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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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

Kensington Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 7

Fire destroyed a five-roomed weatherboard cottage and contents in Houston Road, Kensington, late last night. It was the property of Mr…

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Fire at Kensington

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 9

A [?] cottage an house south kensington owned by mark cacbrane together contents was…

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Fires Under Control Damage Near Adelaide Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

Reports from Waterfall Gally and Burnside indicate that the fire which swept the country on New Year's Day is now under control. With the…

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Fire Chief and Mayor Mittagong

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

Members of the Mittagong Fire Brigade paid a graceful compliment to their chief. Captain William Terry, by entertaining him and presenting him…

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Fire at Walla Walla Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 5

A four-roomed house with detached kitchen and dububg-room, owned and occupied by James Ferguson at Walla Walla, has been totally destroyed…

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Air Fire Engine Vision of the Future

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

The efficiency of London's fire-lighting units, developed gradually during the last 30 years, has reached a very high degree…

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Well on Fire Spark From a Drill

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

While boring 1200 metres beneath the earth a spark from a drill started a destructive fire is a naphtha boring belonging to the Roumanian-American…

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Candle Causes Cottage Fire Woman Is Burned

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 4

A CURTAIN coming into contract with a candle was responsible for which deetroyed six-room weatherboard cottage in Mona-street…

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Disastrous Fire Post Office Gutted Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 6

A fire at Beeac early this morning destroyed the Post Office, with its contents, and two shops. Several other shops were badly damaged…

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Disastrous Fire. Post-office Destroyed. Business Premises Damaged. Melbourne

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

The post-office and five business places in Beeac, Victoria, were destroyed by fire this morning. It is thought the fire began in the premises…

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Five Injured Explosion at Fire Wall and Roof Fall Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 1

Five firemen were injured, one badly, when an explosion occurred in a fire at the Eastern Markets early this morning…

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£25,000 Damage Big Factory Fire Marrickville Blaze

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

FIRE severely damaged the factory of Helron and Smith, Ltd., in Barclay-st., Marrickville, this afternoon…

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Suburban Fires. Two Cottages Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 6

A weatherboard cottage was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. About 10 p.m. an outbreak occurred In a five-roomed weatherboard cottage at 45…

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To-day's Big Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 7

The crowd watching the spectacular fire at [?] and Smith's factory at Marrickville…

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All That the Fire Left

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 3

All that was left of the weatherboard cottage in Houston-road, South Kensington after the fire, which broke out at night…

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Here and There Early Morning Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 12

At 2.45 a.m. to-day, a fire broke out in a weatherboard office at the premises of John Kain, a carrier, in Upward -street, Leichhardt. Leichhardt…

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Immune From Fire Asbestos Art Union Tickets

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

An instance of the thoroughness with which the Fire Brigades conduct the £10,000 art union for the benefit of the hospitals of the State is illustrated in…

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£70,000 Damage Big Blaze at Marrickville Factory Destroyed Dense Smoke From Chemicals and Paint

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 9

Damage estimated at £70,000 was caused by fire this afternoon at the factory of Home Recreations (Heiron and Smith, Ltd.). The outbreak was sudden and mysterious, and the flames spread with appalling rapidity. An hour after the outbreak was…

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Manuka Fire. Severe Damage. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 12

The unloading of the cargo on the Manuka, on which vessel a fire occurred at Dunedin, commenced to-day. Most of the 80 tons from No. 2 hold, consigned to Dunedin, was burned…

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Hotel Fire Tragedy Narrowly Averted Lucky Escapes Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 12

[?] tragedy was narrowly averted at the Bellevue Hotel, Hunter and Hansen streets, Newcastle, early this morning, when the occupants were…

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