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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

2,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 87 of 104

Serious Fire. Eleven Houses Destroyed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 15

Owing to bad water pressure and aided by a high wind a fire which broke out shortly after 3 o'clock this morning in one of a terrace of 11 weatherboard houses in…

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The Eighteen Footers the Australian Championship Scott Wins Big Handicap: Sydney Harbour a Blaze of Sail

Referee · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 14

NEW SOUTH WALES will be represented in the Australian [?] Championship for the Mark Foy Cup, in Brisbane in January. Two boats are to…

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Terrace Destroyed by Fire Migrants Suffer Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 11

A terrace of 11 single-fronted wooden houses at Williamstown was destroyed and another damaged by fire between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. The bad…

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Striking Seamen Fight Flames Fire at Gladstone Gladstone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 11

Several of the striking seamen from the Mahia received painful burns in preventing the destruction of adjacent premises when the…

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£206,Q62 a Year 44 Hours Week Cost to Fire Board

Evening News · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 8

REFERRING to the effect of the 44 hours-week, on the operations of the Fire Board. Aid. Baker, municipal representative on the Board. in a…

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Fire Them ! What Ryrie Would Do with Walsh and Johnson He Backs the Farmers

The Sun · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 15

"Don't bother about a Deportation Board. "Just take Messrs. Walsh and Johnson and put them aboard a ship. "Fire them out !"…

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Suburban Bush Fires

Evening News · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 10

Small bush fires broke out to-day at Mo[?]man Eastwood and Rockdale. The timely arrival of the Mosman Brigade at a bush fire in…

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Bush Fire. Grazing Areas in Danger. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 13

A [?] bush fire is raging along a fivemile front in the timber country in the Toolerne Vale district, about 15 miles from Bacchus Marsh. Aided by a strong wind, it…

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Here and There Fire on Schooner

The Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 15

Fire broke out on the Danish auxiliary schooner Kobenhavn (3901 tons), bound for Australia from the Baltic. A cablegram received by the Marine…

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Evening Edition-----latest News. Damascus. Recent Fighting Extensive Damage. Prolonged Artillery Fire. LONDON, Oct, 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 9

According to Reuter's correspondent at Cairo reports from Damascus indicate that the town passed through a terrible ordeal between October 18 and 20, and bears the scars…

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Racing Flame Farms and Homes Threatened Victorian Bushfires Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 13

Hundreds of volunteers are out on the hills beating back long lines of bush fires racing before the wind. Rich farm properties, homesteads, guest houses and hundreds of week-end homes are threatened…

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Fight to Save Homesteads Bush Fires Sweep Countryside All-night Vigils Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 7

Bush fires are raging in many districts, and miles of country have been swept by the flames. Volunteer fire-fighters, almost…

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Destructive Fires Striking Seamen Fight Flames

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

Several of the striking seamen from the Mahia received painful burns is preventing damage to premiers adjacent to the Queen's Hotel, at Gladstone (Q.). which was…

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Another Fire ! 44 Hours

The St George Call · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 5

Aid. Baker (Randwick Council) wrote to Rockdale Council re the 44 Hour Bill and stated, careful consideration shows that the following would be required…

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Fire Stations Inspection Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 11

The Board of Fire Commissioners, with the president (Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.), accompanied by the chief officer (Mr. F. Jackson), will leave…

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Marine Casualties. Fire on Kobenhavn

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

Whilst en route from Baltic ports to Australia, with a full cargo of timber, the Danish five-masted auxiliary ship Kobenhavn caught fire. The…

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"Give Me £50" Fire at Granville

The Sun · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 9

A fire that happened at Railway parade, Granville, on the night of September 17, was the subject of an inquiry by the District Coroner (Mr. H…

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Man-made Lightning City Tram on Fire

The Sun · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 10

This morning a tram on its journey from the Quay to the Central Station took in too much current opposite the Commonwealth Bank. A fuse ignited…

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Aditorial FIRE!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 27

Safety First--Instal a Reichal Fire Alarm. COOLING "Takes the temper out of temperature"…

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Mulgoa Fire

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. A. Judges) held an inquiry at Penrith Court House on Thursday into the fire that destroyed "Nepean House," Mulgoa, last…

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