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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 119

IN 25 Places the Fire Fiend To—day's Little List

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 7

To-day is repetition of yesterday fer fires. Brigades are out in all directions The following list of outbreaks…

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Motor-'bus on Fire Passengers Lose Parcels "Fates with the Trams"

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 15

When the 5.57 train from Sydney to Sutherland arrived at its destination last night, the usual rush for seats on the Cronulla-Sutherland bus took…

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Woolston Tanneries Fire Damage Estimated at £33,500 Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1924 · page 2

A fire in the Woolston tanneries did damage estimated at £33,500. The balze broke out in the suede shop, to which it was confined…

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More Bush Fires Brigades Out Again

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

More bush fires were reported in several suburbs this morning, and brigades were again busy quelling small outbreaks…

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Arson Charge Woollahra Blaze

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 7

A charge of arson has been laid against the proprietress of a shop in Oxford-street, Woollahra, which was severely damaged by…

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Arson Charge Blaze at Woollahra Woman Arrested

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 10

A shop was burnt out and other rooms severely damaged by the fire which broke out at 3.33 a.m. today in premises in Oxford-street,…

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Destructive Fires Town Almost Destroyed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Nambour (Q.) on Saturday night last, in which more than half the business premiers of the town were destroyed. The extant of the damage was increased by many…

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Sixty Fires. Suburbs Swept. Fireman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 9

Sixty outbreaks of fire yesterday in Sydney and suburbs, following on the almost equally numerous conflagrations of the previous day, made the 48 hours one…

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Water for Fire

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 7

Alderman J. Rydal Macdonald. Mayor of Dubbo, denies the report that little water was available for the fire at Laverack's Motor Garage. He…

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The Dubbo Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

DUBBO.--Inquiries into the poor pressure of water during the big fire in Dubbo have disclosed that throughout there was a splendid pressure in the mains, the…

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Looking Over the Fire Damage

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 1

Great quantities of burnt cargo are now being unloaded from the steamer Moldavia The fire broke out in the hold of the vessel at Fremantle…

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Referee Cup Competition Fire Brigades Unbeaten

Arrow · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 10

The first series of The Referee Cup was concluded on Wednesday, leaving Fire Brigades alone unbeaten. The snatches were productive of some good…

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Leitrim Fire. Frozen Cargo Thought Safe

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' & Salvage Association, Ltd., yesterday received a further cable from London advising that no damage to the…

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Country Fire. Damage, £20,000. COONABARABRAN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 9

Nellson's stores were destroyed by fire, which started at 9 o'clock last night, and spread to other buildings, including the Club Hotel, several tenoments, and Mellita's…

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Flats Burnt. Damage, £1500. Fire at Bondi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 8

Damago amounting to about £1500 was done to Palmerston Flats, in Dickson-street, Bondi, yesterday morning, when a fire broke out in a chimney and spread to the rest of the…

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London Dock Fire. Streams of Molten Rubber

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 2

The most serious London dock fire for fifty years occurred at Poplar on Monday afternoon last, when a large warehouse stocked with rubber, ten,…

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Fires Again Rage Damage in the Suburbs Many Bush Outbreaks Bondi Flats Suffer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 5

Fires again raged in the metropolitan area yesterday. Besides outbreaks in a number of suburban buildings, there were many bush and grass…

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Tanneries Burnt. Fire at Christchurch. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 9

A serious fire occurred at Woolaton tannerios in Christchurch, causing damage in the suedo department, engine house, and store. The loss is estimated at more than £33,000…

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Disastrous Fire. Nimbin Township. Four Buildings Destroyed. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 9

A disastrous fire occurrod at Nimbin township, 20 miles north-east of Lismore, last evening. It started in Ireland produce store, and, spreading quickly, affected Egan's…

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Timber Belts Fire and Wind Breaks How Crops Are Affected

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 14

Banking Springs, Wyalong and Cargellico, state that the average yield of wheat in that locality is not likely to exced 9-bush., owing to exposure…

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