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Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 138

Train Tragedy Wrecked and Set on Fire by Bandits 187 Killed Mexico City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 1

Bandits wrecked and set fire to a train bound to Mexico, City from Guadalajara, capital of the State of Jalisco, on Tuesday evening…

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Bush Fires Commission's Report

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 8

Notification appeared in yesterday's "Gazette" that the Executive Council has approved of the extension of the time within which the Royal…

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Spectacular Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 16

A fire to-night at Donaghy's rope works. West Geeling, caused damage estimated at £15,000. The store department, containing vast quantities of binder twine and prepared…

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Clothes on Fire Woman Severely Burnt

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 6

Mrs. Lucina Lacey, aged 39, of Foster-street, Leichhardt, was severely burnt at her residence to-day, owing to her clothes catching on fire. She…

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Interfering Firemen a Perfectly Good Fire! London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 1

The Exten Fire Brigade, hurrying to a fire, met hostile crowds threatening and insulting the firemen, who were regarded as interlopers, frustrating the possibility of…

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Fire in City

Evening News · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 11

A rice which broke out at Miller Brothers motor [?] works, [?] early to-day, did [?] damage The shop…

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Good Save Early Morning Fire in Castlereagh-street

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 6

Shortly before 1 a.m. to-day a call to an outbreak of fire at 151a Castlereagh-street was received at headquarters. The firemen found a fierce…

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Twenty Killed in Fire Hundred Injured Explosion First Detroit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1927 · page 7

Twenty workmen have lost their lives in a fire. Fire followed a series of explosions in the paint shop in the new plant of the…

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'Bus on Fire. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 11

Passengers rushed excitedly from a motor 'bus which backfired and then burst into flames on the Maitland-road. Tighe's Hill, on Sunday evening. The fire spread so quickly…

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Fire Float in Bump Preliminary Inquiry

Evening News · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 14

A PRELIMINARY inquiry will be held by the Superintendent of Navigation, Captain J. D. Mo[?] to-morrow morning into the cause of the…

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Nine Dead Fire After Explosions More in Ruins Detroit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1927 · page 7

It is known that nine are dead as the result of a fire which followed a series of explosions in the paint shop of a new plant belonging to the Briggs…

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Just in Time Rescued From Fire Everything Lost Orange

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1927 · page 15

A five-roomed cottage belonging to David Henry, a motor carrier, and situated at Warrendine subdivision, was, with the contents, completely…

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Sugar Blaze Bundaberg Mill Afire Millaquin CO.'s Loss Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 14

A serious conflagration occurred at the Millaquin Sugar Co.'s refinery, in the Bundaberg district, about 7 o'clock this morning…

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Motorist Burned Car Takes Fire Singleton

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 5

Alexander Stewart, of West Maitland, was badly burnt in motor car at Gould Bros,' timber yard, Singleton, and his car partially destroyed…

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Hotel Burnt. Fire at Whitton. Whitton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 12

The Albion Hotel was destroyed by fire about half-past 4 o'clock this morning. It was a two-story wooden building of 25 rooms. It is believed that the fire started in the…

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City Fire

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 10

Early this morning a fire broke out in the premises of the Moreland Metal Co. in Market-street. It was quickly put out with a small hose by firemen…

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Fire Fighters Filmed

The Sun · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 13

Illustrative of modern methods of fire-fighting in the U.S.A., and embodying a gripping human story, a private screening of a new…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 12

Messrs. Thomas Bros., of Peddestone, sustained a heavy loss by the destruction of their home by fire. They were absent at the time, and the outbreak is a mystery…

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£200,000 Bundaberg Fire Sugar, Molasses and Machinery. BUNDABERG

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 4

Damage, estimated at £200,000, was done when practically the whole of the refining plant of the Millaquin Sugar Company, Ltd., was destroyed…

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£200,000 DAMAGE. Fire at Sugar Refinery. Stock Burns Fiercely. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 11

The most disastrous fire in the history of Bundaberg broke out in the refined sugar she[?] attached to Millaquin refinery at 7 o'clock this morning, and before the fire was checked…

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