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Fires & bushfires, 1921

1,726 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 87

Sea Lark Returns Officer's Story of Anxious Trip Cargo to Feed Fires

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 5

Wearing a [?] appearance after [?] rough [?] in the [?] last [?] the steamer [?] Sydney from [?]…

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Fire at Glebe £3000 Worth of Damage Wheelwright's Burnt Out

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 3

There was about £3000 worth of damage caused to three buildings in St. John's- road, Glebe, shortly before 2 o'clock this morning…

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£2000 Damage. Big Blaze at Bankstown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 9

Four weatherboard shops were gutted, and an adjoining property severely damaged, by a fire which broke out in South Terrace, Bankstown, shortly after 8 o'clock last night…

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Sea Lark. Timber Used for Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 9

The steamer Sea Lark, which was picked up and towed into Jervis Bay on Friday by the steamer Merimbula short of coal and with her steaming gear disabled, reached Port Jackson…

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Fire at Portsmouth London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 1

The biggest fire at Portsmouth for years occurred last night, a joinery works on the quay and the machinery being totally destroyed, but the large…

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Fire at Bankstown. Four Shops Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 11

Damage amounting to about. £2000 was caused by a fire at Bankstown last night, four shops, built of wood, being destroyed, while a fifth building, of brick, together with its…

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Was Anyone Smoking? Stanmore Fire Inquiry an Open Verdict

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 7

That, despite stringent prohibitions, some employees of the Stanmore Preserving Co., Ltd., persist in smoking, and are instantly dismissed when…

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Our New Serial "King Anne" Chapter I. Ordeal by Fire

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 15

"Would it were bedtime, and all were well." —Sheridan. SLOWLY, slowly the light of the autumn afternoon died away; the green of the camphor…

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Fire at the Glebe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 10

Damage, estimated at between £2000 and £3000, was caused by a fire which destroyed one building and portion of two others at St. John's-road, Glebe, yesterday morning…

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Melbourne Fire. Woman Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--One of the largest and most destructive city fires of recent years broke out just before six o'clock this evening in the five-storied brick structure…

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Stanmore Fire. Evidence at the Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 9

The City Coroner yesterday held an inquiry into the fire which took place on the premises of the Stanmore Preserving Company, Limited, on February 22…

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Fire in Melbourne. Woman Burnt to Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 9

A great conflagration broke out in Nunnan's buildings in Swanston-street, city, at about 6 o'clock this evening. It is feared that Miss G. K. Reilly, forewoman of the tailoring…

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Burned to Death gfgfvfdffffBURNED to Death ! -~.- i Woman Entrapped in Building Big Melbourne Fire Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

Miss E. K. Riley a tailore[?] of Barkly-street. West Footscray was burned to death ina fire in the five-storied brick structure known as Numan's Buildings,…

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Conflagrations. Big Blaze in Melbourne

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 4

One of the most destructive [?] that has occurred in Melbourne for several years broke out in the five-storeyed brick struct known as Numan's Holdings, in…

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After the Theatre Big City Blaze Thousands of Spectators

Evening News · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

The picture shows and theatrer were just emptying last night when a big blaze occurred in Stanley Building, [?] Pitt-street, and a crowd numbering…

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Keeping Out Fire Blight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture directs the attention of importers of plants and fruit to the recent proclamations issued by the Commonwealth Government under the Quarantine…

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City Fire. Stanley Buildings Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 9

A fire occurred in Pitt-street, close to Liverpool-street, between 10 and 11 o'clock last night, and gutted two floors of Stanley-buildings, which adjoin Danke's large stores…

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Melbourne Fire. Woman's Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 9

The belief that the fire which partially destroyed Nunnn's-buildings in Swanston-street, city, last night, had resulted in the death of one of the inmates was verified this…

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Big City Fire £15,000 Damage Narrow Escapes

The Sun · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 4

Within a few yards of the intersection of Pitt and Liverpool streets, a fire broke out last night in Stanley Buildings, but effective fire-fighting work…

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City Fire. Stanley Building Alight. Fighting an Inferno. Firemen's Great Save

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

A fire which burnt out the top floors of Stanley Building, 332-336 Pitt Street, late last night, and severely damaged the remaining four floors, blazed so fiercely while it lasted…

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