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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 134

Motor Fire Engine

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 2

Dubbo has been supplied with a motor fire engine. How about our local fire station being similarly favored? Some time ago there was a hope…

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Gordon Fires. Three Outbreaks in a House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 14

The Gordon police are Inquiring into three outbreaks of fire which occurred simultaneously in an unoccupied house containing nine rooms in William-street, Gordon, early last…

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Redfern Fire Police Investigating

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 21

Discoveries made by the firemen shortly after they entered the premises of the British United Shoe Manufacturing Company, in Buckingham Street, Redfern…

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£47,000 Damage by Fire

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 5

All that remains of Armstrens and Royee's timber yeards at Newcastle. They were destroyed by fire—said is by the issued seen in the Newcastle district—the [?] being estimated at £47,000…

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Peculiar Fire Police Aid Invoked

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 8

The second suspicious fire that has been reported to the police within the last two days occurred last night, when outbreaks in a big unoccupied cottage…

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Fire at Wellington. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 14

Fire broke out in the business block in Maughan-street early this morning, in premises known as La Marsella, conducted by Mrs. J. Ley as a ladies' emporium. The…

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White Fire Ball. Large Meteorite Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 9

Large meteorites are of extremely rare occurrence and much interest will be aroused by the account of one that fell in the cantonment of Qu[?]tta, on the north-west frontier…

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Perils of Fire Children Victims Cases For Coroner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 21

There has lately been a remarkable sequence of burning fatalities, in which children have been the victims. The piercing screams of her…

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Newcastle Fire. Damage Estimated at £45,000. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 13

Last night's five at Armstrong and Royce's timber yards. Carrington, marks one of the most disastrous fires witnessed in Newcastle. The sawmill and joinery works, together with…

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Newcastle Fire Damage £50,000 INSURANCES £40,000 NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 8

The ruins of Armstrong and Royce's timber yards are still smouldering. The sawmill and joinery building, which was 200ft. by 100ft., was of two…

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Melbourne Fire Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1923 · page 5

A fire broke out in the city premises of R. and. G. Kirkham, furniture manufacturers, late this afternoon. The brigades found the ground floor and…

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Shot in Neck Ashfield Sensation Constable Fires at Man Armed with Tomahawk

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 May 1923 · page 2

One of the most sensational shooting incidents that has occurred for some years, was reported from Ashfield early this morning…

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Through Fire & FLOOD On the track of the Overland Telegraph

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1923 · page 15

Francis Birtles, who is to report to the Federal Government on the conditions in the neighborhood of the proposed railway route to link up the…

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Fire at Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 10

A fire occurred in a shop occupied by Michael Croot, umbrella maker and repairer, on the first floor of a two-storied building known as the Petersham Markets, in…

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Mystery Fire At Strangers' Club Waiter's Story

Evening News · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 6

of would say it was impossible for this [?] to have started accidentally in one particular spot." Frank Jackson, Chief Officer of the…

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Not Accidental Greek Club Fire Opinion of Coroner

The Sun · Monday 14 May 1923 · page 9

"I have had 36 years' experience of fires, and I am of the opinion that it was impossible for this fire to have started accidentally in one…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 2

WEST WYALONG,--A fire occurred on Mr. R. Lindsay's property at Girral, when the machinery shed, a tractor, harness, header, chaff, and wheat were…

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City Fire Kent St. Blaze Building Gutted Occupants Rush Over Roofs

Evening News · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 5

No work was dont in Clar[?]-street or Kent-street, in the [?] bounded by King and Market streets this afternoon, for a devastating fire,…

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"FIRE." Miss Armstrong's Play

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 4

Miss Millicent Armstrong's play, "Fire," which was bracketed with Mrs. Coulson's "Sorell" for third place…

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Strange Fire in "Strangers' Club"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1923 · page 3

"I am satisfied the fire was maliciously caused." said the City Coroner yesterday after an inquiry into an outbreak of fire in the "Strangers' Club, 151A…

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