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Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 119

Blaze of Light Half an Hour's Searchlights Official Time-table

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 10

To-night the harbor will be a blaze of light in association with a search light display by the vessels of the visiting fleet and the fireworks…

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Ate Last Crumb Y.A.L. Boys at Tea Watching Fire Brigade London, April 9

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1924 · page 1

Members of the Young Australia League visited some of the schools, including the Westminster College, which trains chefs and waiters. They…

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Suspicious Fires. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 18

Two fires of unknown origin have occurred at Tyalgum within the past few days, and the local residents are somewhat concerned, believing that'incendiaries are at work. The…

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Fire at Alexandria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Redfern Fire Brigade received a call at 10 o'clock last night to a fire at the furniture factory of Wellman, Ltd. in M'Evey Street, Alexandria. A…

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Novel Fire=fighter

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 8

In America a motor-cycle-side-car outfit has now been designed for fire fighting purposes. The side car in which chemical equipment and tools…

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Cruisers Leave Honoring the Australia Delhi Fires Salute

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 5

Just before 10 this morning; the five cruisers of the British Squadron slipped their anchors, and left Sydney without ostentation or ceremony…

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Over the Fence Kept Fire Warm

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 16

"Yairs," said Dad, "lars' July up at Dingo's Misery, it was so cold we had to put a blanket round the fire to keep it warm."…

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Fire In High Street Boot Shop Destboyed

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 5

A fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. on Thursday in Mr. O. Andrews' boot shop, High Street, opposite St. Nicholas' Church. The shop was a…

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Fleet Night Setting Sydney Harbor on Fire Naval Visitors Amazed

The Sun · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 6

Never in all our Australian nights has there been a sky like that which flamed and guttered across the Harbor, and lit the clouds with the fires of an impossible sunset, as soon as eight o'clock had struck in the city last night…

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Fire at Waterloo Furniture Factory Building and Contents Severely Damaged --Six Brigades Fight Flames

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 April 1924 · page 5

Weliman's, Ltd. Alexandria Art Manufacturing Coy's furniture factory at McEvey Street, Waterloo, with its contents, was severely damaged by…

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Motor 'Bus on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 8

Late last night a large motor bus, engaged in the Illawarra line bus service, and owned by Cyril Bodekar, burst into flames and was severely damaged before they couiu be…

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Country Fire Kempsey

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1924 · page 8

There was a big are at [?] at 1 o'clock this morning, when Tyne's store and the contents were destroyed. The store was well alight before the…

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Fire at Toowoomba Toowoomba

The Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 12

Damage running into many thousands of pounds was done early yesterday at Crammond and Stark's drapery shop, at the corner of…

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Kansas Fire Inquiry. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 6

At the inquiry into the fire which occurred on the American steamer Kansas, William Robinson, chief engineer, [?] it was vory difficult to say how the fire originated…

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Fire Brigades Outrow Hood's Team

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 8

The N.S.W. Fire Brigades enjoy the reputation of possessing a whaler crew that has beaten a combination from almost every visiting naval squadron for…

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Fire Brigades' Crew Won Against Repulse

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 3

A crew from the Fire Brigades defeated a five from H.M.S. Repulse in the Whalers race Yesterday, by eight lengths. The course was from Rose…

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Fire at Tannery. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 8

A fire at the Woolston tanneries, near Christchurch, destroyed about one-third of the buildings, and a portion of the plant. The damage is estimated at £45,000. The total…

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Wet Blanket How to Put Out a Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 9

Firemen from Paddington Station rushed to the Show Ground this afternoon in answer to a call that a fire had broken out in the Suttor Pavilion…

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Boarding-house Fire. Two Lives Lost. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1924 · page 12

A boarding-house in Mildura was destroyed by fire at about 4 a.m. to-day. Later the charred bodies of two men were found in the ashes. It is believed that they were named…

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