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Fires & bushfires, 1920

1,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 55

Big Melbourne Fire £50,000 Damage at Hoadley's

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 October 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Damage estimated at £50,000, was done by o fire at the chocolate factory of H[?]adleys, Ltd., in South Melbourne to-day this…

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Fire at Ultimo Driving-Engine Damaged

Evening News · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 5

Damage estimated at several hundred pounds has caused by a fire which broke our in G. and C. Hoskins' Limited, engineering works in Wattle-street,…

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Disastrous Fire. Hoadley's Factory Gutted. Damage, £60,000

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 October 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Sunday. -- The factory of Hoadley's Chocolates, Ltd., in Coventry Street, South Melbourne, was almost completely destroyed by fire shortly after noon on Saturday…

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Mascot Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 10

Mr. A. Bruce, managing director of Wright and Bruce, Limited, woolscourers, whose premises at Mascot were damaged by fire on Friday night, stated yesterday that the…

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Wright and Bruce's Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 5

Wright and Bruce, Limited, wool scourers and fellmongers, of Lakeside, Botany, have not had to suspend scouring operations as a result of the fire on Friday night, which destroyed…

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Fire at Ulmarra. Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 10

A large section of the main business portion of the main street in Ulmarra had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday night. Shortly before 9 o'clock a fire was…

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Parramatta Fires An Engine and a Room Open Verdicts Returned

The Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 8

Mr. Richardson Clark, District Coroner, held an inquiry at Parramatta Courthouse yesterday into tho circumstances surrounding the partial…

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Never Have a Fire Think of the Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 5

At a [?] inquest everybody connected with the fire is in a way on trial.—Mr. H. Richardson Clark, Coroner…

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Sheep on Fire Owners Mystified Phosphate to Blame Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 12 October 1920 · page 8

A unique occurrence has been reported from the north. Three, hundred sheep were found to be on fire, and it was, found that the smoke is rising…

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Eliminating Motor Truck Fires

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 7

Fire, either on the road or in the plant garage, is a real clanger with which all truck drivers may have to cope at any time. Not that motor…

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A Parramatta Fire. What Might Have Been

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 1

At the Coroner's Court on Monday, Harold Oliver Saunders, proprietor of a motor garage in Parramatta and residing in Rosehill-street, Parramatta,…

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On the Land. Wheat Problems. Hail and Fire Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1920 · page 9

It is never safe to estimate the yield of any wheat crop until it ia actually garnered. The interval between now and harvesting time is the most critical stage in the history of the…

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Fires on German Liners. London, Oct. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 9

A message from Hamburg states that a big fire occurred on the Hamburg-America liner Victoria Luise while lying at the Vulcan Yards. Following the recent outbreak on…

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Fire at Wright and Bruce, Ltd., Botany

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 11

On the 8th inst. a serious fire occurred it the Lakeside Works of the above firm, when the large scoured wool-packing shop and stores, together with…

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Victoria Luise Fire Not Serious LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 1

A message from Berlin states that the fire on the 16,000-tonner Victoria Luise was confined to the refrigerating room. The vessel is not one of those…

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Sheep on Fire. a Mob Bursts into Flame

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 4

The unique sight of a mob of 300 sheep on fire was witnessed in one of the northern districts of South Australia on Tuesday last. Smoke was…

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Profiteering Bill Fire of Discussion Mr. Bavin's Claims Department to Cost £150,000

The Sun · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 7

Mr. Thomas Rainsford Bavin, M.L.A. for Ryde, can metaphorically set the Legislative Assembly on Are quicker than any other orator in it. In the…

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An Engine on Fire. How Dit It Happen?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1920 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held in inquest on Monday at the Courthouse, Parramatta concerning the partial destruction by fine of a tramway engine, the property of the…

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Excitement at Pictures Two Ladies Faint When Film Catches Fire

Evening News · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 3

There was some excitement at the Olympia Theatre, in Parramatta road, Petersham, on Saturday night. About 9.30 a slight disturbance…

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More Irish Murders Sergeant Tells Too Much Troops Fire On Both Sides LONDON, Monday Morning

Evening News · Monday 18 October 1920 · page 1

Sergeant Roche, of the Irish Constabulury, who was summoned from Tipperary to Dublin, identified a civilan, who was killed in a recent affray…

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