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Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 104

Ashfield Fire Damage £200

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Considerable damage to a stock of b[?] was done by a [?] at New -[?] Liverpool Read. Ashfield. last night…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

A cottage and contents, occupied by C. Hoy, were destroyed by fire this morning at Montefiores, just outside the municipal area. No one was at home at the time, and as no…

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"By the Camp Fire Redly Gleaming [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

With Gong and story, and in the presence of the Governor General, the Boy Scouts in Camp at Kaingal Chase have a glorious evening around the camp fire…

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Famous Waxworks. Destructive Fire. London, March l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 9

Fire broke out in Madame Tussaud's waxworks to-night. The flames rose to a great [?]eight, and the building was nearly burnt out in an hour…

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At Florida Fire Destroys Hotels Vancouver, March 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Reports from Palm Beach (Florida) state that two big tourist hotels -- "Breakers" and "Palm Beach" -- were destroyed by fire…

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Fires Sweep Tokio 20,000 HOMELESS 3000 Buildings Burned Down Tokio, March 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Tokio this afternoon was the scene of throe fires, one of which, in the neighborhood of Uyeno station, has already destroyed more…

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Fire in Tokio. Immense Damage Done. Tokio, March l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 9

Tokio this afternoon was the scene of three c[?]agrations, one of which, in the neighbourhood of Uyeno station, destroyed more than 1000 houses up to 7 o'clock…

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Tokyo's Fire Damage £100,000 Workers Suffer London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

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National Loss Tussaud's Fire Famous Works Perish London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Though 50 fire engines arrived at Madame Tussaud's a few minutes after the discovery of a mysterious outbreak of fire, after the close of the…

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Big Fire in Waxworks Tussaud's Burned Down Grand Spectacle London, March 18

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 7

Madame Tussaud's famous waxworks have been destroyed by fire. The flames rose to a great height, and the building was nearly burned…

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Crippen Is Saved Also P.C. Robertson Tussaud's Fire Damage, £250,000 LONDON, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

THE damage caused by the fire which destroyed Madame Tussaud's famous Waxworks it estimated at a Quarter of a million…

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More Than One Thousand Perish in Tornado, Fire, and Flood in America Worst Wind-storm in Tornado Belt City in Peru Wiped Out Many Towns Wrecked Streets Strewn with Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

By tornado, fire, and flood, more than, one thousand persons are reported to have perished in the United States and South America on Wednesday. The worst tornado in history swept several of the…

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Humor at a Fire Waxworks Blaze Rescue of Models London, March 19

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 1

The damage at Madame Tuesday's Waxworks Exhibition is estimated at £250,000. Thousands of people visited the…

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Tokio Fire. Widespread Damage. Tokio, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 17

The fire last night swept over a whole suburb, mostly comprising labourers' dwellings, part of which also suffered in the holocaust of September, 1923. Rescue work is…

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Society Scandals Mrs. Dennistoun Under Hot Fire "First Rank Liar"

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 1

The two cases in which so many unsavory details have come to light regarding persons highly placed in society, are still before the London Courts. Counsel's addresses are now being heard in the Dennistoun case…

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China Earthquake Earthquake Destroys the Chinese City of Tali-fu Fire Completes the Devastation Shanghai, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 4

The city of Tali-fu (Yunnan Province) has been destroyed by an earthquake, which was followed by a fire. A report relative to the…

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Grocer Trickett Seeks To Land the Insurance And is Given Gaol Term North Sydney Fire Starts Trouble

Truth · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 9

GROCER ALFRED SYMONDS TRICKETT, of Alfred-street, North Sydney, was in difficulties. He was dreadfully tangled in the strong net of finance. FOR months past writs had been pouring in on him and the…

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Big Explosion Then 5 FIRES Darlinghurst Affair

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 5

On the night of January 22. residents in the vicinity of Burton-street, Darlinghurst, were startied by a loud explosion. The sound…

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Terrific Blaze £30,000 Damage at Ballina Six Premises Gutted

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 9

A disastrous fire in the main business block of Ballina last night, destroyed, in two hours, six premises, including the…

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Five Fires Coroner Opens Inquiry Charge of Arson

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 11

An investigation was begun by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) to-day into a Are and explosion on the night of January 22, at the premises in…

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