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Fires & bushfires, 1920

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Bomb Explosion Near London Bridge "Freeman's Journal" Blaze LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 7

A bomb explosion occurred near London Bridge last night. No casualties were caused. A mysterious party of armed and…

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Fire in the Crop

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 7

A message from Wagga to the "S. M. Herald" says: The first bush fire of the season occurred yesterday when a fine crop of…

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Farmers' New Menace Fires Sweep Through Crops NARROMINE

Evening News · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 4

After struggling through three years of drought without a return from crops, farmers are now threatened with fires sweeping away the prolific crops just…

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Homestead Destroyed by Fire. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 10

Erigle, the homestead of Messrs. Conroy Bros., of Lowesdale, 10 miles from Corowa, with furniture, clothing, and general contents, has been completely destroped by fire. The…

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Fire in City Boot Factory Burned

Evening News · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 1

After [?] out in the been [?] and Co. in [?] to the Central Railway Station…

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The Soil. Fire Blight Disease. Australia's Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 7

Some further notes on the spread of fire blight in New Zealand and the imminent danger the fruitgrowing industry of the Dominion is exposed to from this disease have been…

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Liverpool Fires. Flame Weapons. Sinn Fein Campaign. Cotton Warehouses Ablaze . LONDON, November 28

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 5

Organised outrages in Liverpool indicate the commencement of the threatened Sinn Fein attacks on English industrial centres disclosed in the documents captured in recent Dublin…

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Buildings and Works. Manly Fire Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 December 1920 · page 9

Owing to the rapid growth of Manly during recent years, it has been found necessary to do away with the antiquated village fire station, and to erect a modern building fitted…

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Liverpool Fires. Warehouses in Ruins. Explosion in London. London, Nov. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 December 1920 · page 11

The damage in Liverpool and Bootle is now estimated at £1,000,000. Several warehouses are in ruins. In one warehouse £300,000 worth of cotton was…

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Fire at Golf Club

Evening News · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 4

The protessionals' sheds at the Bonnie Doon Golf Club, Arnc[?] together with 50 sets of golf clubs, tools, and professions players' outfits, were destroyed by…

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Fire at Golf Club Fremises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 9

Shortly before 11 o'clock last night, a fire broke out in the professionals' shed at the Bennie Doon Golf Club, Marsh-street, Arncliffe. The flames soon secured a firm hold, and the…

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Living on Next to Nothing. the Way of Japan. No Bread; Beds, Fires, Boots

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 12

A Japanese house is one of the simplest things ever built, for it consists of little more than four posts and "a roof. But such impermanence, which…

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Rosebery, Ponies Persian Fire Pays £17/16/ Lord Mooltan Disqualified

Evening News · Thursday 2 December 1920 · page 6

Dull. threatening weather [?] when the Ros[?] Rasing Club commenced as [?] this morning. There were is races [?]ed on the [?] and the attendance [?]…

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Bush Fire Brigade

The Land · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 4

Murrumbidgee Shire Council is taking steps to establish a bush fire brigade in view of the approaching hot weather. It was decided that…

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Fire on Cruiser Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 7

An outbreak of fire occurred on H.M.A.S. Sydney during her cruise oft the Tasmanian coast According to letters received yesterday, the vessel was entering Port Arthur when…

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For the Fruitgrower. So-called Fire Blight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 9

The question of keeping this bacterial blight out of Australia is much too serious to be treated lightly by our growers. The publicity that it has received lately from the fact that…

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Another War Romance the Fire-girl's Picture. The Lonely "Aussic't" Letter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 12

The long arm of coincidence stretched out during the war to miss Isobel Silver, who been[?] a member of the Erosworth fire brig[?] Hants, Eng[?]…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Fire Blight Symptoms and Treatment the Danger Stage

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 9

Reference was mede in the farmer and settler" last week to the outbreak of fire-blight in New Zealand and to the risk of the spread of the disease…

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Fires in the Country. Wee Waa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 December 1920 · page 16

At 10 o'clock last night a fire broke out in Yet Hing's general store, which by 11 o'clock was completely gutted; also Cruick-shank and Phillip's garage, and E. Pa[?]er's…

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Fire at St. Peters

The Sun · Saturday 4 December 1920 · page 7

A fire broke out last night at the drapery shop of Eva Malouf, King-street, St. Peters. The shop and contents, buck rooms, and basement were…

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