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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 104

Armidale Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 4

ARMIDALE.--A fire which broke out in the store of C. Lewis, in Rusden Street, early on Tuesday morning, did £150 worth of damage to the building…

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Suspicious Fires. Serles of Outbreaks. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 16

Suspicious fires occurred at Hokitika last night. Soon after 8 o'clock three separate outbreaks were discovered in the Red Lion Hotel. These were quickly extinguished. Half an…

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Racecourse Fire Stables Ablaze Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 1

The stables at Newcastle Jockey Club Racecourse, were on fire when this edition went to press. Headquarters. Hamilton and…

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Country News. Fire on Mount Warning. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 16

A fire, which is supposed to have been started by careless climbers, has been raging on Mount Warning since Sunday. The flames fanned by a strong westerly, have already…

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Weeks to Control Mt. Morgan Fire Rockhamfton

Evening News · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 4

THE work of laying plpes on to the Mount Morgan Mine, with a view of extinguitshing the fire, has been completed, and 20,000 gallons of water…

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Mt. Morgan Fire Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 1

The fire is still [?]ing in the Mt. Morgan mind. Th[?] work of laying the water mains is [?] now completed, and the water will [?]w be poured in…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire. Bullahdelah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 10

A cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. White and his wife, was completely destroyed by fire. The cottage was situated in a lonely spot on the river bank, the aged couple were retiring…

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Cessnock Fire Timber Mill Destroyed Cessnock

The Sun · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 12

One of the most disastrous fires in the district occurred early this morning. when Gould Bros. timber mills, opposite the railway station, were…

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Factory Fire Fireman From Dance £50,000 Damage Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 1 October 1925 · page 12

Firemen who were taking part in their annual ball in Cathedral Hall, Fitzroy, early this morning, had to leave their dancing, don their…

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Destroyed by Fire Cessnock Blaze Timber Mill Burnt Out Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 8

With names shooting many feet into the air and burning timber stacks falling about them, members of the Cessnock Fire…

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Destructive Fires Post Office Burned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 4

The Bloro Premises of P. Kennedy at Kelvin near [?](N.S.W), Including the post and [?]office, were destroyed by fire on Sunday, Only a few articles were saved…

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Mt. Morgan Fire

The Sun · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 5
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The secretary of Mt. Morgan has been advised from the mine that appearances in the open cut indicate but the fire is confined to the original locality. The fumes…

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Destructive Fire Young

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 3

A large weatherboard residence on "Euralle." about six miles from Marenga, was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £600…

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Dumbleton Fire. Hurstville Mayor's Fund

The St George Call · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 2

Mrs. Mates 10/6, Mr. Hooke 5/-, W. Hardwick 5/-, Mrs. Natalie 5/-, R.A.H. 5/-, Friend 5/-, Employees of John Close, Ltd.. Sydney, £1/7/0. Mrs…

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Fire at Cessnock Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 9

A little before o'clock this morning a railway employee on Cessnock station noticed flames issuing from Gould Bros.' sawmills, situated close to…

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Store Destroyed by Fire. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 12

Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock the store and dwelling occupied by Sidney Franks, at Clergate, near Orange, on Mr. Enoch Gazzard's property, were destroyed by fire, together with…

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Fire at Shoe Factory. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 12

The shoe factory of the Spicer Shoe Company, Ltd., at Clifton Hill, was gutted by fire early this morning, damage in excess of £40,000 having been done…

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Mystery Death Shot, Then Fire Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 7

Mystery surrounds the death at Solomontown, a suburb of Port Piric, yesterday of Irvine Speers, 38, whose charred body was found in the ruins…

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After the Fire Child's Charred Body Father's Futile Search

The Sun · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 9

After Are had destroyed a weather-board cottage in Hampden-street, Dumbleton, on September 11, a fireman, while raking at the rear of the…

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