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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

1,726 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 87

Motor Car on Fire

The Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 8

A motor car which was driven by Mr. R. H. L. Caton, of Phillip-street, city, caught fire in Long Bay-road, Coogee, last night, and was seriously damaged…

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Sinn Fein Trouble. Fires and Execution. London, June 6

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

Armed men have burned down the Baliycro-vane and Ballydonegan coastguard stations. De Valera has issued a statement denying the allegation that during the rebellion he avoided…

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Fire in Pawnbroker's Deliberately Set Alight "Overwhelming Evidence"

The Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

A badly-scorched crate and a half-burned kerosene case figured prominently in the City Coroner's Court today, when Mr. Jamieson, S.M., held…

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Country Fire. Four Buildings Destroyed West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 9

An extensive fire, resulting in the total destruction of four buildings and their contents, occurred in Main-street, West Wyalong. The fire is supposed to have…

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Mysterious Fire Paw[?]oker's Statement Business That Makes Enemies

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 8

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Wheat Stack Fire "Alight in Several Places" Allegations of Shortage Temora

The Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 7

The Coroner, Mr. Bradley, opened an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the fire which occurred at Combaning wheat stacks on May 22. After five…

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Conflagrations. Extensive Blaze at West Wyalong

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

A dis[?] fire resulting in the cutting of four buildings occurred in [?] (N.S.W.), on Monday night. The bluze originated in the office of the Wyalong…

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Fire at Varnish Works

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 9

The bolling over of varnish in course of preparation at Wimble's Varnish Works, Lord Street, Mascot, caused a fire which practically destroyed the large shed in which the work is…

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"Fire Dope Theories" Laborers and Labor Council

The Sun · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 8

"The Labor Council represents the backwash and the backyard of the Labor movement with their are dope vile theories," said Mr. George Waite…

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Early Morning Blaze At Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

A fire, which is surrounded with mystery as far as the cause is concerned, broke out shortly after 2 o'clock on Sun- day morning at Mr. Stanley Smith's…

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Put Out Fire Three People With Sprinklers

The Sun · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

The timely discovery by John Prescott, caretaker of Robson House, Pitt-street, saved a big fire last night. He was doing his rounds when he…

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Fire Outbreaks Three in Three Months

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 8

The police are making inquiries into a fire which broke out in some straw in the storeroom of Bakewell's Pottery, Coulson-street. Erskineville during the…

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Petrol and Shavings Fire in Bourke-street Open Verdict

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 7

The inquiry into a fire which occurred at 195 Bourke-street. Darlinghurst, on the morning of May 10 was resumed at the City Coroner's Court to-day…

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Furniture Van on Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 7

A furniture van owned by Lang and Dickson, furniture removers, Burn-street, Randwick, caught fire in Belmore-road, Coogee, yesterday…

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Furniture in Van on Fire Result of Engine Sparks

Evening News · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 7

A potting trackers angels blew a volley at spares hack on to a furniture van it was dragging in [?] Randwick, yesterday and act it on fire…

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Orgy of Violence. Death and Fire. Communications Impaired. London, June 13

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 5

Rebels engaged in orgies of death and destruction at the week-end. David Fitzgibbon was murdered at Liscarrol two ex-service men were murdered at Dublin; Woodpark Mansion,…

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Katoomba Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 11

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- At an inquiry into the fire on May 24 at the factory premises of the Blue Mountains Jam and Preserving Company, at Blackheath, an open verdict was…

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