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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 138

Bundaberg's Most Serious Fire £200,000 Damage Millaquin Plant 2000 Tons Sugar Lost Bundaberg

The Labor Daily · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 1

The most serious fire in the history of Bundaberg occurred this morning when practically the whole refining plant of the…

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£10,000 Blaze Shops Destroyed Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 7

A fire which broke out at Black all late last night did damage estimated at about £10,000. The places destroyed were the…

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"Fire in Cafe. Three Men Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 15

A minor fire, caused by the bolling over of a vessel of fat. in the [?] of the Metropolitan Cafe in George-street, city, was responsible for three men being treated for…

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Ship on Fire in the Strand

The World's News · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 2

An unusual fire thrill occurred in the Strand, London, recently, when a ship was in flames. It was a model of the S.S. Oronsay, in…

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£3000 Adelaide Fire Big Works Escape Adelaide

Evening News · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 7

KOCH' S joinery works, situated close to Holden's huge motor-body building factory in king william-street South was destroyed by file…

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Three Men Injured Fire at Adams' Cooking Fat Alight

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 1

Three men were severely burnt when a quantity of cooking fat naught fire in the kitchen of Adams' restaurant, George street, city, about 6.30…

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Warship Under Fire Returning from Nanking Stronger Note for Mr. Chen London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 9

An Admiralty communique says that H.M.S. Cockchafer was again under fire from Hsaikwan, when returning from Nankins, yesterday. The…

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Disastrous Fire. Six Buildings Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 11

At Blackall a disastrous fire occurred at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. The outbreak is believed to have started in Russell's tailor shop. The Barcoo Hotel and the premises of…

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Watchman Gassed Coal Fire in Tin

Evening News · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 8

LESLIE BYRNE of Togo-street Rank[?] a night [?] employed at the Sutherland Sub Station, was overcome by coal gas fumes last…

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Big Fire at Blackall Buildings Are Gutted Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 May 1927 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Blackhall at 12.30 a.m. yesterday. It destroyed the Barcoo Hotel, Salzer's hairdressing and billiard saloon,…

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Wyalong Blaze West Wyalong

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 17

A weatherboard house at Wyalong, occupied by James. Horsfield and owned by H. Channon, was destroyed by fire yesterday…

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Two Perish in Fire Napier, N.Z. Blaze Young Woman Injured Wellington, N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

Two men were burned to death and a young woman was injured in a boarding-house fire at Napier to-day. John Webber (50), a waterside…

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Suspicious School Fire Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 6

The Police are investigating the cause of a fire which severely damaged the storeroom and contents at Mayfield Public School this afternoon…

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Fumes From Fire. Overcome Nightwatchman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 12

Men who arrived to begin their work at the railway electric sub-station at Sutherland yesterday morning, found Leslie Burns, of Togo-street, Banksia, the nightwatchman of…

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All Bustle Canberra Getting Ready Blaze of Lights Parliamentary. Staff Starts Work Canberra

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 13

Canberra,which by day is as full of bustle as a swarming anthill, is by night a dream city of white and gold, with the brilliance of myriad lights. The vision of this peaceful fairyland in some measure…

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Famous Cottage Destroyed by Fire LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 16

A chance spark from a train fell on the thatched roof and destroyed Isaak Walton's famous half-timbered cottage in Shallowford, near Stafford. The…

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In Night Attire Escape From Cottage Fire Adelong

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 17

An eight roomed cottage on Mount Horeb road, occupied by Herbert Gill, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Fatal Fire. Two Lives Lost. New Zealand Tragedy. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 11

John Webber, aged 50, and William Robinson, aged 30, both single, were burned to death in a fire at Napier, which destroyed a twenivone-roomed boarding-house…

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AT 4 O'clock Big Melbourne Fire £10,000 Damage Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 12

Damage estimated at between £10,000 and £15,000 was done by a lire at the Austral Otis Engineering Co.'s works, South Melbourne, early…

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Melbourne Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1927 · page 16

Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the pattern and timber store, and the workshop, of Armstrong Holland, Ltd., in a building owned by the…

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