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Fires & bushfires, 1920

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 55

Fire Brigade Dance

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 September 1920 · page 5

The Fire Brigade Red Cross Society gathered a number of friends to head-quarters last night to attend their monthly euchre party and dance. There…

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Fire in Bond Store

Evening News · Monday 13 September 1920 · page 4

An automatic fine alarm informed the file [?] at headquarters at 4.23 yesterday morning of an outbreak at the Grafton Bond spirit store to Kent-street…

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£30,000 Damage. Fire in Wool Scouring Works

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 September 1920 · page 5

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday.--A serious loss has been caused by the fire which destroyed Messrs. Walter Hill and Company's wool scouring works at Woolston…

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Fire at Wool-scouring Works. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1920 · page 9

Damage to the extent of £20,000 has been caused by [?] at the wool-scouring works of [?]Woolston, Canterbury. The [?] [?] [?]…

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"Fire and Be Damned" An Hotel Drama Man Sent for Trial

The Sun · Tuesday 14 September 1920 · page 2

At the Central Police Court yesterday morning Henry Fenton Dowling, 28, a carter, was committed for trial on a charge of having, whilst armed with a…

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Early Morning Fires At Dulwich Hill and Hurstville

The Sun · Wednesday 15 September 1920 · page 5

Firemen wore out to two fires in the suburbs shortly after midnight. At Allen's dairy in Croydon road, Hurstville, two buildings used us…

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Dunlop's Paris Fire London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 1

The turning Rubber Company states' that the appeal of the [?] its paris factory have been [?] and that the [?]…

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Fire at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 6

On Sunday afternoon the Hurstville Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at Alma Street, Hurstville. When the brigade arrived it was found that a…

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Fire at Hurstville. Two Cottages Destroyed

The Propeller · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 1

At about 1 a.m. on Wednesday morning two weatherboard cottages situated in Croydon Road, Hurstville, were totally destroyed by fire. They…

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Exaggerated Fire Damages. London, September 16

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 5

Dunlop's state that the report of the fire at their Paris factory have greatly exaggerated the damage. The firm estimates the damage at only two million francs…

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Fire in Bagdad. Rebellious Arabs. London, Sept. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 9

A great military motor car depot in Bagdad with supplies of petrol was burnt recently, the damage being at least £1,000,000, necessitating huge Government purchases in Britain…

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Arab Insurgents. Sniping Blockhouses. a £1,000,000 Fire. London, September 15

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 5

Mesopotamian insurgents, apparently realising the dangers lurking from blockhouses, are making then an object of attack before they teach a state of full working order. Blockhouses…

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Fire in Surry Hills

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

Fire damaged the two-storeyed premises of Laurence J. Murphy [?] street, [?] Hills, about 7 o'clock last night. An attempt was made by the…

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A Gallant Australian Rescue at a Fire London

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 1

A fire which occurred at the Royal Forte[?] Hotel [?], in Dev[?] some visitors who were sleeping on the [?] story…

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Postmaster Sent for Trial Catherine Hill Bay Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 September 1920 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, held an inquiry to-day regarding a fire at the Catherine Hill Bay Post Office on…

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Catherine Hill Bay Fire. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 7

Mr. C. Hibble, district coroner, conducted an inquiry yesterday into the fire which occurred at the Catherine Hill Bay Post-office on September 7. Joseph Henry Fox, the…

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Fire at Post Office. Postmaster Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—The fire which occurred at the Catherine Hill Bay post office, on September 7, was inquired into on Saturday by the District Coroner, Mr. C: Hibble. Mr…

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Molten Glass Escapes Fire at Waterloo

Evening News · Monday 20 September 1920 · page 6

Twenty tons of molten glass escaped from a stone [?] at the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company's works in…

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Anarchism in Italy. Explosives and Fires. London, September 20

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 September 1920 · page 5

A message from Rome states that sixteen persons have been arrested in connection with the bomb explosion at the Genoa bourse. These arrester include Hungarians and Russians…

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