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Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Fire at Balmain

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Detective-Sergeant Murday and Detective Clark, with Constable Sly. of Balmain are making[?]…

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Car on Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 10

An Oakland motor car, owned and driven by L. Keighrey, of Auburn-rd., Auburn, was slightly damaged by fire in Sydney-road. Granville, last night…

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Fires at Byron Bay Byron Bay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 8

A house occupied by Mr. V. L. Viney. at Byron Bay. with its contents, has been totally destroyed by fire. A few days ago another house and…

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Fire at Balmain Police Investigations

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 7

Circumstances surrounding a fire which broke out in a draper's shop in Darling Street. Balmain, early yesterday morning are being investigated by Detectives…

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Fire at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 10

A cottage in Flinders-street, owned and occupied by Albert Baker, was destroyed by fire last night, during the absence of the occupant. The premises were insured in the…

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Country News. House Destroyed by Fire. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 10

On Saturday night a cottage, the property of Mr. Condon, and occupied by L. H. Vining, a farmer, with the contents, was totally destroyed by fire. The occupants were out…

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Fire at Gayndah Building and Cars Destroyed Maryborough (Q.)

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 8

A serious fire occurred at Gayndah, about 2.30 a.m. to-day, when a large building occupied by Mrs. F. Saidy, draper, J. D. Downman, motor garage…

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Money and Markets Fire Insurance Underwriting Results the Moral Hazard

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Fire underwriting in New South Wales has not been a profitable business in recent years. In 1923-24 risks covered by insurance amounted to…

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A Cylinder of Fire Sensational Fight for Life Paint Bursts Into Flames Workmen Severely Burned Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

Trapped in an iron cylinder, the inside walls of which were a mass of flames, John Matthews (19), a painter, had a sensational fight for…

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Honors of the Race With E. Henry Pony Jockey's Vigor Pulls the Chestnuts Out of the Fire

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 6

WHEN the time comes for Jockey Ernest Henry to retire from the pigskin he will he well qualified to sit back and write a book entitled "Horses I have Caned," or "The Psychology of the Whip."…

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Bush Fire. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 14

The first bush fire this season started in a paddock owned by Mr. J. Cashon, adjoining the railwasy line at Burrangong, near Young, on New Year's Day. The paddock was…

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Motor Cyclists' Trip Venturesome Journey Round Australia Crocodiles and Bush Fire Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 7

The venturesome motor cyclist, A. W. Grady, of Perth, who is travelling round Australia on a 2 34-h.p. Douglas motor cycle, has reached Grafton…

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In Case of Fire

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 38

FIRES which arise from carelessness in the use of lights li[?] petrol and similar causes do not come within the scope of normal risks, for normal persons…

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Motor Fires. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 15

Sir,—Under the above heading in the S.M.H. of the 3rd instant, you give prominent notice to the recent fires in motor cars and 'buses, and the opinions of Mr. William O'Neill in…

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Balmain Fire. Charge of Arson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 10

Consequent on inquiries made by Detectivesergeant Barclay and Detective Clarke regarding an outbreak of fire in a drapery shop at Balmain at an early hour on Monday morning,…

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Rebuilding After Fire Is Permit Necessary?

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 14

Glebe Council is engaged at present in a controversy with an insurance company which is reinstating a building partly destroyed by fire. The…

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Destructive Fires Cottage Destroyed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

An outbreak of the destroyed a cottage occupied by Mr. J. H. [?]g a [?] at Byston Bay, on Saturday night FIRE AT WOLLONCONO…

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Temporary Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

The Board of Fire Commissioners has approved of the provision of a temporary fire station upon the site purchased in Merrylands-road. The station will be…

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