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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1920

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 55

Riotous Belfast. Troops Fire on Union Jack No Protection for Mob Armored Cars, in Affected Areas London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 1

Seven persons were killed at Belfast to-day and 100 wounded. Armored cars are patrolling the streets. Two policemen have been killed in County Mayo. ("The Sun's" Special Representative)…

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Fire at Ashfield Valuable Machinery Destroyed

Evening News · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 2

A quantity of valuable machinery was stroyed in a fire which damaged Hokin others' electrical works in Rose-rest, Ashfield, this morning. The…

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Ashfield Fire Factory Ablaze Estimated Damage £3000

The Sun · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 5

The woodwork and electrical fitting factory of Hokin Brothers, situated at Robert-street, Ashfield, together with the contents, was destroyed by a…

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Misdemeanors. the Constable's Pursuit "Stand or I'll Fire"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 4

A police constable named Gordon J. Willis was charged at the Parramatta quarter sessions on Monday with the murder of a boy named Reg. A. Staples…

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Battle on Battle Troops Fire on the Melee ALDERMAN McSWINEY'S Long Fast Question of Last Sacrament London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 1

Tho correspondent of "The Times" at Belfast states that the Moodiest battle of the outbreak occurred today at Sponcer-Basin, where an invasion…

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Suburban Fire. Factory Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 13

Early yesterday morning a fire destroyed the woodwork and electrical fitting factory of Hokin Bros. at Robert street, Ashfield. The damage exceeds £2000…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Sun · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 5

Through the overheating of a crucible, due to a gasring that had been left burning in the premises of Rollason and Co., manufacturing jewellers,…

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Fire Scare in City

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 1

The sight of half a dozen fire engines racing down Castlereagh-street about 7 o'clock last night drew hundreds of people to the scene of the alarm…

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The Fire Vigilanis of the Metropolis Sydney Bridge One of the World's Best Inspirations from London's Great Organisation and the Advance of Local Technical Knowledge have Enormously Insured City's Safety

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 23

The first volunteer fire brigade was established in Sydney 18 years after the formation of London's celebrated brigade. The local men— 27 of them—started on their great task with a solitary manual engine, which they dragged to outbreaks of fire without the aid of animal or…

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Mysterious Fire School Burned Down GOULBURN

The Sun · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 2

The public school at Richlands, in the Taralga district, has been destroyed by fire. A passing stockman reports that at 11 o'clock on Friday night the…

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The Mysterious Fire at Merrylands. Wide Range of Inquest Justified

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) resumed at the Courthouse, Parramatta, on Thursday the inquiry into the cause and origin of a fire in…

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Mysterious Fires Coroner Investigating

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 11

The District Coroner. Mr. H Richardson Clark, resumed At Parramatta yesterday an inquiry into the destruction by fire on July 2 of a four-roomed furnished…

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Fairfield Fire Brigade

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 12

The secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners wrote to the Fairfield Council meeting in reply to a letter from Fairfield Council. stating that the…

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Launch Damaged by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

Shortly after half-past 8 last night a fire was discovered on the steam launch Vivid, the property of M. Daly, which was moored to No. 2 Wharf. Dawes Point. The…

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Fire on Tug Vivid Severely Damaged

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 12

Fire severely damaged the engine-room, bunkers and deck fittings of the harbor tug vivid, owned by [?] Daly, which was moored to No. 2 Wharf,…

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Through the Fire Factory Hand's Rush Girls Warned in Time

Evening News · Thursday 9 September 1920 · page 7

While [?] over heaps of blazing [?] to warn two [?] of their danger. Thomas Howard [?] fo King-street, St. Peters, was burnt on the face and…

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Unusual Sight Furniture Waggon on Fire

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 7

One of Mack Foy's delivery vane, with a heavy load of furniture, was destroyed by fire this afternoon in Willoughby-road, near Slat Rock. The origin of the…

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Fire Officer's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 14

The death occurred at Balmain Hospital yesterday afternoon of Station Officer Augustus John Gerrard, of the Rozelle Fire Station. He joined the Fire Brigade in 1899, and for the…

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Fire in Cabramatta. Coroner's Verdict

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 2

The Liverpool Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) held an inquiry at the Liverpool Courthouse on Saturday afternoon concerning a fire which occurred at Cabramatta on August 21st…

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Smithfield and Fairfield Motor Fire Engine

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 9

The Board of Fire Commissioners has Informed the Smithfield and Fairfield council that the question of the supply of a motor fire engine for Fairfield fire station…

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