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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 134

Jerusalem. Ceremony of the Holy Fire. (From a Correspondent.) Jerusalem, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 7

At this time of the year some of the greatest festivals in the Christian, Moslem, and Jewish calendars coincide or follow one another at very short intervals, viz., the Easter of the…

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Man Killed Explosions and Fire at Annandale Carbide Factory Destroyed Many Buildings Badly Damaged

The Sun · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 6

A series of explosions followed by a fire at a carbide factory in Annandale last night, resulted in the death of a man and damage to properly amounting to £20,000. THE carbide works of…

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SORELL This play was bracketed with Miss Millicent Armstrong's "Fire" for third prize in "The Daily Telegraph" Play Competition. (Copyright by "The Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Company, Limited.) Characters of the Play

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 June 1923 · page 14

MRS. SUSAN WESTON.--The spirit of modernity, and in her thirties. JIMMIE McLEAN.--A typical working-class young man, with a shrewd sense of things…

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Tailor Arrested Suspicious Fire in the City

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 June 1923 · page 1

The police have arrested a tailor and charged him with having set fire to his shop in Albert House, Bathurst-street, with intent to…

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A Forbes Fire M.L.C. in Witness Box

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 June 1923 · page 3

FORBES, Saturday.—During an inquiry into a recent fire in Rankin-street, Mr. McGirr, M.L.C., owner of the property, was an hour and a half in the…

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Fire in the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 5

A fire broke out on the top floor of a two-storied building occupied by Messrs. C. Jerrems, a bookbindor, and H. E. Bingham, an electrical engineer, in Kent-street, near…

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Fire at Forbes. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 8

The Coroner yesterday concluded an inquiry into the fire which destroyed Geo. Adams' refreshment room, Ranken-street, Forbes, on the morning of May 23. The premises were the…

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Who Is to Blame? Manning Square Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 4

Trouble apparently is in store for the City Council officer responsible for the expenditure of £120 weekly on the hire of tarpaulins for an improvised root…

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Sorell This play was bracketed with Miss Millis cent Armstrong's "Fire" for third prize in "The Dally Telegraph" Play Competition. (Copyright by "The Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Company, Limited.) SYNOPSIS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 June 1923 · page 3

ACT I. -- Mrs. Weston, typifying the spirit of modernity and in her thirties, surreptitiously enters the lounge of Richard Sorell's house in a fashionable Melbourne suburb. She is…

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Fire at Balmain

The Sun · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 14

A fire occurred in a grocer's shop, occupied by herman Conradi, Mort-street, Balmain, at 3.35 a.m. to-day. The premises, which were owned by…

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Lawson Blaze Five Buildings Destroyed Two Cottages Saved LAWSON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 6

The biggest fire in the history of the town occurred last night, and completely destroyed four shops and a weatherboard cottage. The fire was…

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Fire at Tenterfieid. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 10

Fire broke out at 10 o'clock on Friday morning in a wood stack 50 feet from the main building of the power-house, and over 100 cords of wood was…

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Fire at Lawson. Four Shops Destroyed. Lawson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 8

A disastrous fire involving the destruction of four shops and a cottage, occurred late on Sunday night. The fire was discovered at 11 o'clock, Mr…

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Sorell This play was bracketed with Miss Millicent Armstrong's "Fire" for third prize in "The Daily Telegraph" Play Competition. (Copyright by "The Daily Telegraph" Newspaper Company. Limited.) SYNOPSIS

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 9

ACT 1. -- Mrs. Weston, typifying the spirit of modernity and in her thirties, surreptitiously enters the lounge of Richard Scroll's house in a fashionable Melbourne suburb. She is…

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School on Fire Blaze at Gordon

Evening News · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 10

What was potentlarly a serious ourrireak of fire occurred at the gordon Public School, Lane Coveroad, last night. A detached room…

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Fires in City

The Sun · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 2

The fire was first observed by a watchman, who brought the headquarters and Circular Quay brigades. The insurance on the contents…

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City Blaze Early Morning Alarm

Evening News · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 10

William Page a cabman, of Maddlson-street, Redfern, saw the reflection of flames on the second-floor windows of No. 60 York-street, at 3 o'clock this…

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Fire at Balmain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 12

Unable to descend to the roadway by meuns of the staircase, which was enveloped in flames, Herman Conradl, a grocer, who sleeps on the first floor of it two-stoyied building in…

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P.f.a. Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 4

In the Equity Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Street finally disposed of the summons instituted by Horace Bately Allard, liquidator ot…

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Bondi Vigilants Want Fire Station

Evening News · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 11

When the Bondi Vigilants Association asked Waverley Council to cooperate in having a fire station established at Bondi, the Mayor…

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