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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

2,369 stories in Sydney's papers · page 87 of 119

Fire on York City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 11

The Reardon Smith line steamer York City is reported by cable, received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, to have had a fire in her bunkers at Durban, but the fire has been [?]…

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Margarine Works Catch on Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1

About 8.30 a.m. on Sunday a fire broke out at the work of the Marrickville Margarine Coy., Ltd., at Edinburgh Rode, Marrhickville…

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Fire in Bathroom in Woolcott Street

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1

A fire occurred on Saturday on the promises occupied by Max Nagel, 77-79 Woolcott Street, ham and beef provisioner…

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Fire on Steamer Copra Cargo Ablaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. A fire broke out among the copra cargo in No. 4 hold of the liner Kalkouru, at King's Wharf, Wellington, on…

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Electrical Premises on Fire at Crow's Nest

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 1

Shortly after 10.30 a.m. on Sunday the premise at Falcon Street Crow's Nest, occupied by Temple, Malin and Evans. electrical engineers were…

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Woman's Leap From Burning Building Residential on Fire

The Sun · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 9

Awaking with a choking sensation and finding the bedroom full of smoke, Mrs. Florence Lambert, of Mosman, flung open the door to…

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Fire at Grafton Store Partially Destroyed GRAFTON

The Sun · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 10

A fire occurred at the general store of Money Savors, Ltd., Prince-street, in the early hours of this morning, and destroyed the grocery department…

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Fire on Ship Copra Alight Terrific Heat Wellington (N.z.)

Evening News · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 7

A FIRE broke out among some gacks of copra in No. 4 hold of the New Zealand Shipping Company's ateamer Kaikoura at King's Wharf late on…

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Unusual Fatality by Burning, in S.A. Woman Has Habit of Lying Near Fire--She is Found Terribly Clinrred

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 September 1924 · page 5

ADELAIDE. Sunday.--While slaving with a friend at Stirling West, Caroline Clarke. a middle-aged single Woman. met with a fatal…

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Motor Car on Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 15

A motor car owned by A. H. Stone, Condamine-street, Manly, caught fire at the Spit punt last night. The flames were quickly extinguished, and…

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Lightning Flash Starts Huge Oil Blaze Whole Town Threatened Monterey (Cal.)

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 1

A disastrous fire was started here by lightning striking a huge tank of crude oil Two soldiers have lost their lives,…

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Copra Suspected Fire on Kaikoura Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 9

Gangs of men were occupied yesterday and to-day in removing damaged cargo from the steamer Kalkoura. Portion of the deck was buckled by the fire, and…

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Disastrous Fire Four Perish New York

Evening News · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 7

Lightning struck a tank at Monterey. California last night, containing 53,000 barrels of crude oil, and started a conflagration which is likely to cost…

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Fire on Kaikoura. Vessel and Cargo Considerably Damaged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 4

A fire broke out amongst the copra Stored in No. 4 hold of the steamer Kaikoura at Wellington on Saturday evening last…

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Church on Fire Man Burnt to Death Engulfed in Flames Bellingen

The Sun · Tuesday 16 September 1924 · page 9

At 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, a bush-fire, which broke out in the Guy Fawkes district. Ignited the Hernani Church, which was soon ablaze. Local…

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Woman Rescued From Choking Smoke Blaze at Darlinghurst

Evening News · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 5

Mrs. Lucy Grant, 60, was rescued from possible death by suffocation early to-day, when a fire broke out in the premises of the Covent…

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Rescue From Fire Woman's Narrow Escape

The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 9

A sensation was caused at Darlinghurst at 2.15 a.m. to-day, when firemen rescued a woman from a hurtling building at the corner of Oxford and…

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Trapped by Smoke Woman Rescued Darlinghurst Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 9

A sensational rescue was effected during the course of a fire which broke out in Taylor's Chambers, at the corner of Oxford and Flinders Streets,…

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Fire Lay Low for Two Miles Wauchope

Evening News · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 5

William Coombes, 65, had driven his cart two miles beyond a bush fire yesterday, when his clothes burst into flames, evidently from a…

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Blazing Oil Wells Fierce Fire at Baku LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1924 · page 1

The entire male population of Baku has been mobilised to subdue the fire in 37 blazing oil wells, also in reservoirs supplying the bulk of Russia's…

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