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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 134

City Fire Three Floors Gutted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 6

Three floors of Sydney House, Abercrombie Street, near George Street West, City, were left a charred mass of ruins, by fire early yesterday…

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We Reiterate Need of Fire Prevention

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 4

Any man knows that charges cannot be cut and dividends kept up to the usual level without costs being also cut. That is a plain fact that applies to insurance as well as to shipping, save that in shipping the "dividend" is practically an unknown quantity these…

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Fire in Western Australia Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 13

At Guildford this morning the drapery portion of Padbury's stores was destroyed by fire. The building was insured for £6750. and the contents of the stores were insured…

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Wyong Fire Fruit Cases Destroyed WYONG

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 11

When a gale was at its height in the early hours this morning a fire broke out at the eawmills, the proparty of the Palmdale orchard…

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Cool Schoolgirls Escape From Fire Armidale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 6

A destructive fire broke out at Bishopscourt, the residence of the local Anglican Bishop, at 2 o'clock this morning, and before the flames could…

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Cut Through Roof To Reach Hotel Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 7

Firemen found it necessary to out through the proof ever the hall of the Darling point Hotel, Now South Head road, Padding in reach the meet of…

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General News Items Serious Fire Brigade's Fine Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 6

WOLLONGONG. -- A serious fire broke out at 1.25 on Tuesday morning, when a wooden cottage was entirely destroyed. A strong westerly wind was blowing at…

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Sawmill Fire 10,000, Fruit Cases Burnt WYONG

The Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 11

Early this morning the sawmill belonging to the Palmdale Orchard Company at Palmdale near Ourlmbah, was destroyed by fire. There was a gale…

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Hell Fire Clergyman's Social Scheme Ford and His Workmen

The Sun · Wednesday 23 May 1923 · page 2

It would be much better to inquire into the conditions of the working classes, with a view to improving them, than to go round…

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Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 2

This play was bracketed, with Mrs. Coulson Davidson's "Sorell" for Third Prize in "The Daily Telegraph" Play Competition…

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Guard Against Church Fires in Canada

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 12

Hon. George H. Bolvin, of Granby, P. Q., Supreme Director of the Knights of Columbus from Canada, and a prominent member of the Dominion…

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Fire on Vinstra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 11

A cable received in Sydney yesterday by the Sydey Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association reported that the Norwegian-Australian line steamer V[?]stra had been on fire in No. 4 hold. The fire has been…

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Fire at Albury. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 11

Early this morning a fire was discovered in a grocery and confectionery store at the intersection of Guinea and David streets, conducted by Mrs. J. Fraser. The fire brigade…

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Out of Date Canterbury's Fire Station Board Awaits Report

The Sun · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 11

For many months past the various public bodies in Canterbury, together with the local council, have been agitating for a more up-to-date fire…

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Cinema on Fire Forty Mexicans Missing Five Bodies Found Vancouver

The Sun · Thursday 24 May 1923 · page 1

Five bodies have been recovered, 40 people are missing, and damage estimated at 2,000,600 dollars has been done to property, as the result of a…

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£250,000 BLAZE Sandown Freeing Works Hopeless Fight Fire Floats Missing

The Sun · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 8

Firemen gazed helplessly last night at the Sandown Freezing Works buildings, Grand-avenue, Granville, being burned to the…

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Two Big Fires

The Sun · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 8

Hundreds of residents stayed up all night. Within the last few months they have seen two big fires within a quarter of a mile from one another…

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Doctor's Home Gutted Blaze at Turramurra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 8

The fine two-storied residence of Dr. J. C. Holiday the Macquarie Street specialist in King Street. Turramurra, was gutted by fire early last night. The…

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Destructive Fires Timber Yards Adlake

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

A fire in the log mill section of Messrs Langdon and Langdon's timber yards at [?] (Sydney) on Friday night last [?] to the extent of about a hundred thousand…

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