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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 104

Hoaxing the Fire Brigades Waterloo Epidemic

Evening News · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 12

TAME DANGER attaching to false alarms of fire was impressed on Waterloo Council last night by the Fire Brigade Board…

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The Longest Way Round Waterloo Fire Reel

Evening News · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 9

WATERLOO Fire Station is not connected by telephone with the Redfern Exchange but with that of Mancot. This fact has led to some…

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Fire Dies Down Reassuring Message Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 1

Although no official information was available to-day in regard to the fire at Mount Morgan, miners who came off shift this morning, after fighting…

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Mine Fire Incandescent Mass Hard Fight Rockhampton

The Sun · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 1

Fair progress is being made in combating the Mount Morgan lire. The workings now have been penetrated to within 60 feet of the drive. Ahead of…

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Fire Board. Men's Representative. Bill Promised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 9

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Lazzarini) proposes to bring down a short bill this session that will give the permanent members of the New South Wales Fire Brigades representation on…

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Mount Morgan. Men's Demands. Fighting the Fire. Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 9

A largely attended meeting of the Mount Morgan unionists this morning decided to give the company twenty-four hours' notice to concede their demands for £2 per shift per man…

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Mount Morgan Fire Fighting Demands More Pay, or More Strikers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 1

ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. A largely attended meeting of Mount Morgan unionists this morning decided to give. the company…

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Letting It Burn Mount Morgan Fire Not Enough Labor Rockhampton

The Sun · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 15

The 650ft, level in the Mt. Morgan mine was sealed yesterday, and the task of fighting the fire has now been transferred to the 54ft. Linda level, so…

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Bush Fire Outbreak Moree

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

A bush fire broke out on Gurley, Station, near the Tycannah boundary at four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Fanned by a heavy wind it quickly…

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Fire at Sea Cargo of Oil Blaze on Kosmos Auckland

The Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 8

When the steamer Kosmos was 1500 miles from Auckland on the voyage from New York the crew saw smoke issuing from her ventilators…

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Destructive Fires Cottage Burned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 4

A live coal falling from a grate on to the floor casual a fire that destroyed a five-roughed weather board college at Vale of Clwydd (Lithgow) on sunday morning.The premiere were…

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Fires. Outbreaks in the Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 12

The fire brigade was summoned to numerous small outbreaks of fire yesterday, the most difficult to extinguish were a series of bush fires. Sections of bush caught alight at…

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Tragic Fire

The St George Call · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 2

Last Friday night a fire destroyed a cottage in Hampden Street, Dumbleton, and a little boy aged S years was burned to death. The premises were…

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Fire on Steamer

Evening News · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 7

A fire broke out near a stock of cases of benzine on the Melusin, berthed at the foot of Market-street, this afternoon. One of the crew's cabins was…

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Fire on Kosmo Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 3

When the steamer Kosmo, chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, was 1500 miles from Auckland on September 9, a fire broke out in…

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Fire at Granville Policeman Gave Warning

The Sun · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 11

A fire broke out early this morning on the ground floor of Wakeley's Buildings, Railway-parade, Granville. The stairway was burnt, and other…

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Second Fire This Year. James's Buildings Again

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 1

Shortly after one o'clock this morning, a serious outbreak of fire occurred in James' Buildings, Railway-parade and South-street, Granville, and caused…

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Fire at Dumbleton. Child Burnt to Death

The Propeller · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 3

Although the father saved four of his children from his burning home at Dumbleton, near Hurstville, last Friday night, he was unable to find a…

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Stairs Ablaze Woman's Adventure Fire at Granville

Evening News · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 9

Granville and Parramatta Fire Brigades made a good save of a building of three floors in Railway-para[?], Granville, carly to-day…

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Fire at School. Just Seen in Time

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 4

Women cleaners at North Auburn School last night noticed an outbreak of fire just in time to prevent it spreading. It occurred in a storeroom in the old…

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