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Fires & bushfires, 1919

1,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 71

The Beer Was Saved Fire in a Perth Brewery PERTH

The Sun · Wednesday 26 February 1919 · page 5

A fire broke out at 5 o'clock this morning at the Swan Brewery bottling works. Perth, but was extinguished by the automatic sprinklers installed…

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Fish Die in Thousands Are Bush Fires Responsible? YASS

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 6

When the recent, rain brought the Goodradigbee River down in flood at Wee Jasper, it was noticed that thousands of fish from three inches long…

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More Fires, Yet No I.w.w!

The Australian Worker · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 7

TIME was, and not so very long ago, either, when every fire, was set down as the work of the I.W.W. It little mattered how, when, where, or under what…

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"Ice Fires" Firemen Pumping Air Strange Outbreaks

The Sun · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 2

An ice-chest on fire sounds paradoxical, but one caught alight in a house in Darlington-road, Redfern, yesterday, and the flames did slight…

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Ventura's Mails. Damage by Fire in America

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--When the English mail by the Venture (which has arrived at Sydney) was crossing the Canadian-Pacific railway route an outbreak of fire damaged…

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The Cult of the Fire- Stick. Clergyman's Denunciation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 6

GLADSTONE, Q., Tuesday.--In connection with the Gladstone meatworks fire, the police are said to be shadowing three prominent members of the I.W.W., whose finger prints…

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A Blackened Waste Miles Swept by Bush Fires Many Families Homeless Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

Mr. Lawson, Premier of Victoria, is to-day visiting Beech Forest, the scene of recent bush fires. On every side blackened country…

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School on Fire Blaze at St. Peters

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

An outbreak of ore in the Public School in Church-street, St Peters, last night, is supposed to be the result of a prank by boys…

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Peace Celebrations. Graziers' Views Don't Blaze the Money Away

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 17

On the invitation of the Government, the President of the Graziers' Association of N.S.W., Mr. John Mackay, was appointed to a seat on the Advisory…

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Fire Brigades' Board's Estimates

The Land · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 6

The Board of Fire Commissioners has fixed the amount of contributions of municipalities and shires within the Sydney fire district for 1919…

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Fire at Alexandria Hides Store Destroyed

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 2

A fire in the store at the rear of the [?]giue and all works of Wiliam G.Long in O' Reardon-street, Alexandria, early this morning, did considerable damage…

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Fire at St. Peters School. Building Seriously Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 5

The St. Peters Public School caught fire yesterday afternoon, and, with some of the contents, was seriously damaged. The flames broke through the roof, a considerable portion of…

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Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 6

Shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening a fire broke out on vacant ground in Robinson-street, South Granville, off Blaxcell-street. About 40 acres of grass…

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Three Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

At 12.40 p.m. on Saturday the Lidcombe Brigade received a call to Maud-street, where an acre of grass was alight in close proximity to private dwellings…

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Fire Districts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 11

The shire clerk reported as follows to the Blacktown Council on Tuesday:—"An officer of the Fire Board visited this office a few days ago and secured certain…

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Danger of Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 5

Messrs. P. Rutherford and H. E. Burgess, Macquarie-street, Fairfield, wrote to this week's council meeting that, in November, 1918, a request of their's was referred to…

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Fire at Rozelle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 10

Shortly after 5 o'clock last evening a fire broke out at the Veneer Company's works. Terry Street, Rozelle, and caused considerable damage…

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The Blacktown Fire

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 1

At Parramatta, Mr. H. Richardson Clerk held an inquest touching the cause of the fire on December 25 at the Blacktown Timber Company's yards…

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A Fire in Canton

The World's News · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

AS we were about to go to press (says the Canton (China) "Times"), the fire alarm was sounded and our reporter hastened to the scene of the fire. which occurred on the…

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Big Fire £30,000 Damage Rozelle Factory Destroyed Fire Brigade's Splendid Work

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1919 · page 2

The manufactory of the Ve[?] Company, Limited, in Torry-street, Roselle, was totally destroyed by fire last night. the…

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