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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 104

Central Mine Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 11

Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphs that it was stated yesterday that the management of the South mine had placed two lines of hose down the open cut between the South and Central mines with…

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Fire at Stanmore

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 9

A bulk store at the rear of the prepares occupied by Arthur George Hill, paper bag manufacturer, of Parammatta-road, Stanmore, was severely…

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Car on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

The local lire brigade received a call, on Monday, at 7.44 p.m., to attend a motor car on fire In Parramatta-road. They found the fire had been extinguished with…

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Fire at Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

The stock of brown paper stored in the bulk store of Arthur George Hill, paper bag manufacturer, at 78 Parramatta-road, Petersham, was greatly damaped by fire and water…

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Shires' Powers re Fires on Roads, etc

The Land · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 10

J.H.H. writes:—Living in a pastoral arid agricultural district the danger of fires is great, and the way many people make camp fires on…

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Up-to-date Fire Engine

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

Guildford now has modern fire-fighting equipment in the form of a motor engine. It is a vast improvement on the horse-drawn appliances. Praise must be given…

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Motor Fires Some of the Causes Choked Inlet Valve

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 12

Scarcely a week goes by without one or more motor cars, lorries, buses or other vehicles being destroyued or damaged by fire. Unreported cases…

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Steamer Ok Fire. Great Loss of Cotton

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

The Manchester and Salford are brigades assisted by a firefloat, battled for hours on Sunday with outbreak of fire aboard the Egyptian…

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Blacktown Thrills. Fire and Robbery. Two Stores Affected. — A Miraculous Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 1

A fire and a robbery provided Blacktown's programme of thrills within the past week. A feature of the fire was the miraculous save effected by a timely bucket of water. The scene of the fire was the business…

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The Way to Succeed. Just Keep on Asking. Fire Commissioner at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 3

If the officials of other Government Departments bear any resemblance to the Fire Commissioners, representations made by bodies to them will have a…

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Fire at Stanmore

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 1

R. H. A. Simpson, a floor-polish manufacturer, was severely burnt about the face and hands yesterday. While attempting to extinguish a fire…

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Incendiarism Suspicious Fires at Tenterfield Tenterfield

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

For some time there has been a gravev suspicion in the minds of the Tenterfield people that an incondiarist was setting fire to unoccupied…

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Fire Brigade for Merrylands

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

The Fire [?] have informed the [?] Council that a [?] will be erected at Merry--[?] red fire-fighting…

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Fire Station for Merrylands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 16

A fire station is to be erected at Merryland[?] immediately…

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Leaking Copper Fire at Petersham

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 6

While supervising the boiling of wax at his works in New Canterbury- road. Petersham, late yesterday afternoon. R. H. A. Simpson, floor polish…

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Newcastle Fire Nicholson's Premises Big Blaze Averted Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 5

A fire broke out about four o'clock this afternoon in [?] w [?]rehouse in Darby- street, Newcastle, used by Nicholson and Company. Ltd., for…

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Fire at Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 7

About 4 o'clock this afternoon smoke was seen issuing from a wooden warehouse in Darby-street, used by Messrs. Nicholson and…

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Fire at Mudgee MUDGEE

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 1

A fire this morning destroyed the drapery establishment of Clem Lewis. The flames had a good hold when the brigade arrived and all the firemen…

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'Buses Burnt Fire at Garage Firm's Heavy Loss

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1925 · page 2

Six motor omnibuses, valued at when a garage in Roystone- street, nearly £10,000, were destroyed Paddington, was burnt last night…

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