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Fires & bushfires, 1920

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 55

A Stoker's Struggle on £58- Per Week No Boots, No Pictures, No Fires LITHGOW

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 5

A case of struggling on a wage of over £5 per week was explained before the Board of Trade at its sittings in Lithgow this week…

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Bedclothes on Fire

The Sun · Sunday 23 May 1920 · page 2

A spark from a lighted cigarette set alight some bedclothes at the residence of Sydney Herbert Sandry, of Meeks-road. Marrickville, early…

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Fire at Cessnock CESSNOCK

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 4

About 7 o'clock this morning in fire broke out in the parcels room at [?] nock railway stations. Slight [?] was done to the building, which…

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Fire on Steamer. London, May 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 7

A Marseilles telegram reports that a serlous fire broke out on the Sardinia, which is carrying jute. The hold and upper deck were flooded, and the passengers landed. The fire…

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Robbed on Friday Fire on

The Sun · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 5

Messrs. Kaganski and Bankin, ladies' tailors, Clarence Chambers, George- street, were unfortunate during last week-end…

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Robbery and Fire Tailors' Unlucky Experience

Evening News · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 7

Kaganski and Bamkin, [?] tailors in Clarence Chambers George-street, had the experience of discovering a robbery and a fire on their premises…

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The Latest Cables Fire on Steamer Sardinia. London. May 21

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 5

A Marseilles telegram advises that a serious fire occurred on the steamer Sardinia,which is carrying, jute. The holds and upper dock were flooded. The passengers were landed, and the…

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Fires of Revolt. German Unrest. Militarists Persistent. London, May 22

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 5

In a Berlin message it is stated that Vorwaerts" has revealed the information of a military organisation directed against the reduction of the army, also aiming at cutting the…

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Disastrous Fire Japanese Cannery Destroyed LONDON, May 24

The Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 1

A message from Tokio states that a fire totally destroyed the Jakodate canning factory, which is the biggest factory of its kind in the Orient. Four…

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Fire at Waterloo

Evening News · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 5
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Starting in the Kitchen near the stave a are gutted Thomas Whittle's fouroomed weatherboard cottage in Epsom-road, Waterloo, to-day, and damage the…

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Explosion Causes Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 6

TILBA TILBA, Wednesday.--Mr. C. H. Bate, of Hilltop, on Monday evening placed a lighted candle on the ground about six feet away while filling a Gloria light tank with…

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Fire at Waterloo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 11

A cottage of four rooms and a kitchen, at No. 16 Epsom-road, Waterloo, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The blaze, the cause of which is supposed to have been…

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Mysterious Fire Householder Exonerated

Evening News · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 4

A four-roomed cottage in M'Kenzie-street Concord West, belonging to Edward Chas, Gian, builder, of Station-street, Petersham, was destroyed by fire…

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Rope Factory Destroyed Spark from Engine Starts Fire

Evening News · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 6

A spark from a pasting locomotive on the Banktown line is thought to have started a fire which gutted Albert Berrymn's grass rope factory in…

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Irish Boycott . No Handling of War Goods More Troops to Sail Fire Bugs Busy Again London, May 25

The Sun · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 1

The correspondent of The Times at Dublin states that direct action all round is apparently supervening on the transport workers' boycott of…

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Ropeworks Burnt Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 10

Fire destroyed a grass ropeworks at 68 Arthur-street, Marrickville, shortly after noon yesterday. The premises, which are owned and occupied by Mr. Albert Berriman,…

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Early Morning Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 6

A fire was discovered in a shed in Lower Forth Street, Woollahra shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, and before being extinguished by a detachment from the Woollahra…

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Fire at Woollahra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 9

An outhouse at Mr. K. Walters's dairy, Forth-streel, Woollahra, was discovered to be on fire about 12.50 a.m. yesterday. The Woollahra Fire Brigade attended, but before the…

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Burning-off Precautions Necessary. and Liability for Damages. Careless Use of Fire Act

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 6

Ardglen (N.S.W.) is the holder of certain land that adjoins a paddock on which scrub has been felled by his neighbor, and inquires whether in the…

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