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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 119

Flats Ablaze Clovelly Fire How It Began

Evening News · Saturday 7 June 1924 · page 6

Lockley Flats, Graville-street, Clovelly, were severely damaged by fire last night. The Paddington, Randwick, and Waverley…

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Josie's New Play Meeting by Fire Escape

The Sun · Sunday 8 June 1924 · page 21

When Josie Melville, as the errand girl in "Good Morning, Dearie," is sent out to deliver bonnet boxes, she carelessly drops her handbag in getting off…

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City Fire

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 7

A fire broke out in a back room of a building in York-street, City, last night, and destroyed £200 worth of furniture belonging to Joseph Clan[?]…

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Balkan Blaze Rebels in Albania Belgrade, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 6

The revolutionaries are masters of the situation in Albania, and are concentrating against the Government stronghold of El Basan,…

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Trapped on Balcony Woman's Ordeal Blaze at Redfern

Evening News · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 3

With the flames licking up the staircase, and barring her only means of exit, Mrs. Lowell, who was alone in a building in…

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Fire at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 9

Late on Friday night, a fire, caused by the overbalancing of an electric radiator, occurred at the Locksley Flats, Greville-street, Randwick. An occupant of a flat was varnishing the floor, and using the…

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Woman Rescued Policeman to Her Aid Fire at Redfern

The Sun · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 9

A woman was rescued from tho balcony of a burning building at Redfern at 3 a.m. to-day. The fire was at a newsagent's shop…

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Outbreak of Fire in York Street. Bedding and Furniture Damaged- Unoccupied House Doomed to Destruction

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 1

As a result of an outbreak of tire last night in a three--storied building at 124 York Street, a quantity of bedding and furniture stored on the…

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Oil Store Blaze at Invercargill Impressive Spectacle Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 7

Twenty thousand cases of oil went up in flames at Invercargill last night when the British Imperial Oil Co.'s big store was destroyed by fire…

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Redfern Fire Damage to Store

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 9

Charles Haydock's general store, 251 Abercrombie Street. Redfern, was .lam- aged by the at 3.15 a.m. yesterday. The building was Insured In the…

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Redfern Fire. Woman Trapped by Fiames. a Timely Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 9

A brick shop and dwelling at 254 Abercromble-street, Redfern, occupied as a general store by Charles Haydock, were severely damaged by fire early yesterday morning. The…

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Choice of Death Fire or Boiling Paint? Workmen's Peril Chicago

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 1

Six men were working in a long enamel oven in the Ford, Burnham automobile plant yesterday when, by an unexpected accident, they suddenly…

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The Shade of a Coat Fur Coat Cuts and Runs Under Fire. Good Backing Which Paid the Mare a Compliment

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 6

UNLIKE the coat of many colors, told of in the scriptures, Fur Coat has only one color, and it's something of a dingo…

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Fire at Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 10

At 9.11 p.m. yesterday a policeman notified the Fire Brigade that a fire had broken out at Lewis Street, Granville. The Granville and Parramatta…

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Motor Bus on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 9

At about 8.30 p.m. on Monday a motor 'bus, the property of Thomas Johnson, of 50 Canberra-street, Randwick, back-fired, and burst into flames…

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Granville Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 6

A weatherboard cottage in Louis Street, Granville, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The place was valued at about £600, and, with its…

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Money and Markets Insurance Fire Underwriting Narrow Margins

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 6

Fire insurance companies which operate in Australia are required to make contributions, periodically, towards the cost of maintenance of fire…

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Municipal Riot Police Fire on Mob London, June 9

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 9

A Kingston (Jamaica) message reports a serious industrial fight in that city. A strike of municipal laborers for an…

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Oil Store Ablaze 20,000 Cases Burnt Invercargill Fire Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 9

The British Imperial Oil Company's oil bond store at Invercargill was destroyed by fire yesterday. It contained 20,000 cases of benzine,…

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Big Fire. in New Zealand. Twenty Thousand Cases of Oil Destroyed. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 13

The British Imperial Oil Company of New Zealand's big oil bond store at Invercargill was destroyed by a fire which broke out last night…

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