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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

2,663 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 134

Woolshed Destroyed by Fire Wee Waa

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

A woolshed and contents, the property of Mr. J. J. Walsh, of Moonln, near Bulyerol, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night The lossess are partially covered by…

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Burning Coke 500 Tons on Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 5

A heap of coke estimated at 500 tons caught fire at the South Melbourne Gasworks last night. Firemen state it will take several days to extinguish the…

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A Fire Claim. City Council Delay. Official Papers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 12

The City Council at its last meeting approved of the a t[?]on taken by the Lord Mayor to hasten the settlement of the claims of the council arising out of the recent…

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Sorell This play was bracketed with Miss Millisent Armstrons's "Fire" for third prize is "The Dally Telegraph" Play Competition. (Copyright by "The Dally Telegraph" Newspaper Company, Limited.) SYNOPSIS

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1923 · page 14

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

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A Disastrous Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 June 1923 · page 7

WEST WYALONG, Saturday.—A disastrous fire occurred at Ungarie last night. Frank Nicholl's general store, a butcher's shop and a residence were…

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Letters of Fire

The Sun · Sunday 17 June 1923 · page 2

All you need is a small quantity of saltpetre or nitre as it is moat commonly called. This should be dissolved In water and…

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Gold in Table Leg Hoard of Coins of Louis XVI. in Farmer's Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 June 1923 · page 2

PARIS.—A farmer named Bonneau, living in a small village in the Vienne Department, was burning the leg of an antique table as firewood when he saw…

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Fire at Lawson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 5

Referring to the report of a fire at Lawson, which appeared in the "Herald" on Juno 5. James Hardie and Co., Ltd., in a letter to the Editor, state that the reference to the…

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Fire at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon Mr. H. Richardson Clark, coroner for the Parramatta district, continued the adjourned inquiry into the origin of a fire that occurred in a store at the rear…

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Fire Station Officer Entertained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 10

Station-officer C. A. Richardson, of the Paddington Fire Station, having been promoted to the position of District Officer of the Western Districts, was on Saturday night last…

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Parramatta Fire Coroner's Belief

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 6

"The fire was caused accidentally, but whether from a spark from a pipe, or other cause, there is not sufficient evidence to satisfy…

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Fire at Parkes Parkes

The Sun · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 7

A large brick residence, owned by Mr. P. McGirr, was burned on Saturday night while the occupants were away at a picture show…

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"No Proof' a City Fire Tenant Exonerated

Evening News · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 5

"From my experience I know It it difficult to obtain evidence In these cases. the police have a hard task. there is a great…

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Bathurst-street Fire Man Charged With Arson Coroner's Opinion

The Sun · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 7

"There is nothing to show that Butler set fire to these premises. It is very difficult to get evidence as to the causes of fires; very difficult."--The…

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"Open Fire !" Stambuliski's Futile Order Peasants Led to Death London

The Sun · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 1

The Slavovitza Correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" sends further picturesque details of the last days of M. Sta[?]liski, the former Bulgarian…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 June 1923 · page 2

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 obstracts…

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Fire at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 5

Escaping gas started a fire which severely damaged "Fernbank," a chirteen-roomed boarding house in Gilbert - Road, Manly, late yesterday afternoon…

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A Bathurst-street Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 9

A fire which occurred in the rooms of Sidney Victor Butler, prosser and cleaner, on the fifth floor of 110 Bathurst-street, city, on the night of May 31, was investigated by the City…

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Sandown Fire Still Smouldering

The Sun · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 10

Although four weeks have passed since the disastrous fire which destroyed the Sandown Meat Works, clouds of pungent smoke are being…

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Stores on Fire. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 9

A serious fire occurred at 4 o'clock this worning, when the establishment known as the Magnet Stores, conducted by Mr. W. J. Coffey, were found on fire…

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