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Fires & bushfires, 1919

1,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 71

Tullamore. Bush Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 14

A bush fire broke out on Bonnie Doon, and destroyed about 1000 acres of grass. It spread on to Mr. Clifton's Property, adjoining Bonnie Doon, and swept 2000…

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Hillston. Bush Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 13

A fire broke out on The Lea near Kendall's Well, and spread to Vieta and Yadra and the back paddoks of Cowl Cowl. Approximately, 30,000 acres of…

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Bush Fires Many in the Suburbs

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

Several bush fires were dealt with by the suburban fire brigades yesterday. The most serious was one of 100 acres is Beaconsfield road Mosman…

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Started Big Bush Fire. Youth Fined 65

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 6

KATOOMBA. Tuesday.--The mystery surrounding the great hush fire in the Megalong Valley was solved to-day. waen James Davies, 15 years, was charged at Katoomba Court with…

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Cudal. Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 14

A fire broke out in a bedroom occupied by Miss Reid, at Davy's Plains Station, Cudal, while Mr. and Mrs. Reid were absent in Sydney. A party of Cudalites…

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Country Fires. Mysterious Origin. Merriwa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 10

Several fires of mysterious origin have recently occurred in this district, the latest sufferer being Francis Balley, jun., whose cottage and effects were completely destroyed…

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Fire at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Early yesterday morning Mrs. Hensworth, accompanied by her four children, left her home in Louisa Road, Balmain, for the purpose of being inoculated. A nursegirl about 16…

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Fire in Brass Foundry

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 5

Through the fusing of an electric wire last night, in a wood and iron building, in Cameron-street, Balmain, used as a brass foundry by the Mort's…

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Fire on the Coolcha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 10

About 8 o'clock yesterday morning an outbreak of fire was discovered in the forecastle of the Commonwealth motor ship Coolcha, lying at her moorings at Cockatoo Dock. The…

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Fire on the Motor Ship Coolcha

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 4

A fire broke out shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning in the forward parts of the new Commonwealth motor ship Coolcha, which was moored…

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News of the Week Big Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 12

A fire which occurred in Adelaide destroyed the works, of W. H. Burford and Sons, soap, candle, and starch manufactuiers. The Offices, boiler rooms,…

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Fire at Manly

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

A light thrown down is thought to have set fire to a shed last night at the rear of Mr. J. Holden's homo in Balgowlah road, Manly. The…

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Marist Brothers' Loss. Fire at Bailieboro Castle, Ireland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 13

All over Ireland, where the Order is known, the deepest sympathy will be felt with the Irish Marist Brothers on the recent burning of their college at bailichor[?]…

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More Wreckage. Probably From Handa Isle. Traces of a Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

The Navigation Department yesterday received advice from the police station at Huskisson stating that a ship's mast, believed to be from the missing schooner Handa Isle, is…

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In Case of Fire. What to do. When Your Home Is Burning Down

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 45

How many women realise that it is their own fault when their homes burn down? it is a severe arraignment, but experts have estimated that 50 per cent, of all fires…

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Incendiarism a Boy Charged with the Crime of Causing Bush-fires. Setting the Country Ablaze

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

James Davits, aged eighteen years, was charged op Tuesday last at the Katoomba (N.S.W.) court, with starting fires on January 18th that resulted…

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Fire in Timber Yard

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

A stack of timber in Williams' timber yards. Old Canterbury-road, Marrickville, caught fire this afternoon, and a considerable quantity of it was…

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CONFLAGRATIONS. Oil-steamer on Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred on the commonwealth off steamer coolcha, lyhing off cocoka island in sydney rapidly and three fireman were out off and compelled to drop…

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