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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 119

Fire at Adelong. Adelong, Tuesd[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 14

A serious fire ocurred in Campbell-street, Adelong, at eight o'clock last night, the whole [?]lock of wooden buildings owned and occupied by Messrs. Riley and Newman, as a skin…

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£28,000 EXPECTED Fire Brigade's Art Union

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 12

Mr. J. J. Neville (secretary of the Fire Brigade's Art Union) told the representative of "The Sun" last night that he anticipated that when the final…

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Man Badly Burned Explosion and a Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 10

Reginald Arnold (33), motor driver, residing at 115 Marsden Street. Parramatta, was filling the tank of his car in the garage at the rear of Mr…

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£50,000 DAMAGE Big Fire in Calcutta CALCUTTA, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 8

Damage estimated at £50,000 was done by fire to the East Indian railway workshops in a suburb of Calcutta…

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Incendiarist Blamed Strange Shop Fire Note Found Pinned on Gate Man's Narrow Escape Through Window

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1924 · page 9

AWAKENED by tho strong smell of smoke in his rooms early yesterday morning, Albert Harold Smith, stationer, of Burnie-street Clovelly,…

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Was It Revenge? Shop Burnt Out a Sinister Note

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

"Mr. Soul.--Two years is a long time to wart, but it's worth while to get you. This is my first chance. I know you won't put me. Mr. Anthony."…

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Casualties. Child's Clothes Catch Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 11

Jean Burgess, a child of six years of age, was playing with matches at her home in Judge-lane, Waverley, yesterday morning, when her dress caught fire, severely burning…

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Origin of Fires Bad Electrical Work ? Forbes Mackay's Indictment

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 9

The general manager of the City Council's electricity supply department (Mr. Forbes Mackay) to-day criticised the Government for its…

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Water Board's Lesson From Newtown Fire

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 4

The Water Board, in order to amplify the water main in King Street, Newtown, which became an evident necessity when Marcus Clark's…

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New Fire Station Opened. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 10

The Board of Fire Commissioners arrived this morning, and were tendered a civic reception by Alderman Kneipp (Major). Mr. Harkness, chairman of the board, replying to the…

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Latest Cables Fire on Steamer London, April 2

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

There are 1200 pilgrims for Jeddah (an Arabian port on the Red Sea), aboard the burning British steamer Frangestan, from Bombay…

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Flood and Fire. Unhappy Poland. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 9

News comes from Warsaw of heartrending scenes in the districts flooded by the Vistula. Three suburbs of Warsaw are under water. The magnificent palace of the old Polish kings…

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"Tick" Gates Stop Fire-engine Tweed Heads

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 10

There are "tick gates" on the borders of Coolgangatta and Tweed Heads township designed to prevent the creasing of designed to prevent the crossing of diseased cattle from one…

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Fire and Panic Twenty-six Deaths Vancouver, April 2

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

It is reported from Mexico City that 26 people were killed and more than 55 injured in a lire and panic at a picture theatre in Tacubaya City…

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Doomed Ship Passengers Transferred the Fragestan Fire London, Wednesday Night

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 9

Wireless Messages received at Port Sudan, from the captain of the steamer Fragestan, which the steamer Fragestan which with 1200 pilgrims on board, bound…

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Pilgrims in Peril Steamer on Fire 1200 Aboard London. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 1

WIRELESS messages from the British Steamer Frangestan…

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Late Cable News Steamer on Fire. Pilgrims in Danger. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 9

Twelve hundred pilgrims for Jeddah are aboard the burning British steamer Frangestan, 8228 tons, from Bombay. The Frangestan is making for Port Sudan, where she is…

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Fire Causes Panic in Picture Theatre Many Killed and Injured-- Fullen Electric Wires Add lo Horror

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 1

MEXICO CITY, April 2.-- Twenty six persons were killed and 55 injured as the result of a fire and panic at a picture theatre at Tacubaya City…

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Destructive Fires Fire at Adelong

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 7

A [?] are occurred in Adelong (N.S.W.) on Monday night, the whole block of wooden buildings owned and occupied by Messrs. Riley and Newman, as a skin depot, being destroyed…

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