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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

3,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 179

Town on Fire Tingha's Plight Business Centre Gutted Thousands Damage Tingha

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

A disastrous fire levelled to the ground most of the business premises in the town to-day. The flames spread with remarkable…

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Township Gone Wiped Out by Fire Tingha's Fate £20,000 Damage Caused Glen Innes

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 13

The skeleton of a hamlet is all that is left of the tin mining township of Tingha about 16 miles from Inverell…

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Victorian Fires Anxiety Lessened Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

Both Area in East applied area are now only Ripp-land more hear Long duty are with sweeping on towards the Stea are now only shouldering, but near Headline at Long Hulty, a life with a frontage of she is sweeping on towards the…

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After the Fire

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 18

The above photos of Terrick Terrick shearing shed, Queensland, recently destroyed by fire, were, with others, taken by Mr. Brady, a member of the A.W.U., who was working there at the time…

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Menace to Capital Mountain Fires Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 6

Bush fires are still prevalent on the mountains on the other side of the Murrumbidgee, facing Federal Capital territory…

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By the Camp-fire

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 13

OUR night-camps in deep forests, by some winding creek or broad lagoon, were generally shared by creature life of some sort; and from around us came the…

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Tingha's Blaze Loss Exceeds £30,000 Only Partly Insured Tingha

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

The total loss of the fire which demolished the block of business premises in the town is estimated to exceed £30,000…

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Damage by Fire Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 9

A fire at Narrogin late last night destroyed the offices of the Narrogin "Leader," with a modern plant, and four shops. The damage is estimated…

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Sequel to Fire Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 3

At Guigong Coroner's Court, Mr. Prior found that Albert Dover had malciously set fire to a garage on January 17, when motors, harvesting…

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Leaping Flames Chain of Fires Outbreaks Spread Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 9

Bush fires have taken possession of the mountain country from the Murray River, at Jingellic, to the Federal Territory, Canberra, a…

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Great Fires. Vast Area Swept. Loss of Stock. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 15

The bushfires have swept over 100,000 acres of grass and timber country in the localities of Wymah, Woomarama, Lankey's Creek, jingellic, Rosewood, Downfalls, Humula, Oberno…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 16

Fire destroyed a house belonging to Mr. F. W. Earp, of Vineyards, near Windsor, on Saturday night. On Saturday afternoon Mr. C. M. Hayes, auctioneer, of Windsor,…

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Fires Rage in Two States Wagga Suffers Homesteads Doomed Heavy Losses

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 9

THE BUSH FIRES raging in New South Wales and Victoria have assumed alarming proportions…

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Screech Puts Out Flame. Tonal Vibration As Fire-fighter Fire Engines Doomed? New York

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

A REMARKABLE demonstration was given to fireman today by Mr. Charless Kellog, a scientist of California, who extinguished a…

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"Rushing" to Fire With Engine in Tow

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 13

Ald. Gamble told campbelltown Council last night that a fire two or three miles would be burnt out before the [?] fire…

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Safe-breakers. Start a Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 16

A remarkable attempt by thieves to cover finger prints and other means of identification was reported from St. Kilda last night, when safebreakers, after entering the promises of…

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Big Fire at Earl's Home London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 1

A fire early the morning-gestroye[?] the main building of Earl Greys, palatial of Earl Greys palatial residence. Howich House, Northumberland…

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Garage on Fire Two Men for Trial Mudgee

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 12

On a charge of having maliciously set fire to a garage on January 17, when motors and harvesting implements were destroyed, Albert Dover…

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Big Fire at Tingha Whole Block Devastated Inverell

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 5

A disastrous are devastated a block of business promises in Huby Street, Tingha last night. The premises destroyed were the…

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Fascist Fire-eaters Mussolini Anxious Too-powerful Lieutenant London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 11

The "Daily News" says that a crisis is imminent in the ranks of the Italian Fascisti owing to a quarrel between Signor Mussolini and…

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