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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 104

Bowral Fire Station Bowral

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 4

Bowral Council's long agitation for the erection of a more up-to-date fire station has at length borne fruit, and the Board of Fire Commissioners has…

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Big Fire in Japan Tokio, May 13

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 May 1925 · page 1

A fire destroyed 2000 buildings at Kumagaya, a port on the main island of Japan, this morning, including the railway station, the…

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Motor 'Bus on Fire

The Propeller · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 8

A motor 'bus burst into flames at Rockdale last Monday night, and the driver and conductor had to leap quickly to the roadway to escape injury. The…

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Business Centre in Danger Fire Discovered Shed Contained O[?] Gulcairn

Evening News · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 7

Mr. Smalley, of the Bank of N.S.W. staff, made a timely discovery of a fire, which if it had got going properly, would have…

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Wanted to Get Into Gaol Youth Sets Fire to Haystack "No Need," Says Judge Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 1

Because, he said, he was starving and wanted to get into gaol, where he would be fed, Jack Gregson, a young man, set fire to a…

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Playing with Fire Clever Juggler at Tivoli

The Sun · Sunday 17 May 1925 · page 4

Audiences accustomed to jugglers and sleight-of-hand entertainers who spin only hats, plates or sticks gasp with amazement…

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£10,000 Blaze Valuable Furs Lost Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 1

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which party destroyed Freeman's Buildings, in Russell Street, early this morning…

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Escape From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 2

BULLI.--A fire broke out in the residence occupied and owned by Mr. Edward Tregonning, Park Street, at 2 a.m. on Saturday. The building, which…

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Fire in Bunkers Dimboola Delayed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 5

Just as the Dimbools was about to sail for Sydney at noon yesterday. heated coal was discovered in the bunkers…

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Fire in Bunkers Dimboola Turns Back Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 9

The Melbourne Steamship Company's steamer Dimboola put back to Melbourne from Cape Liptrap a[?] 1.20 this morning with a small fire in her coal bunkers, but…

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Fire in Melbourne. Nearly £10,000 Damage. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 12

Damage estimated at between £8000 and £10,000 was caused by a fire which occurred at 5 o'clock this morning at Freeman's Building, Russell-street, city…

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Steamer Dimboola. Fire in Hold. Vessel Returns to Port. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1925 · page 12

When the steamer Dimboola left Melbourne yesterday a fire was smouldering in one of her holds. When Wilson's Promontory was reached the fire was…

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Dimboola Fire Departure Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 3

The fire which occurred in the bunkers of the Melbourne Company's steamer Dimboola has resulted in the departure of the vessel from Melbourne being postponed until 10 a.m…

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Mitta Fire. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 10

The store of [?]. A. Bernicke, at Mitta Mitta and the Mechanics Institute and Library, which adjoined the store, were destroyed by fire. The damage exceeded £1000. The paine…

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"Nothing Suspicious" Fire at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 3

In the early hours of April 22, fire totally destroyed the workshop of James Joshua Oglethorpe, blacksmith and coach-builder, in Macquarie-road, Auburn…

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Fire on Dimboola Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 10

The departure of the Melbourne Steamship Company's vessel Dimboola has been postponed till 10 a.m. to-morrow. Many tons of cargo were destroyed or damaged…

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Fall of 80Ft. Car Destroyed by Fire Where Are Occupants ?

The Sun · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 9

A motor-car owned by Arthur Worthing. Aubrey-street, Stanmore, was destroyed by fire this afternoon at Lapstone Hill, near Penrith. It is believed…

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Fire Hydrants

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 1

Unlike the streets of the average American city, Sydney streets are not to be decorated with dwarf fire hydrants…

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Mysterious Fires Farmers Alarmed Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 10

Farmers are alarmed at the number of mysterious fires which have occurred around Tamworth during the past few weeks…

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Suspicious Fires. Farmers' Losses. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1925 · page 14

During the past fortnight a number of suspicious fires on farms in the Tamworth district have been causing concern to farmers. A number of sheds containing hay,…

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