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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 134

City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 6

It has transpired that the damage done by the fire in Aberdeen House, Clarence-street, on Tuesday night was not as considerable as anticipated during the progress of the…

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Dairy Cows Burnt Appalling Scene a Tasmanian Blaze

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 4

A tragic fire occured at the Hygienic Dairy, Hobert (Tas.), on Saturday. The fire started in a shed, in which 130 cows and eight horses were housed…

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Fire Cost to City Council

The St George Call · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 1

The "Manning Chambers" fire has been costing the City Council £120 weekly for tarpaulin temporary roof, at an estimated cost of £440, to replace…

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Sandown Fire Water Supply Failure

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 5

"If the Water Board had carried out its original plan of providing a bigger main to our factory, then a better water supply would have been…

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Hurstville Fire Was There Bungling? Council Concerned

Evening News · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 9

Was there [?] at the fire which destroyed the mills of Walters Middleton, [?] Ltd., last week?…

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A Big Bang. Five Million Crackers Catch Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 14

There may be a shortage of bon-bon crackers in England at Christmas, for five million were recently destroyed in a fire that destroyed four buildings at…

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A River of Fire Vesuvius Again Active Villagers Anxious

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 7

Considerable apprchension is being felt by people living in the neighborhood of Mount Vesuvius owing to the increased activity of the veleano and…

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School on Fire Pupils' Dash to Safety. Thrilling Escapes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 14

There were exciting escapes from a conflagration last week in the 80 year old Winton House, the famous Winchester preparatory school, by 110 boys,…

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Timber-yard Fire Was Brigade Slow? Mayor Compliments Firemen

The Sun · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 9

The Hurstville Council last night dealt with a letter from the local Chamber of Commerce, which said that many disquieting rumors were…

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Burnt to Death Strapped on Bed Terrible Hospital Fire London, June 13

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 7

The "Daily Express" correspondent at Birmingham reports a shocking fire in the open-air ward of the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, at Birmingham,…

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Set Fire to Castle Irish Irregular's Deed Unblushing Avowal London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 1

Jeremiah Leen, an Irish farmer and landowner, has been awarded £9500 damages and costs against Lloyds' underwriters upon a policy of…

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Fire at Hospital. Gallant Rescue Work. Two Patients Burned Alive. London, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 9

The Birmingham correspondent of the "Daily Express" reports a shocking fire at the open-air ward of the Ministry of Pensions Hospital in Birmingham, situated in the…

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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 · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 5

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

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Lawson Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 21

With reference to the fire which destroyed four shops and a cottage at Lawson on June 4, it is explained by James Hardie and Co. that asbestos…

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Fires in Bunkers. Useful Recommendation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 4

The seriousness of fires on ships due to spontaneous combustion in bunker and cargo coal has lead the Department of the Interior in America to…

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Fire at Aberdeen House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 11

In connection with the outbreak of fire at Aberdeen House, Clarence-street, on Tuesday night last it has transpired that the offices on the ground floor, reported to have…

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Birmingham Hospital Fire London, June 14

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 8

Major George Tryon (U.), replying to Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons, said that the hospital at Highbury, Birmingham, was not…

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Presbytery Destroyed by Fire Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 14

The Roman Catholic presbytery at Cumnock was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. The cause is unknown. The damage is only partiy covered by insurance…

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