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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 138

Masked Men Hold Up Motorist "Stop, or We Fire !" on Great North Rd. Drove Straight at Them Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5

TWO masked men bounded from the side of the Great Northern Road to-night, near Farley, and presenting a revolver at the…

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Recent Bush Fires Press Reports Were Exaggerated Government Statistician States True Position

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 2

That the published reports of the recent bush fires in New South Wales have grossly exaggerated…

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Burnt Out Warringah Bowling Club

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 11

At 7 a.m. yesterday the club-house at Bradley's Head-road was completely gutted by fire. Everything on the surface was lost; but the club's "ammunition," in…

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By Radio Fire Alarm System Melb. Tuning in Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1927 · page 5

In the opinion of fire brigade, officials the time will come very soon when it will be possible, for the Melbourne public to raise an alarm at any…

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Fire Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 9

WAGGA.--The District Coroner (Mr. F. E. Whitehead) returned an open verdict in regard to a bush fire that started on Mr. Lindsay Crowe's farm…

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Suburban Fires. Pavilion Destroyed. Damage Exceeds £4000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 12

The pavilion of the Warringah Bowling Club, a large weatherboard structure, situated in Bradley's Head-road, Mosman, was practically destroyed by fire early on…

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Fire-swept Crop and Wheat Destroyed Neighbors All Help Albury

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1927 · page 8

Seventy acres of standing crop and 300 bags of wheat were destroyed by fire on the farm of Mr. L. De Mamiel, near Howlong yesterday afternoon…

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Bush Fires Royal Commission Wide Scope of Inquiry

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

THE State Cabinet yesterday decided to appoint as a Royal Commission to inquire into bush fires the committee set up some time ago,…

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FINED 30 For £40,000 Damage Aftermath of Bush Fires Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

The big fire which swept the Murrumbidgee Valley above Wagga, on December 10, had its sequel in the Wagga Police Court to-day. when…

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Spectacular Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5

LISMORE. -- One of Lismore's old landmarks, Comma House, on the top of Girrard's Hill, the highest point of the town, was burnt, down late on…

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Charged with Causing Bush Fire Carelessness Is Proved Migrant Is Punished Wagga

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

In connection with the disastrous [?] Read [?] fire which swept miles of country in the first week of December, destroying crops,…

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Fire Inferno 102 Deg. and Big Blaze Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 13

When the temperature was 102 degrees in the shade at Horsham yesterday, a fire broke out on the property of W. McGennisken, and spreading,…

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Balmain Factory Is Burnt Out Firemen's Danger Shocks From Current

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 5

Electric wires proved a menace to firemen early last night, when the Standard Corkboard and Insulation Company's factory,…

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Factory Destroyed Blaze at Rozelle

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6

A FIRE destroyed the premises of the Standard Cork Board and Insulation Company, Ltd., at the corner of Multins and Roberts strpolis, [?]…

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Five Shops Threatened Wollongong Blaze Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 8

At Wollongong early this morning, a fire broke out in a terrace of shops in Keira Street. The fittings and contents of one, owned…

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Balmain Blaze Cork Factory Destroyed Electric Wire Menace

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 7

There was a spectacular blaze at Balmain last night, when the factory of the Standard Cork, Board, and Insulation Company, Mullins and Roberts…

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Motor Car Burnt Engine Back-Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 2

A back-fire in the carburettor was the causes of a blaze in a motor-car, the property of the Granville Carrying company, on Saturday last, at 11.40 a.m…

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Mail Afire Blaze on Steamer Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

A fire occurred among the Christmas mail matter stowed in No. 2 hold of the Remuera, two days after leaving Panama…

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£20,000 LOST Big Dorrigo Blaze Fireman Injured Dorrigo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 7

A fire broke out in premises occupied by J. H. Davis and Co., storekeepers, on Sunday night, and before it was extinguished many…

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Midnight Blaze Cliff House Burnt Lismore Gets a Thrill. Lismore

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

One of the most spectacular [?] ever seen in Lismere broke out in an empty house at the top of the highers point in the town must before maintain…

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