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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 134

Is It Fire-bug ? French Island Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

One of the wooden cottages adjoining the penal establishment on French Island, where 38 indeterminate sentence prisoners are quartered, was…

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Fire on Erriba Cargo Discharged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 7

The Commonwealth Government liner Erriba, which put back to Colombo with her wool cargo on fire, is to return to Australia in ballast. Her…

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Fire on Erriba MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 8 April 1923 · page 5

"We were 60 hours without sleep; the decks were like the top of a redhot stove, and we could not walk on them. I am, told that at night the…

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Fire Danger

Evening News · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 9

The shortage of water and increased danger from outbreaks of fire should remind those uninsured to insure at once with the Mercantile Mutual…

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Fire at Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 5

A fire was discovered about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon in an iron wool shed attached to the scouring works of Messrs. Stevens, of Swinborne Street,…

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Showground Blaze Outbreak in Industrial Hall Firemen's Good Save

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 5

Tho big industrial hall facing Moore Park at the Show Ground, which was the meeca of hundreds of thousands during the recent carnival, was the…

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Near Tragedy Ingleburn Fire

Evening News · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 5

A weatherboard shop and dwelling [?]lingleburn, owned by Mr. George Croft, was destroyed by fire last night. The occupants escaped in them…

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Suspicious Fire An Arrest Made

Evening News · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 9

Constables Hogan and Cartwright. of the Petersham police have made an Arrest in connection with a fire which occurred in Macaulay-road,…

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Fire. Royal Showground. Industrial Hall Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 9

A fire, which might have had serious consequences but for the timely arrival of the headquarters, Paddington, Darlinghurst, Redfern, and Woollahra brigades, occurred at…

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Ship on Fire Rushing to Auckland AUCKLAND

The Sun · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 7

While the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura was bound from Wellington to Opua to complete loading, a fire broke out in…

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Fire and Flood British Idea of Life in Australia Fuller Will Correct It New South Wales to Have Improved Publicity LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

"I am paying special attention to the question of publicity for New South Wales in Europe." says the New South Wales Premier (Sir George…

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Jump for Life Bayview Thrill No Fire Brigade Postmaster Burnt Out

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 8

Waking up late last night and finding their two-storey residence in flames, Thomas Edward Newey, postmaster of Bayview, and his wife were…

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Midnight Blaze at Bayview Thrilling Escapes

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 10

Thomas Edward Newey and his wife, occupies of the Post Office dwelling and refreshment store at Bayview, near Pittwater, had…

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Showground Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 10

The damage done to the Hall of Industries at the Showground by the fire which occurred in the basement of the building on Sunday night is estimated to exceed £300. The…

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Mystery Fire on a Ship

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 1

The steamer Sague was destroyed in New York Harbor by a fire, the cause of which is a mystery. Other ships were also in danger…

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Kaikoura on Fire. Steams for Auckland

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 4

Word was received from Auckland last night that while the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura was bound from Wellington…

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Fire in Wardrobe Coroner to Investigate

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 12

Charged at the Newtown Court yesterday with maliciously setting fire to property in a dwelling, George Alexander (24), of Macaulay-road,…

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Fakir Singh "Blood and Fire" Leader

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 10

Uniformed lassies and men heralded by a band welcomed Commissioner Frederick St. George de Latour Booth- Tucker, the representative of General…

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The Kaikoura. on Fire at Sea. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 10

The steamer Kaikoura, en route from Wellington to Opua, sent out a wireless message that an outbreak of fire bad occurre in No. 4 hold when off East Capo, and that efforts to…

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Fire on a Liner Wool and Tallow Alight Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

Owing to an outbreak of fire in the wool and fallow loaded at southern ports, the Kaikoura is hastening to Auckland, and is expected at…

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