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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 119

EXTINGUISHED The Fire on the Leitrim LONDON, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 6

The fire which occurred at Malts in the cross-bunkers and No. 8 held of the steamer Leitrim, bound from Queensland ports and Sydney to Dunkirk, has…

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Has Not Spread Central Mine Fire Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 7

"Fire has never been seen in the south mine property." said .Mr. A. Fail weather, superintendent, of the mine, yesterday. He denied rumors…

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No Fire. Broken Hill South. Official Statement. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 10

Regarding the persistent rumours which have been circulated for a considerable time —that the fire from the Central Mine had got into the South Mine—Mr. Fairweather…

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Fire on Ship in Bunkers and Hold London, January 5

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

The steamer Leitrim, bound for Dunkirk and London from Australian ports, reports that a fire has broken out in the cross-bunkers and No. 3…

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Country Mystery Pensioner Found Dead Fire Destroys Cottage Hobart

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 10

The police are investigating the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death near ''arattah in the Midlands of George Bailey, unmarried, an…

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Disastrous Fire. Queensland Town. Sixteen Buildings Burnt. Damage, £80,000. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 9

A message from Nambour states that the most disastrous fire in the history of that town occurred on Saturday night, 16 buildings in the business quarter of the main street…

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Swept by Fire Queensland Country Town 16 Shops Destroyed Building Blown Up BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 5

The most disastrous fire in the history of the North Coast, occurred at Nambour, on Saturday night. Sixteen shops in the main street…

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£1,000,000 FIRE Los Angeles's Playground 40 Firemen Injured Los Angeles, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

The Ocean Park at Los Angeles, California's greatest amusement playground, was burned, the loss involved being £1,000,000…

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Docks on Fire Big Blaze in London Warehouses Burnt London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 1

The biggest London dock fire for 60 years is burning in Poplar. It covers, an area of a quarter of a mile, and the flames are shooting 200ft…

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Country News. Destructive Fires. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 10

A spark from a passing railway engine is said to have been responsible for a [?] which destroyed 40 acres of grass on Mr. E. B. Marina's Moppity property. fire-fighten…

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Sydney's Fires Record Year Busy Brigades

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 7

IN one alarm out of every seven the firemen rush into their uniforms, on…

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Fire at Darlinghurst

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 8

A large room, used as a workshop, with its contents, was slightly damaged by the fire which broke out at 11.33 p.m. yesterday in the premises in…

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Fire Beigade Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 11

An agreement has been concluded between the Australian Clerical Association and the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners in regard to clerical employees. It provides for a…

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Fire at Sea Provisions Destroyed

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 8

A fire. the cause of which is unknown, broke out in a storeroom on the steamer Otirs.when she was a few miles from Cape Otway. on the…

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Better Condition Fire Brigade Clerks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 10

Mr. L. G. Smith, general secretary of the Australian Clerical Association, states that an agreement containing several improvements in conditions-- notably…

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Fire at Cootamundra Cootamundra

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 1

An outbreak of fire occurred last night in a fancy goods shop owned by Alderman F. C. Legge, and great damage was done to the heavy stock…

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Gaol Fire Pentridge Again MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 10

Coburg Brigade extinguished a fire at Pentridge Gaol before much damage was done. The outbreak occurred in the matting…

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Wool Destroyed Fire on Steamer Leitrim

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 7

As a result of an outbreak of fire on the steamer Leitrim 620 bales of wool were more or less badly damaged. This information was contained in a…

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The Leitrim's Fire. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 9

According to a Reuter message from Malta, the fire in the No. 3 hold of the steamer Leitrim has been extinguished, but the hold was not floodod. About 620 bales of…

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Heavy Losses Luggage Burned Moldavia Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 9

Many of the passengers who arrived in sydney by the R.M.S. Moldevis to-day were heavy losers as a result of the fire which broke…

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