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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

3,561 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 179

Town Menaced Huge Bush Fire Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A HUGE BUSHFIRE is raging in the [?] of Ty[?]ong a small township 40 miles from Melbourne on he [?]ppslated line…

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Fire Station in Flames Blaze at Narrandera Narrandera

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

When the citizens of Narrandera were aroused by the sound of fire bells on Wednesday night, they were surprised to find that the outbreak was…

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Damage by Fires Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

About 1.30 this morning two thousand New Year revellers returning home watched a big fire in he East End marked which raged fiercely…

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FIRES. Numerous Outbreaks. Brigades' Busy Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

On New Year's Eve firemen in the city and suburbs experienced ono of the buslest nights for many years. Numerous outbreaks were reported, but the prompt action of the…

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Big Fire Averted Firemen's Smart Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 9

Firemen thought they were going to start the new year with a big "job" yesterday when the alarm was given at headquarters that a building in Kent…

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Fire at Hongkong. Hongkong, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

Fire broke out in the Hongkong Hotel this morning, and though the brigade turned out quickly the Water pressure was at first insufficient for a proper attack being made on…

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Smoke But No Fire Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 5

Rome children pausing Lewis' Hall reported imported smoke beneath the building,The police found a targe lied of sawdust smouldering under the stage,…

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Fire in Adelaide. Several Shops Destroyed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 12

All the fire appliances of the Adelaide and four suburban stations attended a fire which gave promise of developing into an unusually serious outbreak at East Terrace, city,…

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Shops Destroyed Big Adelaide Fire Sensational Crash Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A fire broke out at the east end of the wholesale market about 1.30 this morning, and in half an hour the flames had spread to eight shops and…

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Hotel Fire Hongkong Sensation After the Revels Sailors Busy Hongkong

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

An alarming fire broke out in the Hongkong Hotel, a five-storied building with about 500 rooms, situated in the heart of the city…

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Globe of Fire Dashes Through Sky Remarkable Storm Wellington (N.z)

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A REMARKABLE electrical storm occurred at Hastings at midnight A wonderful display of lighting…

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Fighting Fire In Big Hotel Prince on Scene Admiral in Command HONGKONG, January 1

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

A fire, unparalleled in recent years, broke out in the Hongkong Hotel, and resulted in the complete destruction of the building…

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Bush Fires Flames Endanger Towns MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 1

The township of Garfield, in Gippsland, is still in danger from a bush fire which is raging between that town and Tynong. Flames 50ft high…

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Fire on Coal Bunker

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 7

A quantity of coal caught alight on one of the North Shore Gas Company's bunkers in Oyster Bay last night. Firemen extinguished the…

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Fire at Gas Works

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1926 · page 2

The North Sydney fire brigade was called to the N. Shore Gas Co.'s works at Oyster Cove yesterday afternoon to quell an outbreak in a bunker of coal,…

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Bush Fires. in Riverina. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 11

The fears of a big fire raging east of Wagga were developed on Friday night and Saturday morning by smoke which was driven before an easterly wind. No fires have been…

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Bush Fires Extensive Damage Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

A bush fire started at Waterfall Gully on Friday, and destroyed from 90 to 100 acres of scrub and pasture and much fencing. Summer fodder was…

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Bush Fires. in Victoria. Serious Losses. Township Threatened. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 12

A telegram from Tynong states that one of the most serious fires experienced in the last 20 years in the Tynong and Garfield districts has been burning for four days. Fire-fighters…

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Home Gutted Kensington Blaze Two Houses Saved

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

A disastrous fire was narrowely averted in Houston Road. South Kensington, last night. One cottage was burnt to the ground, but…

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