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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 119

£1000 Blaze Motors Damaged Newtown Sensation

Evening News · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 7

Six motor cars in course of construction were severely damaged early to-day, when a fire broke out in Probert's Engineering…

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Blaze at Newtown Damage Estimated at £1000

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 15

A Arc broke out at 4.30 a.m. to-day at Propert's Motor Body Co., Ltd., King-street, Newtown, causing damage estimated at about £1000…

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Flats on Fire

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 9

A building of two floors, consisting of four self-contained flats, in Bream-street, Coogeo, was considerably damaged by fire last night. The fire…

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Fire at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 June 1924 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a tire broke out in a two-storied house in Dream Street. Congee. The building, which was divided into three sets of…

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Destructive Fires Oil Store Ablaze

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 4

Twenty thousand cases of bensing and lubricating oil belonging to the British Imperial Oil Company were destroyed by fire at Invercargill (N.Z.) on…

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The Country Inches From Death Child Fires Rifle ORANGE

The Sun · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 9

A double fatality was missed by the narrowest of margins at the house of Mr. Charles Jones, Stuart Town, yesterday…

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Fire at Newtown. Motor Cars Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 9

Six motor cars in course of construction and part of a building, were severely damaged by a fire in King-street, Newtown, early yesterday morning…

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Country News Motor Car on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 10

GRAFTON,--A motor mail car, belonging to Messrs. Kobin&on Bros., running from Grafton to "Woolgoolga, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night within…

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Mail Car. Destroyed by Fire. Woolgoolga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 9

Messrs. Robinson Bros. Cadillac mall car from Grafton to Woolgoolga was totally destroyed by fire last night within a mile of Woolgoolga…

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Fire at Newtown Causes £1000 DAMAGE Six Cars Damaged and Flooring Burned Away--Old Trocadero Skating Rink

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 3

A fire Which broke out early yesterday morning at Propert's Motor Body Building Works King Street, Newtown, caused damage estimated at about…

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Fire in Chinese Garden

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 6

A fire on Sunday night last destroyed a large shed and its contents in the garden of Sam Wing, of Westminster-road, Ryde. A good deal of damage was done…

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Two Fires 'Bus and Motor Car, Two Are Burnt

Evening News · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 2

A motor-car, and a motor-bus were damaged by fire last night, and to-day respectively. The driver of the motor-car and a…

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Motor Car on Fire Man Severely Burnt

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 7

Thomas Henry Garvin, 32 years of ago, residing at No. 5 Francis Street Leichhardt, was working underneath his motor oar last night, mending a…

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Insurance Wins a £900 CLAIM Loss of Motor Car -- Knowingly Driven in Unsafe Condition -- Blaze at Narrabeen

The Labor Daily · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 5

Yesterday a jury of four in No. 2 Jury Causes delivered a ver[?]ing for defendants in the rase in which Clarice Ormonde sued the Farmers and…

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Big Oil Cargo The H. T. Harper Arrives Precautions Against Fire

The Sun · Saturday 14 June 1924 · page 5

One of the latest typo of oil carrying vessels arrived in Sydney Harbor yesterday. She is the H. T. Harper, a steel,…

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Blaze at Punchbowl

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 June 1924 · page 7

A grocery shop, occupied by Harry Hoyland in Victoria-road, Punchbowl, was burnt out last night. The origin of the fire is unknown. Three rooms…

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Fire at Narrabeen

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 June 1924 · page 7

A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Lagoon-street, Narrabeen was destroyed by fire last night. The origin of the outbreak is unknown. The…

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'Bus on Fire Passengers Leap Out

The Sun · Sunday 15 June 1924 · page 5

Amid great excitement 16 passengers jumped from a motor 'bus which caught fire in Oxford-street yesterday…

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Broderick's Wife Keeps Home fIRES BURNING Soldier Returns and Discovers Another Child in the Camp

Truth · Sunday 15 June 1924 · page 14

The homecoming of Leo Francis Broderick, who…

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