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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 104

Subduing the Flames Mt. Morgan Fire [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 9

TWO streams of water [?] being played on the [?] Morgan Mme fire, [?] had somewhat improved yesterday,…

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Mt. Morgan Fire Still Burning Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 5

The fire in the Mr. Morgan Mille is still burning. Efforts to extinguish it are still concentrated from tho open cut. Pipes which run from the big…

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Mount Morgan. Fighting the Fire. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 10

At present two streams of water are playing on the Mount Morgan mine. Conditions underground somewhat improved this morning, and the mine manager (Mr. Jensen)…

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Still Raging Fiercely Mt. Morgan Fire Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 5

The fire in the Mount Morgan mine continues to burn fiercely. Efforts to extinguish it are being made from the upon cut. The pipes…

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Country News. Workshop Destroyed by Fire. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 10

A large workshop in Mount Pleasant-street, owned nnd occupied by Mr. Phil. James, was gutted by fire to-day. Within a few minutes of the discovery of the outbreak the building,…

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Spark From Engine? Fire at Rogan's Hill Packing House Gutted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

Though the inquiry revealed no direct evidence on the point, it seems more than likely that the fire which destroyed a packing-house and a railway carriage at Rogan's Hill, in the early hours of August 31, was caused by a spark from an engine. Exhaustive police in quiries, failed to yield any other theory…

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Queensland Fire Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 9

A fire at Southport early yesterday morning destroyed a building, formerly known as the London Store, situated in Nerang Street, and owned by Mr…

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Disastrous Fire at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

Many thousands of pounds' worth of damage resulted firm the fire that destroyed Messrs. Frederick Ash's bond stores at Newcastle early yesterday morning…

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Disastrous Fire—Melbourne Show—Cycling Road Race

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 36

ONE of the most representative fields of interstate amateur cyclists contested the longest amateur road race in Australasia on Saturday from Goulburn to Sydney. The race was promoted by the Dunlop Rubber…

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Inflamable Cargo. Smoking and the Use of Lights and Fires on Ships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 2

The attention of Masters and Agents on ships visiting Australian ports is drawn to the Navigation (Cargo-fire Prevention) Regulations, Statutory…

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£80,000 Goes Up in Smoke Seven Floors Gutted Newcastle Blaze Firemen's Heavy Task Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 5

THE seven-storied brick warehouse of Frederic Ash, Ltd. in Burwood Street, Newcastle, was completely destroyed by fire shortly…

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Getting It Under Mt. Morgan Fire Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 5

The fire in Mt. Morgan mine is still burning, but the manager reports that the fire-fighters are making satisfactory progress…

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"Too Many Small Fire Stations" Councils Are Taxed

Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 4

A suggestion that the headquerters of the St. George Fire Brigade should be shifted from Kegarah to Boxley, owing to the latte's…

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Fire-Walkers In the "Sydney Mail" the other day splendid picture of the fire-walking ceremony by Fijian natives were printed

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 39

"MY MAGAZINE," of August, 1924 (page 668), explains the mystery of the fire-walkers of Tahiti. The stones used are basalt, and they are such…

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Police Fire Four Shots Story of Exciting Chase Parkes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 7

An account of an exciting police chase, in which four shots were fired, was given in the police court to-day. Hubert Benjamin Spicer and Gordon…

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Disastrous Fire at Newcastle Two Buildings Are Destroyed Heavy Damage Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 9

Damage estimated at from £75,000 to £80,000 was done by the destruction by fire early this morning of two brick buildings in…

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Newcastle Fire. Bond Store Burnt. Walls Crash. Damage Estimated at £80,000. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 15

One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Newcastle occurred in the early hours of this morning, when the packing and bond store of Frederic Ash, Ltd., in…

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Wrecked Train on Fire Disastrous Smash in N.Z. Two Killed; Twenty Injured Carriages Hurled Into Cutting Wellington, N.Z.

Evening News · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 1

MORE THAN TWENTY people were injured when the express train from Palmerston Station to Napier was derailed, approaching Opara. One of the victims, a girl, succumbed to her injuries shortly afterwards, and…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 6

A deputation from the City Council will wait on the Premier shortly, asking that the council should bo granted representation on tho Board of Fire Commissioners. Alderman…

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Council and Fire Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1925 · page 4

The City Council was recommended yesterday by the finance committee to approach the Government and urge that the City Council, which pays about…

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