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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 119

Timber Yard Fire. Dramatic Incidents Panic-stricken Crowd. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 11

Twisted [?]ron and machinery and stacks of charred and useless [?] her were all that remained this morning of the timber yard of W. R. Brooks Proprietary, Ltd., at…

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Fire at Chatswood

The Sun · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 6

A fire broke out last night in the blacksmith's shop of David E. Drews, Spring- street, Chutswood, and one side of the shop and a small portion of the…

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A Centenary in Fire Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 11

The Scottish Union and National Insurance. Company, which was founded at Edinburgh in 1824, under the presidency of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., celebrated its centenary…

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General Country News Canberra's Fire Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 3

CANBERRA. -- A new Hotchkiss 20-30 h.p. motor fire engine has been added to the equipment of the Canberra Fire Brigade. The body work was built to the…

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Redhead Fire Cylinders Explode Windows Broken NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 8

Additional detaits of the firs at Redhead Colliery show that in the early hours of yesterday morning Fireman Barnes saw…

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Awful Fire at Asylum Twenty-Two Perish Los Angeles, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 1

Twenty-two persons are dead, and 18 are suffering from minor burne, as the result of a fire, which destroyed the Hope…

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Byron Bay Home Destroyed by Fire Unpleasant Surprise on Returning From the Pictures--What a Neighbor Saw

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 3

BYRON BAY, Monday.--On Saturday night the residence of Mr. Herb Harris, Byron Bay, with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Arson Suspected Mystery Fire RELLINGEN

Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1924 · page 8

A fire which is thought to have been started deliberately was extinguished on the outside wall of Raymond's butchery, Main-street, at 2 a.m. to-day…

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Tragic Fire. School Destroyed. Vancouver, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1924 · page 13

A message from Los Angeles states that 22 persons are dead, and 18 are suffering from minor burns as the result of a fire which destroyed the Hope Devolopment School at…

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Tragic Fire 22 Girls Perish Los Angeles, June 2

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 June 1924 · page 9

Twenty-two girls are dead and is are suffering from minor burns, as the result of a fire destroying the Hop[?] Development School for Subnormal…

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Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 4

KURRI KURRI.--A fire was discovered in a motor garage in Cessnock Street, owned by Mr. Robert Galloway, and tenanted by William Maher. late on…

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City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 7

Considerable damage by fire occurred at the premises of Fotheringhams, Ltd., millinery manufacturers, situated at 73 and 75 Georgestreet, Redfern, yesterday afternoon. The…

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Fire at Bellingen. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 10

A fire was discovered on the outside wall of Raymond's butchery, in Main-street, Bellingen, at 2 o'clock this morning, and was extinguished by the aid of fire extinguishers…

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Fire at Redfern Destroys Millinery Considerable Damage is Done Two Brigades Gel to Work

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 1

An outbreak of fire at 73 and 75 George Streel. Redfern. late yesterday afternoon caused considerable damage. The premises were occupied by…

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Disastrous Fire. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 6

Damage estimated at £4000 was done by a fire which burned down three wooden shops and partly destroyed a fourth at Collie at 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning…

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Woman's Narrow Escape. Timely Rescue from Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 4

Had it not been for a chance passer by, Mrs. E. Swift, an elderly woman, who lived at Campsie, would probably have been burnt to death last Friday…

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The Fire District

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 3

Recently an extension of the Metropolitan fire district in the neighbourhood of Wentworthville and Pendle Hill was made. But Pendle Hill Progress…

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Hanging Fire. Liverpool's Lighting Scheme

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 7

Liverpool's electric lighting scheme is still in the lap of Hon. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick. It is held there by red tape…

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Flats on Fire Damage at Randwick

The Sun · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 6

A fire broke out at 10.12 last night in the Locksley Flats, Greville-street, Clovelly. The second floor of the building was severely damaged before…

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Modern Fire Fighting. Eastwood's New Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 6

Eastwood's new and modernly-equippod Fire Brigade Station was officially opened on Saturday afternoon last. The ceremony was performed by the…

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