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Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 104

Fire Extinguished on Clan Macquarie

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 3

A message received from Suva yesterday intimated that the fire on the steamer Clan Macquarie had been extinguished. It is expected that the…

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Fire on Clan Macquarrie. Suva

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 20

A fire, which broke out in the bunkers of the Clan line steamer Clan Macquarrie while loading copra in Suva, has been extinguished and the vesel is to sail from here on Saturday evening…

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Town Destroyed by Fire. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 17

The Polish town of Ryki, near Warsaw, has been entirely wiped out by fire. Four thousand p[?]ple are homeless. The buildings destroyed included a three-hundred-year-old…

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City Destroyed by Fire Warsaw, April 17

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 1

The city of Ryki, near Warsaw, has been wiped out by fire, and 4000 people are homeless. The buildings destroyed included the…

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Real Life Stage Fire. Singer's Remarkable Escape From Terrible Death

The World's News · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 23

While she was playing in "Tristan and Isolde" in the opening performance of the National Opera Company at the Olympia, Liverpool, Miss Rosina Buckman, the…

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'Bus on Fire Exciting Picnic

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 7

A picnic party was in a 'bus crossing by the punt at Tom Ugly's Points yesterday, when one of their number, Elsie Silverside, [?]…

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A Morning Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 9

ARDLETHAN.--A fire started at 4 o'clock on Monday morning in some loose boxes on a block adjoining the Palace Hotel. The fire then attacked…

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Wentworth Falls Fire Exaggerated Reports

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 9

Rumors were circulated in Sydney this afternoon that the Wentworth Falls Hotel had been burnt out, but fortunately they proved to be false…

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Fire at Casino. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 10

A fire occurred in Casino early on Sunday morning, whereby part of the wooden residence of Mr. Con. Callinnn, horse trainor, was destroyed. This building was situated…

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Fire at Lidcombe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 16

An outbreak of fire practically destroyed a store attached to the premises of the Indolo Co., Ltd., manufacturers of sheep dip, in Church-street, Lidcombe, early this morning…

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Fire on Lighter

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 4

The engtue-room and dack fittinge of the lighter, Bondi lying at the font to Stewart-street, Globe Point, were damaged by fire early to-day…

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Mystery Fires Police Suspect Boy FORBES

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 9

According to the police a boy of 10 confused to having lighted four fires recently which had them puzzled. At the Coroner's Court the boy…

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Fire at Hotel. Wentworth Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 16

On Saturday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock a fire broke out in the Grand View Hotel, near the station. One room was gutted, and another seriously damaged. The whole building was…

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Fire on Aeneas. in Wool Cargo. Capetown, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 15

The steamer Aeneas has arrived at Durban with her cargo of wool in the forepeak on fire. The extent of the damage is unknown. On arrival at Durban firemen…

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Gelignite at Richmond Hidden by Gang? Exploded by Fire Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 1

J. W. Duncan, the occupier of the shop wrecked by the Richmond explosion, has informed the police that members of the underworld might…

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Anathematized and Condemned to Eternal Fire

Watchman · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 8

"The form of greater excommunication set down in the Roman pontifical for the use of popish bishops concludes with the following choice passage:…

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Rats Cause Fire Farmhouse Gutted [?]

Evening News · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 10

The home of Mr. P. J. O'Dwyer a farmer, on Burrows road Ne[?] was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants, Mr…

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Aeneas's Fire Put Out Damage to Cargo

The Sun · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 9

The fire on the Blue Funnel liner Aeneas, which arrived at Durban with the cargo in her forepeak ablaze, has been extinguished, the Sydney…

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Fire at Warialda. Several Buildings Destroyed. Warialda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 10

At about 4.30 o'clock this morning a are broke out in premises occupied by R. Fernon (accountant), and owned by D. Long. Within a few minutes the flames spread to adjacent…

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