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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 138

Bush Fires Damage at Junee Many Farmers Suffer June

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

The bush fires yesterday are said to have been started by sparks flying from a burning stump between Junee and Old Junee…

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Over-insured Bush Fire Cause? Farmer's Theory "Always Frightened"

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 11

Giving evidence to-day before the Royal Commission inquiring into the origin of bush fires, a Parkes district fanner expressed the…

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Helping Victims of Tas. Bush Fires Hundreds in Poverty Big Area Affected Hobart

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 5

AS a result of the di[?]rous bush fired which devastated practically the whole of Tasmam's prninsnis, considerable distress and poverty…

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Five Hours' Blaze. Damage in Wagga Area Wagga

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

Many miles of fencing were destroyed in a bush are in Grong Grong district. Starting on the property of Mr…

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Life in Melbourne Melbourne, March 18. Boards and Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 6

One effect of the almost tragic fire that occurred right in the business centre of Collins Street has been to disclose the methods of the officials or boards, or whatever they…

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Stopped by Rain Fires Near Gundagai Man Badly Burnt Gundagai

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 11

A fall of rain early on Saturday stopped three big bush fires close to Gundagai. One, on Henry Osborne's Gunnong…

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Stop Press. King-street Fire. Man Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 10

The name of the man who was injured in the explosion that preceded a fire in King-street early this morning is Marka Merchogga, aged 41 years, of Brook-street,…

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Shop Fire. Mysterious Explosion. Man Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 11

A mysterious explosion, resulting in a fire, occurred in the fruit and tobacconist shop of A. Nizitch, King and Sussex streets, city, shortly before 1 a.m. to-day. An unknown…

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Fire Fiend "Could Be Foiled" Witness Confident

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

THE Royal Commission, which is inquiring into the best matheds of [?] the danger of bush fires, resumed its sitting…

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Two Shops Gutted Fire at Gundagai Gundagai

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 7

An early-morning fire yesterday destroyed two shops in the heart of the town. They were owned by Mrs. W. Paine, and were occupied by…

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Fire and Cyclone at Junee Superhuman Efforts Sharefarmers Suffer

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

A bush- fire started at East Marrar yesterday, and travelled to wards Junee, and another broke out in another direction from…

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"Stand, or I'll Fire!" Three Youths Caught Many Thefts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1927 · page 1

The sight of a revolver pointed at them by a plain-clothes policeman frightened three young men who were seen climbing over a fence from a…

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BUSH-FIRES. Over-Insurance of Crops. Witness's Allegation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 12

Over-insurance of crops was given as one of the causes of bush-fires by a witness before the Royal Commission on Bush Fires yesterday. The commission consists of Messrs…

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Bush Fires a Farmer's Theory OVER-INSURANCE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 7

The over-insurance of crops is the cause of some outbreaks of bush fires in the opinion of a Parkes farmer, John Raymond Postlethwaite, who gave…

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Set Fire to Their Crops Over-insuring Danger to Settlers I What Some Farmers Do What causes bush fires?

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 5

John Edward Postlcthwaitc,a Nelungnloo farmer, told the Commission yesterday that bush tires sometimes followed over-insured crops…

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Raging Inferno Bush Fire Fight Motor Car Beaten Grong Grong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 8

Travelling along a log fence, choked with dead undergrowth, a huge bush fire outdistanced a flying motor car, which, in a desperate…

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Gutted by Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 11

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Erington electric press and job printing office, in Katoomba- street, with the plant and stock, was completely gutted by fire yesterday…

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Woman Smoker Bed Catches Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 13

WHEN Mrs. Winifred Hewitt, who is the sole occupant of a flat in Lamrock-avenue. Bonel retired to bed shortly after midnight last night. she…

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Fire at Gundagai. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 12

Early yesterday morning fire destroyed two shops in the centre of the town, owned by Mrs. W. Paine, and occupied by Messrs. Worthington and Beeby as electricians and…

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Car on Fire Early Morning Call

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 4

At 4.44 a.m. on Friday, Parramatta fire brigade was called out to George-street, where a single-seater Dodge ear was found to be ablaze on a vacant allotment…

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