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Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 104

Masonic Fire-fighters Tweed Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 13

During the course of a Masonic banquet the superintendent of the fire brigade, who is secretary of the local lodge, and other firemen Masons, were…

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Packing House Fire Members Will Carry on

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 2

The Hills District Citrus Hacking House, situated at Rogens' Hill railway station, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The whole of the…

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Hills District Packing Shed. Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 9

Considerable inconvenience will be caused to some of the growers of citrus fruits in the Hills districts of the County of Cumberland by the destruction of the commodious…

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New Fire-fighter. 6000 Gallons of Foam

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 4

A big motor "foam tender," to extinguish oil and petrol fires has just been delivered to the London Fire Brigade headquarters, Southwark Bridge-road. S.E…

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Fire-fighters Get Rises Holidays and Pay Better Conditions

Evening News · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 8

New South Wales fire brigadesmen ae congratulating themselves on having secured substantial increason in pay, and improvements…

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'Bus on Fire Jump for Safety a Passenger Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 1 September 1925 · page 11

Passengers on a 'bus at the corner of Oxford and Crown streets, Darlinghurst, had an exciting time this morning…

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Town Burnt Out Fire Brigade on Boats LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 10

Fanned by a high, wind, a fire which broke out in the own hall at Reggio (Calabria), spread to neighboring buildings and destroyed practically…

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Vulcan Fire -Bricks Ltd

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 12

The directors of Vulcan Fire -Bricks, Ltd., in their annual report, state that operations for the year ended March 81 resulted in a loss of £2256. which,…

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Frying -Pan or Fire?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 9

What is the difference between those strife -provoking: parliamentary attributes, the "gag" and the "guillotine?"…

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Disastrous Fire Coff's Harbor

The Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 10

A disastrous fire occurred at Repton early this morning, when F. Bramble's general store and fruit shop, and D. Bailey's billiard-room, as well as a…

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'Bus Catches Fire Passengers Get Clear

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 6

"With a sudden explosion a m motor 'bus burst into flume in Oxford Steet yesterday. Panic seized its fifteen passengers…

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Bus on Fire Sensation in Oxford Street

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 4

A motor bus owned by the King's Cross Omnibus Company was burned in Oxford Street yesterday morning. Bound from the railway to Pott's…

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Fire at Sea. Steamer Ayrshire. Wireless Reports. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 19

Upon the arrival of the liner Borda at Fremantle from England to-day, it was reported that a wireless message had been received by the commander (Captain Holland), stating…

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Offensive Opens Riff Positions Under Fire Spanish Hesitation London

The Sun · Wednesday 2 September 1925 · page 1

The Franco-Spanish fleets, says the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail," opened a combined offensive and all day long bombarded the Riffs'…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 10

Considerable water damage was caused at the firm of Messrs. Nettleton, Son, and Co., furniture warehousemen, 537 Kent-street, city, last night, by the bursting of one of the…

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Fire at Curl Curl

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 7

Finding no water main, the Dee why and Harbord Fire Brigades were forced to use buckets of water in an attempt to extinguish to fire in a five…

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Fire at Deewhy. Cottage Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 10

A fire crew from Harbord and Deewhy was unable to prevent the total destruction of a furnished holiday cottage in Carringtonparade, Curl Curl, at midnight last night…

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More Water Than Fire Damage in City Warehouse

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 4

There were miniature waterfalls and lakes in a city furniture warehouse last night. A policeman heard an alarm…

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Mystery Fire on Kent Extensive Damage Vessel Saved by Berthing a Raging Inferno Auckland

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 9

THE steamer Kent, which had been anchored in the Stream for five days, owing to the seamen's strike, was badly damaged by fire early…

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Harbor Inferno Steamer Fire Rages Nine Hours, Sides Cut Away Heroic Firefighter Just Snatched From Death Auckland

The Sun · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 12

Great sheets of flame leapt high into the air when the Federal liner Kent caught fire in the stream to-day. One firefighter was just snatched from death in a desperate nine-hours struggle with the blaze…

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