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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 104

Melbourne's Town Hall Is Gutted by Fire Damage at £75,000 Melbourne Town Hall Fire Great Explosion 115 Firemen at Work Large Sum Stolen Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 1

FIRE in Melbourne Town Hall, which was discovered at 1 o'clock this morning, destroyed the main hall and caused…

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Enveloped by Fire Wallsend Tram Smash One Killed; 18 Escape Motor Falls 15 Feet Sewcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 1

THERE was a complete repetition of the Cronulis tram smash near Brush Creek junction. Young Wallsend, in the early…

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Melbourne Town Hall Gutted Fine Building Ravaged by Fire Mysterious Explosion Heard in Early Morning Damage Estimated at £80,000 MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 1

The main hall of the Melbourne Town Hall was left a smoking heap of ruins within a roofless skeleton of walls after a fire which was discovered at one o'clock this morning…

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Great Film Destruction £20,000 by Fire Melbourne Blaze Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

One million feet of film, valued at £20.000. the property of Selznick Pictures and Excelsior Features (E. J. Carroll), were…

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Redfern Blaze Firemen Make Good Save

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 7

When the call was received just after 11 o'clock last night for an outbreak of fire in Renwick Street. Redfern, no time was lost in despatching…

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Watchman Fires. Fugitive Escapes Tailor Robbed

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

On a charge of stealing a quantity of serge and suit ministers also a number of coats and wests, and a [?]of pallor's shears to the total value…

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Melbourne's Disastrous Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

Estimates of the damage wrought by the fire which broke out at the Town Ha [?], Melbourne, early Sunday morning varied from £40,000 to £66,000. Above is the rained interior of the main hall, looking towards the north end, where the valuable organ once stood. The balcony and the portraits that were hung above it were burnt to cinders. The bare framework is all that is left of the roof…

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Melbourne Town Hall Fire

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

The main hall of the Melbourne Town Hall was destroyed by a fire on Saturday night. The damage unofficially is put at £80,000…

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Fire at Redfern. Furniture Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 10

A fire broke out late last night at the factory of the Wycombe Upholstering. Co., at 45-47 Renwick-street, Redfern. Flames were seen shooting from the interior of the…

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What Was Left After Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 10

The organ in the Melbourne Town Hall was one of the largest in the world, This is what was left after the fire…

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Glebe Fire. Greek Charged with Arson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

At the close of his inquiry into the cause of a fire at 39 and 39A Broadway, Glebe, on July 29 last, the City Coroner. (Mr. Jamieson) committed Phillip Tahmindjis for trial on a charge of arson…

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Redfern's Novel "Lawn Mowers" Melbourne Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 14

THE GORILLA THAT OCCUPIED A CABIN DELUXE.—John [?] II" has arrived at New York. The gorilla is noted for his intelligence, and occupied a Cabin de-Luxe during the voyage on the German steamer Deutschland. He is to enter the circus at Madison…

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Country News. Shop Damaged, by Fire. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 10

A fire at F. Lane's store and dwelling house early yesterday morning destroyed the contents. The occupants, who were sleeping in a house at the back of the shop, awakened…

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Local Option Poll "Drys" Fire First Shot Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

The [?] shot was tired yesterday in the local option campaign by the Rev. W. Hinton of Victoria, who in an address given in the Baptist…

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Cause a Mystery Melbourne Town Hall Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

The damage to the Melbourne Town Hall which was partly destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. has been officially estimated at between [?]40.000 and…

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Clothes on Fire Woman's Serious Burns Rush to Water Tap

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 15

While cleaning an iron bedstead with methylated spirits, Emily Hopper, aged 35, of Beaufort-street. Surry Hills, was so burnt about the body that…

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A Big Civic Centre Melr Has Ideas After the Fire [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

The destruction by fire on Sunday of the concert hall of the Melbourne Town Hall was been followed by an extensive discussion…

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Film Fire. Melbourne Outbreak. Prompt Action Saves Theatre. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 9

A deafening roar, a crash of falling glass, and a great shaft of flame shooting high in the air heralded the fire, which partly destroyed Bourke House, a six-story building, at…

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Explosion of Film Million Feet Destroyed Thieves Close Behind Fire Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

In a destructive flash, a million feet of film, worth £20,000, was destroyed at Bourke House, Bourke Street, about 1 o'clock this…

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Town Hall Fire Cause Not Discovered Was There a Party? Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 15

There is no evidence to show that the cause of tho Town Hall, fire was the fusing of an electric wire in the organ loft…

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