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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

1,908 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 96

Early Morning Fire Escape Through Window MOREE

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

A fire broke out in Mr. E. C. Cavanagh's Hotel at Pallamallawa about 3 a.m. to-day, and in less than half an hour the building was burnt to the…

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Honor Where Honor Is Due The Debt of Gratitude We Owe to Enterprising Firms An Incident of the P.F.A. Fire

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League hit upon the idea of acquiring the hind upon which the P.F.A. building stood at North Sydney, as a site for…

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Big Fire in Tokio Central Post Office Destroyed Blaze in Heart of City Tokio, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 1

A fire which threatened the main railway station and many of the most prominent buildings in the heart of the Tokio business section destroyed…

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Dar on Fire in Street

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

Slight damage was done to a motor car owned and driven by Mr. George Lettish, Regent-street, Petersham, yesterday, owing to a fire breaking out…

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Fire in Timber Yards. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 11

A disastrous fire occurred at midnight on Tuesday in the timber yards of Messrs. H. T. Russell and Sons Pty., Ltd., adjoining the Mowbray Racecourse, three miles from…

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Fire in Paimer Street Youths' New Year Celebration

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

A bonfire in palmer-street on New Year's Eye was responsible for the appearance at the Central Police Court to-day of John Weaver and Alfred Flow,…

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Early Morning Fire Escape Through Window MOREE

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 5

A fire broke out in Mr. E. C. Cavanagh's Hotel at Pallamallawa about 3 a.m. to-day, and in less than half an hour the building was burnt to the…

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Disastrous Fire. Near Moree. Gas Generator Explodes. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

At about 3 o'clock this morning a disastrous fire occurred at the Pioneer Hotel, Pallamallawa. The conflagration, it seems, must have started in the centre of the house. The…

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New Year Bonfire How Palmer-street Does It Unsympathetic Fire Brigade

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 8

New Year's Eve in Palmer-street! Four hundred firelit faces dancing wildly around an enormous bonfire in the middle of the road! Enter the…

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Great Fire Timber Store and Houses Nine Acres Ablaze London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 1

A great fire is raging to-night at Hartlepool. It started in a big timber store, and a gale fanned the flames, which soon covered nine acres…

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Financial Spotlight a Guide to Investors Unsatisfactory Position in Stanmore Preserves Matter.--Some Questions Directors Should Answer.--Wool Companies and Fire Insurance.--Importing Crisis and Retail Soft Goods Profits. Stanmore Preserves Position

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 7

The prime causes of the rapid transition of the Stanmore Preserving Company, Ltd., from prosperity to insolvency are still a mystery to the outside shareholders of the company…

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Pig Thieves Farmer Fires Shot DAPTO

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

Several nights ago a dairy farmer in an outlying portion of the district was aroused by a disturbance among his pigs, the sounds indicating that…

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Never at a Loss Fire Brigade Rescues Captive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 4

The Fire Brigade does not only extinguish fires. Last night headquarters were called upon to release a self-imprisoned man from. Fairlight Buildings. Kent Street…

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Fire in Tokio. Palace Threatened. New York, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 7

A fire, which threatened the main railway station and many of the most prominent buildings in Tokio, including the Imperial Palace, destroyed the Central Post Office,…

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£1,000,000 FIRE Two Miles of Timber Yards Special Trains for Firemen London

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

A fire occurred in Messrs. Horsley and Son's timber yards, covering eight acres, in Hartlepool, It extended to the residential area, many…

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Stupendous Fire Flames in Hartlepool Still Raging Seven Hundred People Homeless Six Streets of Buildings Levelled London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

The fire at Hartlepool continues to rage and now threatens to be unprecedently disastrous. Hundreds of firemen have been rushed to the scene from Surrounding towns, but the fire-fighters are powerless to quell the…

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Bush Fires. Wheat and Hay Burned. Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 14

A bush fire occurred at Quandong, near Milbrulong, this afternoon. It practically burnt out Captain MacDuff's property, including haystacks, wheat in bags and in paddock, and…

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More Bush Fires Sweeping Through Riverina Farmers' Heavy Losses Homesteads and Stock Saved WAGGA

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

Terrible bush fires have been raging in the country for the last two days, which according to old residents, rival in severity any that have occurred for…

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Fire on Steamer

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 6

A fire was last night discovered on the steamer Marsina, which was lying at Morrison's Wharf, Balmain. It was extinguished before much damage had been…

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Fire in Bedroom

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

About 10 o'clock on Thursday evening while Mrs. J. Reddan, of Derby Street, Hornseywood, was pulling the curtains down over her sleeping child,…

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