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Fires & bushfires, 1919

1,409 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 71

Australia Arrives To-day Expected at 10 o'clock Encounter's Guns Will Fire Salvo of Welcome

Sunday News · Sunday 15 June 1919 · page 1

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Smoker Sets Fire to His Bedding and Kicks His Landlady for T[?]ing to Put Him Out

The Mirror · Sunday 15 June 1919 · page 2

[?] have been in a nasty moody [?] Mr. Jamieson, A.S.M. at the Central court on Thursday, referring to John [?] who was charged with…

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Fire at Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 10

Premises occupied by Henry Stephen Newbury were severely damaged by fire late on Saturday afternoon. The building is of three stories, the fire starting in an attic, which…

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Fire at Port Kembla W[?]lloncong

The Sun · Monday 16 June 1919 · page 7

W. P. L[?] shop and billiard [?] kembla was destroyed by fire [?] The damage is estimated at £2000…

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Fire in Port Kembla. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 7

Mr. W. P. Laughlln's shop and billiard saloon. Port Kembla, were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £2000. Insurance with the South British…

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Big City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 11

Shortly before 3.30 this morning a fire was discovered in a large brick building in Kent-street, between Market and Druitt streets. The building, which was of four floors and a…

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Petrol Tin Sports Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 2

A remarkable episode occurred at North Parramatta last weekend. When near the Woollen Mills travellers saw a startling blaze of light, as if a house was blazing…

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Mail Car on Fire. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 11

Mr. W. M'Intosh's mall car, running between Araluon and Moruya, caught fire yesterday evening, five miles from Moruya, and was destroyed. The mails were saved…

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Big City Fire £50,000 DAMAGE Mysterious Explosion

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 5

[?]estimated at £50,000 was [?] by a [?]…

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£1,000,000 FIRE Liverpool Dock Damaged LONDON, June 16

The Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 1

A portion of the Liverpool dock, with the cargo stored there, was destroyed, by fire. The damage is estimated at…

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Fire on Orca Mails Damaged by Water DURBAN, June 9

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 1

The steamer Oren, which brought Australian troops to Sydney in April, and then loaded for South Africa, has arrived here…

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Fire at Liverpool Docks Damage £1,000,000 LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 1

A fire at Liverpool destroyed docks, sheds, and warehouses containing turpentine and general merchandise. The damage is estimated at…

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High Explosive Was it a Shell ? City Fire Mystery Damage Estimated £50,000

The Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 2

One of the incidents of a city fire which occurred early this morning was most sensational, and up to the present it is cloaked in mystery. Detectives…

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The Bolsheviks British Success Cronstadt on Fire Troops for Persia LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 1

The fortress of [?] to be [?]…

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Big City Fires. Blaze Near the Station a Remarkable Spectacle; Extensive Damage Done

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

At 10 minutes to 10 last night an outbreak of fire. involving losses amounting to perhaps £100,000, took place at the eight-storey premises of A. H. Burnet and Co., Ltd., merchants…

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Another Big Blaze £150,000 Damage Are Fire Bugs at Work?

Evening News · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

It is estimated that the damage caused by the big fire in Chalmers-street [?] near the railway station, last night exceeds £150,000. Two large buildings were destroyed and one severely damaged. Two big fires on two consecutive nights…

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The Big Fires Insurance Companies Affected

Evening News · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 7

The [?] one at Marchant and Company, Limited in Kent-street, and the other at A.H. Burnett and Company, Limited, have seriously affected the…

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Fire and Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

The finding of what was supposed to have been portion of a shell, as the result of a terrific explosion at a big city fire early yesterday morning, aroused considerable interest in…

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The Shell the Fire Left

The Sun · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 1

SCENE IN CHALMERS-STREET THIS MORNING, SHOWING THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY LAST NIGHT'S GREAT BLAZE…

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