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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 119

City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 9

A fire broke out on the first floor of Garratts, Ltd., in Elizabeth-street, city, early yesterday morning. Firemen quickly subdued the outbreak, and the damage was slight…

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Fire at Garretts' Stock Undamaged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 4

Messrs. Garretts, Ltd., announce that, except for a few shelves of accessories, their stock was practically undamaged by the fire, and that…

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Fire at Camp Second Death

Evening News · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 7

Another boy has died as the result of a fire at a Deewhy Camp on Tuesday night. Several boys were asleep in the tent…

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Bellingen Fire. Heavy Damage. Thirteen Business Places. No Fire Brigade. BELLINGEN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 9

The most serious fire experienced in Bellingen occurred at an early hour this morning, when 13 business establishments were destroyed. The losses amount to £20,000…

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Dee Why Fire Another Boy Dies

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 11

George Marshall, aged 14, of Pitt- water-road, Manly, who, with two other boys, was severely burned as a result of a tent catching fire at…

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Sulphide Corporation Hopes to Quench Fire

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

BROKEN HILL. Wednesday: Mr. J. Hobbard, manager of the Sulphide Corporation, slated to-day that a start had been made putting in a [?]…

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Tent Catches Fire. Boy Fatally Burnt. Two Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 9

One of the tents of an Easter camping party at South Crook, Deewhy, caught fire on Tuesday night, and the three occupants were severely burnt, one fatally, before they…

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Fires

The St George Call · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 4

On April 19th, a fire occurred at the macaroni factory of Pulli & Co., Grighton le Sands. The building and contents were insured at over £4,000. After…

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Factory Gutted Midnight Blaze MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

At midnight the furniture factory of Tait and Freddy, in Budd-street, CollingWood. was completely destroyed by fire…

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Mysterious Fires. Electric Wires Blamed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 10

The fusing of electric wiles was alleged to have caused two firea, which were inquired into by Mr H. Richardson Clark, district coroner at the Burwood Courthouse…

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Bellingen Fire An Admonition by Fire Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 6

"Had this small expense been incurred, it is more than probable that the town would have had the advantage of a brigade and…

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Fell Into Fire Parkes

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

David [?] who was subject to fits had an attack while alone in the house on the firm, which he had his brother were working and fell into…

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General News the Bellingen Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 8

BELLINGEN.--The opening of the strongroom of the Bank of New South wales involved a couple of hours' hard work, but the books, cash, and notes…

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Fell in the Fire Parkes

The Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 8

When Fred Taylor, a farmer near the Aleetown-road went to feed his horses about 6 a.m. he left his brother David Taylor in the house. When he…

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Plague or Fire? Remarkable Find Hundred Skeletons Relic of Old London

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 1

"In sixteen hundred and sixty-five Searcely a soul was left alive; I sixteen hundred and sixty-six, London burred like rotten sticks."…

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Train Passengers Burnt to Death Two Express Trains Collide and Catch Fire--Twenty-one Bodies Recovered--Whole Family Killed

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

BERNE. April 23.--A fearful railway accident occurred on the St. Gothard line, near Bellinzona. Two express trains collided, and a…

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Stanmore Blaze Sovereigns Under Staircase

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 5

While rubbish was being removed yesterday from under a staircase which had caught fire at the residence of Mrs. Larkin, Stanmore-road, near…

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Fire in Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 19

Between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire destroyed portion of Heaslop's-buildings, Stanley-street, South Brisbane, as well as the reserve stock of Heaslop and Sons, the…

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The Glenbrook Fire—A Correction

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 2

A typographical error occurred in the report in last issue of the inquest on the fire that destroyed Mr. Lincoln Gibson's property at Glenbrook on…

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Fire at Marrickviile Joinery Partly Destroyed

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 5

An iron building of two storeys in Jabez-street, near Denby-street, Marrickville, was partly destroyed by fire this afternoon. It is owned by Peter…

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