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Fires & bushfires, 1921

1,726 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 87

Film Catches Fire

The Sun · Sunday 24 April 1921 · page 5

A film overran the projecting machine at the Coronation Picture Theatre, Cleveland-street, Surry Hills, last night, and caught alight, about…

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Fire in Picture Theatre

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 April 1921 · page 5

Owing to the overheating of the films an outbreak of fire occurred in the operating box of the Coronation Picture Theatre. Cleveland-street last night but it…

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Blaze of Light Carnival at Rose Bay Revival of Venetian Nights

The Sun · Sunday 24 April 1921 · page 2

The western shore of Rose Bay was ablaze with colored lights last night. The occasion was the revival of the Venetian night carnivals by the Motor…

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Fire in Picture Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

About half an hour after the show had commenced at the Coronation Picture Theatre, in Cleveland-street, city, on Saturday night, a fire broke out in the operating-room owing…

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Factory Burnt Out

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 6

The box factory of the Victorian Hutter Factories Co-operative Company, Limited, on the Marihyrnong River. Footseray, Victoria was destroyed by fire…

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Ship on Fire Copra Well Alight

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 5

A fire broke out this afternoon on the Dutch steamer Menado, in Neutral Bay. A large quantity of copra caught alight, and burnt fiercely…

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Ship on Fire Scene in Harbor

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 5

As this common went to [?] the [?] lying at [?] in [?] was reported to be on are. Departments from [?]…

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Fatal Fire Another Remand MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 4

When Morton Park Prmental appeared on remand before the City Court this morning on a charge of seeting fire to [?] Buildings. Swanston-street, on…

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Death at a Fire Widow Awarded £500

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 6

Judge PORT OF FREMANTLE. reserved judgment to-day on the [?] of [?] for [?] from William Henry Cavill, trading as the [?]…

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Coal Strike. Mine on Fire. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 7

Addressing a meeting of miners at Lydeny, Mr. Cramp, president of the National Union of Railwaymen, declared that the railwaymen intended to refuse to handle coal lying at the…

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Melbourne's Fatal Fire Pimentel Again Remanded MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 5

Walter C. Pimentel, director of Federated Feature Films, was again remanded to-day on a charge of having feloniously and maliciously set fire to…

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Mysterious School Fires

Evening News · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. About a month ago the High School at Nor[?] was destroyed by fire, the cause of which is still unknown…

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Danger of Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 4

This Journal has continually pointed out the absolute danger in Guildford of the undergrowth which surrounds the town. Householders have frequently complained…

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Fire on Steamer Damage Over £5000

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 8

The damage caused by the fire On the steamer Menado at Neutral Bay will run into over £500. The bulk of the copra burnt belonged…

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Fire on a Steamer. Outbreak Among Copra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 7

A fire, broke out yesterday afternoon in some copra oh the Holland-Australian liner Menado, which is lying in Athol Bight. The fire-float Pluvius and eight men from…

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Copra Fire. Aboard the Steamer Menado. Timely Discovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 12

A fire occurred aboard the Holland-Australia line steamer Menado yesterday afternoon amongst a quantity of copra, and before it was extinguished damage estimated at…

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Fire at Bakery Cowra Resident Charged Jury Unable to Agree Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 4

Considerable interest has been manifested in the Cowra arson case in which the jury at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions to- day, after an all-night…

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Fighting Fire Blight

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1921 · page 3

Mr. H. G. Hoey, a fruitgrower from the Whangarei district, N.Z., who is in Sydney, has an alarming story to tell of the spread of fire blight in the Dominion. No steps, he…

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