrs. Harry Lear and Byrnes suffered severely…

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Fires in Riverina

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 8

HAY, Saturday.—A fire broke out last night on Clare Alma and swept an area of 5000 acres on portion of the holding known as Avondale. After a hard fight, the fire was subdued at…

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Fire in Wheat Crop. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 4

A destructive fire broke out on Saturday evening at Cromby in a wheat crop owned by Mr. Add[?]e Lutze. After some fierce fighting the fire was subdued. It is supposed to have…

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Fire Destroys Wheat and Hay. Parkes, Monday Afternoon

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 5

One stack of wheat and three stacks of [?] on Mr. Rees' farm at Billabong Creek, were destroyed by fire on Saturday night, also a threshing machine belonging ton Mr. C. N. Giff[?]…

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A Good Save The Fire at Holt House, Sydney

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 7

In these days of waste saving there is one great leakage that needs keenest attention, and it is a matter that can be easiest remedied…

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Medals for Australians Bravery Under Heavy Fire LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 1

Sergeants B. F. Jones and R. Lonsdale and Mechanics H. S. Raphael and W. B. Campbell, of the A.I.F., have been awarded Military Medals for gallantry in salving…

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Save Your Property How to Avoid Any Danger in Electrical Installation a Paper by H. G. Holle, Electric Inspector for the Fire Underwriters' Association of New South Wales

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 7 January 1918 · page 15

In presenting my views on this subject to you, I have endeavored to the best of my ability, not only to make the matter interesting, but also to demonstrate…

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Bush Fire at Jerilderie

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 8

A fire broke out on C. Shanahan's farm, eight miles from Jerilderie, last week. A strong wind caused the fire to spread rapidly and the flames were…

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"Vote No, or Be Burnt Out." Coercing the Farmers in Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 4

On the Green [?] and Mia Min roads (Vic.) leading into Newstend for a distance of some miles, on most of the bridges and on some fences the…

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Further Crass Fires

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 8

Further damage has been done by grass fires in the Hay district. A strip of land was burned through on Clare Station ; 5000 acres on Avondale…

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