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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 104

Destructive Fires Wool Valued [?]

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 7

Damages estimated at [?],000 was caused by a fire that occurred in a [?]d that contained a large quantity of wool at weal Circular Quay (Sydney), on Sunday morning. The…

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Vaucluse Blaze Footballers Help Man Uses Garden Hose

The Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

Members of the visiting Footseray Australian Rules football team and some residents of Vaucluse had a thrilling experience to-day trying to…

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Fires in the City Foundry Damaged

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 9

A fire which broke out in the pattern shop of Tone Bros., iron founders, Mallett Street, Camperdown, last night, caused a considerable amount…

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Outbreaks of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 15

A fire occurred last night at unoccupied premises at 302a Elizabeth-street, near the corner of Foveaux-street, city, a building which formerly had been conducted as a…

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Blaze at Circular Quay. Wool Store Destroyed. £80,000 Damage Done

The Land · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 16

A disastrous conflagration broke out in a large building on Circular Quay during the early hours of Sunday morning last. The shed is…

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False Alarm. Fire Brigades Hoaxed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 12

During the weed-end Bankstown and Liverpool Fire Brigades were hoaxed by a false fire alarm at Warwick Farm Racecourse The report stated that the…

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Fire at Lakemba Cottage Destroyed

The Sun · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

A fire broke out in a house occupied by Harry Champion, Canary-road, Lakemba, early this morning. Smoke was first noticed by Mr…

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The Recent Fire at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 14

DESTROYED PREMISES OF FREDERICK ASH, LTD…

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Fire in City Shop Gutted

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

Firmen effected a good save when the Railway Pharmacy and an unoccupied shop adjoining caught fire, at the corner of Elizabeth and Foveaux…

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Ballot Box Fire "No Fresh Election"

Evening News · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

IT was stated at the Railway Department to-day that. If the ballot papers destroyed in the box burned at the Eveleigh Workshops would not…

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Foundry on Fire Damage at Camperdown

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

The iron foundry of Jones Brothors, in Mallett Street, Camperdown, was badly damaged by the late last night. When fire engines from Newtown and…

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Are There Too Many Fire Station’s

The St George Call · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

At Bexley Council last Tuesday a Letter was received from the local [?]hamber of Commerce requesting that representations be made to the Fire…

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Dumbleton Fire Disaster. Help for the Victims

The Propeller · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 8

For the purpose of augmenting the Mayor's fund in aid of the Boulton family, victims of the recent fire at Dumbleton, where the home was destroyed and…

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Sun's Rays Set Fire to Office. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 12

The sun's rays shining through a window ignited a sheet of newspaper used as a blind, and set fire to the timekeeper's office at the Taree raliway station. The fire was…

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Floods and Fire Typhoon Sweeps Japan Villages Inundated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

The south-east areas of Japan have been swept by a typhoon during the past week, resulting in numerous casualties and much damage to…

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Factory Fire Chippendale Blaze OVER £5000 DAMAGE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 1

Damage estimated at over £5000 was caused when H. H. Kelly's big clothing factory caught fire, at the corner of Balfour and Wellington…

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Scene of Fatal Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 1

The remains of the home destroyed by fire in the Newcastle district, when a child lost its life…

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A Country Fire Wiseman's Ferry

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 1

The residence of R. Bulls of Gunderman has completely destroyed by are late yesterday afternoon. The congress a six-roomed weatherboard was…

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Disastrous Fire. Vickers' Works. London, Sept. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 15

A disastrous fire is raging at the works of Vickers, Ltd., at Dartford, which cover many acres. The fire broke out at 10 o'clock last night…

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China Again Strikers Riot and Soldiers Fire Shanghai Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 26 September 1925 · page 1

A RIOT serious enough to necessitate calling on the military took place to-day in a Japanese cotton mill at Pootung, on the…

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