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Fires & bushfires, 1921

1,726 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 87

Fire at Orange a Fortunate Save ORANGE

The Sun · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 3

A fire broke out at midnight at the rear of Tredrea's news agency and stationer's shop, in Summer-street. ad -Joining the Club Hotel. A heap of…

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Convent Fire. Building Destroyed. Wellington (N.z)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 6

St. Joseph's Convent, Grey Lynn, Auckland, was destroyed by fire on the eve of Good Friday. The sisters and pupils escaped in their night clothes. The building, valued at £5000,…

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Disastrous Fire In Japanese Capital Many Homeless London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 1

[?] fire has occurred [?] A thousand [?] were burned to [?] of the city, and…

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Fire in Park Kiosk

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 9

A [?] the Hyde Park [?] St Mary's [?] this morning it is believed to [?] clothes hanging behind…

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Fire in Hyde Park

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 8

A fire, the cause of which is unknown, broke out in the kiosk, Hyde Purl shortly after 5 this morning. A coal left behind a door and seme other…

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The Sun Stop-press Weingott's Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 1

This afternoon the City Coroner found that the promises of S. Wein gott and Sons wore deliberately set on fire on December 31 lust, but he…

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Weingotts Fire Startling Evidence at Inquiry Deputy-fire Chiefs Statements Kerosene and Woollen Materials

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 7

When I entered the building there was a pronounced smell of burning kerosene. I could not And anything that might have accounted for the fire occurring accidentally."--Mr. Jackson, Deputy Chief Officer of Fire Brigades…

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Fire in Tokio. 5000 Homeless. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 7

A message from Tokio states that 1000 houses were burned in a populous quarter of the city, and 5000 people are homeless. Many are sheltering in the Imperial gardens…

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Tokio Ablaze. Fire Imperils Whole City. New York, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 7

A Tokio message states that a fire, imperilling the whole city, destroyed a thousand houses in the Totsuya district, north-west section, involving a loss [?]timated at from 25 to…

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Many Injured ; Thousands Homeless Devastating Fire in Tokyo Glow Seen a Hundred Miles Away The awful fire in Tokyo, which destroyed 1000 houses and made 5000 persons homeless, is now said to be under control. New York

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 1

[?] particulars of the great fire in Tokyo states that the [?] was in peril. The flames destroyed a thousand [?] district north west section involving a loss estimated [?] million [?] Thousands of persons are homeless…

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To Blaze a Trail Tomahawk in Wardrobe Wife's Charges in Divorce Suit

The Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice James in the Divorces Court to-day Henrietta Klara Sophia Moore (formerly Frickhoffer) petitioned for the dissolution of her…

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City Fire. Kerosene Found. Evidence at Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 12

The City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, yesterday hold an inquiry in regard to a fire, which occurred on the premises of Messrs. S. Weingott and Sons, clothing manufacturers,…

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Fire in School Discovery at Mosman The Flooring Damaged

The Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 2

What looks like an attempt to destroy the Mosman Public School, Military and Avenue roads, by tire during the holidays has been reported to the…

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Seventeen Men in Peril Fire on Launch Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 6

Seventeen men narrowly escaped death one night during the holidays, [?] the engine-room of a launch they were in [?] into flames half a miles from shore…

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City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 10

The inquiry into the fire at the premises of S. Weingott and Sons was concluded on Tuesday, when the City Coroner found that the promises were maliciously act fire to by some…

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Fire in Cordial Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 10

Potter's cordial factory, in Hanris-street, Ultimo, was severely damaged by fire last night. The building comprises two floors and a basement, and the lower…

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Bottles Bursting Fire in Cordial Factory

The Sun · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 11

At a fire which broke our in Potter's cordial factory, Harris-street, Ultimo, last night there were thousand of light reports owing [?]ttles of…

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Fire on a Farm. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 9

A fire broke out in a machinery shed at Mr. C. H. Bradford's farm, near Finley, during the absence of the owner, and a new reaper and thresher and reaper and binder, also a…

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£1500 Worth of Goods Fire at Lithgow Lithgow

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

A fire which broke out in the order department at the Lithgow Co-operative [?] Stores. Railway Parade caused damage to goods valued at about [?]…

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Gutted by Fire. Fate of the Barque Antiope. Crew Arrive in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

The barque Antiope, one of the best known Australian traders, has been gutted by fire at Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese South Africa, and abandoned to the underwriters as a total loss…

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