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Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 119

Mystery Fire Girl for Trial Strange Case at Clyde

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 1

Win[?] oweness Bukley, the girl who disappeared from her father's home at clyds susequent to a fire which had broken out in…

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Constables Fire at a "Spirit." Plate-throwing Spook Defies Minister

The World's News · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 2

A farmhouse in Keltylea. County Armagh, Ireland, is possessed by a destructive gho[?] A few weeks ago the occupants of a farmhouse were startied to see a plate of…

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Fire at Institute. Sequel to Boot Sale. Prompt Action Saves Building

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 12

Fire broke out in the Parramatta National Institute on Friday night. On Thursday and Friday, Mr. W. Lapraik, of Chatswood, occupied a portion of…

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Winnie Buckley Committed. Mysterious Fire at Clyde. Further Questions About that Letter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 4

The inquiry into the mysterious fire at Marsh-street, Clyde, on February 3, was resumed by the district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) at Parramatta on…

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Girl for Trial on Arson Charge Mysterious Fires at Clyde -- Kerosene. Wood and Chips in Use -- Five Distinct Outbreaks

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 1

A protracted inquiry into the origin of tires in a house in Mursh Street, Clyde, on the night of February 3 was brought to a close…

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Car on Fire Mysterious Incident

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 4

Half-Way down Lapstone Hill a Brazier motor car was noticed on fire last night. When occupants of other cars arrived a few minutes after the…

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Terrible Fire in Match Factory Many Victims ROME, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 1

There were 1617 persons killed and injured in an explosion at a match factory at Cori. The victims were buried in the…

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Bendigo Fires a Shot that Rings Around Australia

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 4

BENDIGO is on the map again because of the annual conference of the Victorian Farmers' Union. Once it was gold that made Bendigo talked about, but just at present it is politics. Throughout Australia, the Bendigo political resolutions are being…

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Finishing Touches Transformation at Wembley Blaze of Tulips London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 1

The authorities are confident that the Empire Exhibition will be ready for opening on April 23. Twelve thousand workers are making giant…

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Fire at Casino. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 10

A fire occurred at Deep Creek. Casine, the residence of Mr. A. E. Hollingworth being destroyed. The house was insured in the Commercial Union Assurance Co. for £200,…

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Motor Car on Fire. Springwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 10

on Sunday afternoon a motor car, whilst taking in a supply of petrol from a Bowser at the local garage, caught fire and was severely damaged. Several of the occupants of…

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Fire Brigade Ladder. Professor Warren's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 9

Some months ago the Board of Fire Commissioners engaged the services of Professor Warron (profossor of engineering at the University of Sydney) to test the ladder at the…

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Fire-fighting Ladder Worn and Unsafe Professor Warren's Report -- Silence Of the Fire Brigades Board Explained

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 5

The contention of the secretary Mr. J. McNamara, of the Fire Brigades Employees' Union, that the large ladder at the circular Quay…

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Fire Equipment Circular Quay Ladder Professor Warren's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 3

A copy of the report by Professor Warren on a ladder included in the equipment of the Circular Quay Fire Station has come into the possession…

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Bush Fires. [?] Estern Australia. Extensive Damage. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 13

Serious bush fires are reported from various parts of the South-west. At Boyup Brook wind carried the flames through thick' undergrowth with incredible speed. Serious fires…

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Fires at Bellingen

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 6

BELLINGEN. -- Several outbreaks of fire in the town of late have caused uneasiness among business people in the main street. Not long: age a fire, for…

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Fire and Smoke

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 13

We were admiring some of South Australia's big wheatfields when we saw a job-hunter approaching a farmhouse, and leaving a trail of tobacco smoke behind…

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Motor Car Fire at Springwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 14

Mr. T. A. Warburton, acting manager of Messrs. S. F. Bowser and Co., writing to the editor of the "Herald" regarding a fire in a motor car, which, as reported yesterday,…

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Manildra Hotel Destroyed by Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.-- The Royal Hotel, owned by Mr. James McGirr, M.L.A., and occupied by Mr. J. D. Walsh, was destroyed by fire this…

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Fire at Harris Park. Another Mystery

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1924 · page 1

Harris Park had a small-sized thrill on Friday morning. And a hen narrowly escaped being roasted alive. No. 8 and No. 10 Albion-street, a pair…

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