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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 134

Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 8

CONDOBOLIN.--A fire completely gutted a house, the property of Mr. Foy Bassett. GRAFTON.--A four-roomed…

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Fire Raging Mt. Morgan Blaze Big Buildings Burnt BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 6

A biff fire is raging in Mount Morgan to-night. The blaze started at half past eleven in a photographer's shop,…

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Cottage Gutted Merrylands Fire

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 9

A six-roomed cottage, occupied by George Ross, in Coleman-road, Merrylands, was destroyed by fire to-day…

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"Fire Ahead !" Threlfall's Command

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 7

Elizabeth Threifall (formerly Dobson), who was married at Lancaster, England, on June 17, 1899, to Robert William Threifall, petitioned Mr…

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"Fire Ahead!" Admitted Lapses Respondent Amiable

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 10

Elizabeth Dobson and Robert William Threlfall were married at a parish church in Lanceshire, England, in June, 1899, and subsequently…

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In Cape of Fire Croydon Park's Isolation

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

When a fire occurred in Bughton-avenue, Croylon Park, recently the nearest alarm was half a mile away. The danger of a serious outbreak in…

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M'girr's Garage Destroyed by Fire PARKES

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 9

A motor garage owned by Mr. Greg M'Girr, M.L.A., and containing six cars, the property of residents was destroyed by fire…

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Guarding Our Forests What Fire Protection Air Patrols Can Do

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 11

While Australia has been searching for oil, and prospecting in the hope of discovering new Kalgoorlies she has been allowing lack of policy for her…

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Saved From Flames Fire at Hospital Exciting Scenes London, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 10

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£25,000 Damage Mt. Morgan Fire 12 Buildings Destroyed ROCKHAMPTON

Evening News · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 9

Twelve buildings along a front-age of 155 yards were swept away and the damage is estimated between £25,000 and £30,000…

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Protection of Forests Detecting Bush Fires Welt Australian Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 7

The Western Australian Forestry Department has created a are observation lower 80th in height in the Collie district, commending a View of 120,000…

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Destructive Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 8

HELENSBURGH.--The Paragon picture theatre, Helensburgh, and adjoining buildings as far as Lilyvale Street, and one on the southern side, have been…

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Mt. Morgan Blaze Twelve Buildings Gone Damage £30,000 BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

Further particulars to hand of the disastrous fire at Mount Morgan late last night show that Constable Donovan, while on duty, smelt fire…

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Garage Destroyed by Fire. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 10

Mower's motor garage, in Welcome-street, was completely gutted by fire early this morning. One of the firemen was slightly injured by a falling rafter. The damage is estimated…

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Damage by Fire Proof of Neglect

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 14

Coniston recently famed half a boundary force along the [?] between his C.P. and that of a neighbor. This neighbor, when [?] off, allowed the…

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Hospital Fire. Brave Rescues. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 9

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Brighton, when a fire broke out during the early morning in a four-story Red Cross Hospital. Bed-ridden patients were confined to…

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Coals of Fire Convicts Rescue Detectives MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

Prisoners on French Island enjoyed a slapstick comedy the other day, when the falling tide compelled two detectives to abandon a launch and…

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Disastrous Fire. Mount Morgan. £25,000 Damage. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 9

The main street of Mt. Morgan, known as Morgan-street, from the shop adjoining the School of Arts to a sho[?] adjoining Calliungal Shire Office, embracing 12…

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Mount Morgan Fire a Deal of Pillaging ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 10

With blackened and burnt masses of iron, and immense heaps of charred debris, with the street full of salved goods which have been drenched by…

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The P.F.A. Fire Distribution of Assets Amended Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 10

Wool-owners, unsecured creditors and shareholders in the pastoral finance Association, Ltd., that are interested in the liquidation of that organisation…

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