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Fires & bushfires, 1921

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The Paschal Fire of St. Patrick

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 13

(This poem, written for the students of All Hallows, Dublin, and for St. Patrick's Day, 1867, was published for the first time in the "Irish Monthly.")…

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Fire Brigades Inquiries to be Held

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 12

The State Cabinet has considered the request of the Fire Brigades Union for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire [?]to allegati[?]s against…

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£70,000 Fire. N.z. Warehouse Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--Two large brick buildings, owned by Briscoe, Limited, hardware merchants, in the city, were almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The…

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Fire at Auckland. Damage £70,000. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 9

A fire occurred on the premises of Briscoo and Co., hardware merchants, Auckland. Serious damage was done to the stock as well as the building, the loss being estimated…

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Disastrous Bush Fire. Township Enveloped

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A Colac message states that fierce fires have swept through Beech Forest during the past few days. The township of Wyelangta was enveloped by…

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Conflagrations. a Blaze at Midnight

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

About midnight on Tuesday last, a fire broke out in a storeroom, on the second floor of a holding used at the works department of E[?] Theatres Ltd., in Hydney. The…

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Haberfield Fire Company's Heavy Loss

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

An inquiry was held to-day at the Burwood Courthouse into the circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire, on January 5 last, of the…

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Wheat Stack on Fire Goulburn

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 2

The wheat stack at Weedallion was badly damaged by an outbreak of fire, 5600 bags of grain being destroyed. A water train was sent from…

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Between Two Fires Tale of Kronstadt Awful Fate of Chinese LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 1

The Paris from of the [?]…

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While the Watchman Slept Timber Mill Burnt Out

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

The destruction by fire of the Australian Timber Company's mill at St David's and Parramatta roads. Haberdeid, on January 5 was the subject of…

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Fire in Wheat Stack. 5000 Bags Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 14

GOULBURN, Friday.--Over 5000 bags of wheat were destroyed by fire at Weedallion Station . The fire is now localised, a water train having been sent from Cootamundra…

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Between Two Fires. Trotsky's Chinese Shot Down for Failure. London, March 17

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 11

The Paris edition of the "Chicago Tribune" says: "Trotsky despatched 40,000 Chinese to carry out a swift night attack on Kronstadt. Verey lights revealed the attackers crossing…

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Fire at St. John's Park. Much Damage Done

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 5

Ald. H. Hawkins, of Canley Vale-road, St. John's Park, has had a run of bad luck recently. After having been laid up with a poisoned leg for some time, the…

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Fought the Fire Woman's Plucky Action YOUNG

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1921 · page 2

"Standing in long, dry grass, surrounded by smoke and flame, in danger of her clothes igniting, Mrs. Taylor, armed with only a green bush, fought…

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Wheat Ablaze 10,000 Bags Suffer Four Days' Fire YOUNG

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1921 · page 4

One of the wheat stacks at Weedallion Siding was still ablaze to-day. The outbreak, the origin of which is a mystery, was first noticed on…

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Fire at Alexandria

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

Detachments from Redfern and Alexandria Fire Stations, extinguished a blaze in Henderson-road. Alexandria, about 3 o'clock this morning…

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Fire in Wheat Stack. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 9

Weedallion Siding has been the scene of a wheat fire for two days; a stack there having broken out in flames. It was seon by railway employees, who called out a water…

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Burnt Out Government House at Suva SUVA

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 10

Government House at Suva was struck by lighting yesterday afternoon, and was burnt to the ground within an hour. The secretary's Quarters was the only…

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