Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 104

Volunteers to Be Ready Chinese Still Give Trouble Strike Spreads American Fires a Fatal Shot Shanghai, July 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 1

Volunteers will be called up again to-morrow, aa disturbances are possible, owing to the council's decision to cut off the electricity in…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Six Fires Glasgow Blaze Thousands Homeless Noted Buildings Go LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 1

Six fires are raging in Glasgow. The Kelvin Exhibition Hall, the city's finest church at Kelvingrove, and surrounding tenements have been…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Casino Fire Big Block Damaged Casino

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 5

The destruction of the main business block was threatened to-day, when a fire broke out in a bulk store at the rear of Schooler and Brian's…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Six Fires Rage Glasgow Ablaze Hundreds Homeless Kelvin Hall Gone London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 1

A most shocking fire has occurred in Glasgow as the result of which Kelvin Hall, has been destroyed as wall as a number of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Canberra Fire. Wild Charges by Anti-Labor Press Not Substantiated

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 14

Following a fire on the steamer Canberra at Sydney last week, a section of the Sydney morning press insinuated that the fire was the work of incendiaries…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Firemen Injured a Wagga Blaze Wagga

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

Two foremen were injured in a fire at a Wagga shop last night. The heat from a heap of burning materials in a corner of the shop was so great that…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Endangered in Glasgow's Big Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 5

The famous Art Galleries, which were saved by a change in the direction of the wind. The building is of red sandstone, in the French Renaissance style…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire in a Flat. Considerable Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 8

A fire in a flat on the first floor of a three-story building of fla[?] owned by Mr. William Lurdis, at 167 Victoria-street[?] Darlinghurst, yesterday, did considerable damage. The flat…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Fire in Flats Tar Boils Over

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 1

The Darlinghurst Fire Brigade turned out yesterday morning to a fire in a block of fiats situated at 167 Victoria Street. An outbreak also…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fire in Bond Car Parts Damaged

Evening News · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 11

Fire caused considerable damage last night in the bond store of Harkness and Hillier. Ltd., motor importers and manufactures, near…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Six Fires in Glasgow Hundreds Homeless Immense Damage People Terrified London, July 7

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 1

Six fires at Glasgow destroyed Kelvin Hall and many tenement houses. Hundreds are homeless, and hundreds of thousands of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

How Craythorn Died Inquiry Into Canberra Fire Carbon Monoxide Fumes

The Sun · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 13

The story of how Reginald Craythorn, after heroically helping other to safety, lost his own life in the fire which partly gutted the steamer Canberra, while she lay at the wharf, was told by witnesses in the City Coroner's Court to-day…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Fire in Glasgow. £250,000 DAMAGE. Famous Building Burned. LONDON, July 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 11

A fire in Glasgow has destroyed Kelvin Hall and many tenement houses. Many hundreds of people have been rendered homeless. The famous Kelvin Hall, Glasgow's…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

The Canberra Fire Coroner Holds an Inquiry Was There Delay in Calling the Brigades? How Heroic Steward Met Death

Evening News · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 1

"IN MY EXPERIENCE I never saw a fire get so far ahead in so short a time and travel so quickly. I cannot understand why the brigades were not called sooner. I would not like to say how long the fire had been in operation."…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

From Page 1 Night-watchman Tells of Tragedy How He Learned of the Fire Makes Charge Against the Carpenter Refuted by the Chief Officer

Evening News · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 7

WILLIAM HENRY COLLINS, who said it was lib duty to look after the gangway and patrol the deck, alleged at the Canberra inquiry that before the lights went out at 11.30 p.m., the carpenter was slightly under the influence…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Adestructive Fires Shop Damages

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 4

Two shops, a bakehouse, and a motor-lorry were damaged by a fire that occurred in the bakehouse at Paddington (Sydney), early on Monday morning. The following persons…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Bedroom Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 3

A slight outbreak of fire occurred on Sunday evening in Patrick McGrath's cottage in Station-road. The fire was caused by a lighted candle coming into contact…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire Station Staff

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 6

Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed in the refusal of the Board of Fire Commissioners to increase the numerical strength of the permanent staff at…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 7

Eighteen months ago, the Board of Fire Commissioners promised to build a proper fire station at Guildford. Nothing, however, was done in that connection, and…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

At the Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 3

The persistent rumour current in the town that plans for new and improved quarters and accommodation at Auburn Fire Station are in course of preparation,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →