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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 104

The Hero of the Canberra Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 1

The funeral of Reginald Craythorne, the gallant steward of the Canberra, took place yesterday. Fellow members of the crew and members of the Stewards' Union accompanied the hearse to the grave…

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Canberra Fire. Craythorn's Life. Active Service. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 11

Mrs. Craythorn, the 22-year-old widow of the here of the Canberra Ore, said that her husband's full name was Reginald Laurie Simeon Craythorn, that he was born in…

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Tram on Fire Passenger Knocked Down Woman's Foot Severed

The Sun · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 16

A slight outbreak of fire under a tram last night, between Coward-street and Gardener's-road,' Botany, caused several passengers to jump from the…

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Widow of Fire Hero Company Will Assist Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 8

The Melbourne agents for the Canberra (Howard Smith, Ltd.) have telegraphed to the Perth branch instructing it to provide Mrs. Graythorn, widow…

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The Fire Engine Would Not Go Kurri Kurri

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 9

When the motor fire engine was called to a fire this morning, it was useless, and had to be propelled by hand. A cottage in…

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Fire at North Sydney

The Sun · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 8

A fire broke out in the business premises of Edward Stanley Court, mercer of Miller-street. North Sydney, early to-day…

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Motor Car on Fire. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 16

A large motor car, belonging to the Ne[?] England Motor Company, while loaded with passengers, caught alight at Chindra yesterday. The front wheels of the car wer[?]…

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Clothes Take Fire Woman Badly Hurt a Boarder's Pluck

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 1

WELL over seventy, John Clark showed last night that pluck and chivalry do not wither as old age creeps on…

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Car on Fire Flames Spread to Ferry Passengers Escape Murwillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 11

Excitement was caused at Chinderah ferry, Tweed River, when one of the New England Motor Co.'s service cars caught fire. No…

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Improved Equipment Newcastle Fire Station NEWCASTLE

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 July 1925 · page 7

East Newcastle fire station will no longer be a laughing stock. For years the equipment at the station has consisted of one horse hand reel. If the…

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Bakehouse Burnt Blaze at Paddington

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 7

A fire broke out about 5 a.m. to-day in the bakehouse of Reginald Devine, pastrycook, Oxford-street, Paddington. The building and contents were…

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Leeton Fire Alleged Incendiarism

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 7

LEETON.--Mr. Darker, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire at Second Street, Leeton, on June 20, when a dwelling-house, owned…

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Paddington Fire Two Shops Damaged

Evening News · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 5

TWO shops a shed, and a motor lorry were damaged, by fire at Paddington, early to-day. The fire started in a shed used as a…

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Fire at Newcastle Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 5

A fire was discovered shortly before 2 o'clock this morning in the rear portion of Smith and M'Keston's furniture ex-change in Beaumont Street, Hamilton…

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Motor 'Bus Catches Fire. Morpeth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 12

A motor 'bus, the property of Mr. Drjan, which piled between Morpeth and West Malt, land, backfired, and burst into flames, last night. The vehicle, which was insured for…

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Newcastle. Fire at Warehouse. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 12

Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, the Newcastle Fire Brigade received a call from Smith and MacK[?]atter's furniture exchange at 22 Beaumont-street, Hamilton. On the…

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Swept by Fire South American Town Wooden Houses as Bonfire BOGOTA (Columbia), July 4

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1925 · page 1

Manizles, a flourishing city of 45,000 inhabitants, has been entirely swept by fire. The wooden houses flamed like a…

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Fire at Casino. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 12

A fire occurred at 5 o'clock this afternoon in a store at the back of Scboler and Brian's Palace Emporium. The store contained chaff, hay, oils, etc. The brigade soon bad the…

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Canberra Fire. Inquiry on Thursday Next

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 4

It is expected that an inquiry into the circumstances attending the fire on the Howard Smith steamer Canberra, which occurred on June 30, may…

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Robbery and Fire Melb. Hat Factory Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 9

Detectives have been detailed to investigate a mysterlous [?] of the which occurred in [?] last night. The [?] brigade received a call in a…

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