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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Valuable Relics. Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 13

The fire which destroyed the pavilion of the Warringah Bowling Club at the week-end, and which spread to the residence of Miss Rosa Soares, was responsible for the…

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Pole on Fire Rain the Cause

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6

Early on Sunday morning, a fire broke out on one of the electric light poles at the Parramatta Electric Supply Company's premises in Macquarie-street…

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"Freddy's on Fire" Infant's Terrible Death

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 13

A little boy, Frederick James Saurine, last two years old, while playing in Government-road. Bankstown, where his foster father had set fire to…

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France Overawes Italy Frontier Is Quieter Fascist Fires on Train Nice

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

WITH the strong reinforcement of this frontier province by some of this frontier province by some of France's best troops with the most modern equipment a quietening of…

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The Remuera. Fire in Hold. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

Two days after the Remuera left Panama a fire broke out among the Christmas mall in No. 2 hold. The fire was extinguished after a short while, during which the steamer…

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Balmain Fire. Cork Factory Destroyed. Danger From Electric Wires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

The factory of the Standard Cork Board Institution Co., Ltd., at the corner of Mullensand Roberts streets, Balmain, was practically destroyed by fire shortly after 6.30 o'clock…

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Great Fire. Thousands Homeless in Manila. Manila, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

A great fire has occurred at Manila. Four blocks of houses were burned, and 5000 people have been rendered homeless. The damage was enormous, and has been estimated…

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CAUSED £40,000 Fire and Is Fined 30/- WAGGA

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 4

AT Wagga Court, L[?] Percy Sterck was charged with carelessness in connection with a fire whic occurred in Tar[?]tta-road on December [?] and…

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Playing with Fire Mussolini's Methods May Get Out of Hand

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 6

MUSSOLINI tactics were dealt with as follow in the issue of November 25 of the London "Daily News":-- The news that a band of 150 Italian…

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Two Shops Burnt. Fire at Dorrigo. £20,000 Damage. DORRIGO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

Another disastrous fire occurred in Dorrigo last night, when Messrs. J. H. Davis and Co.'s general store, which was the main store in the town, aud Mr. L. J. Lynch's chemist shop,…

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Fatal Panic. Theatre Fire. 77 Lives Lost. Terrible Scenes. MONTREAL, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 11

A terrible tragedy is reported from Laurier, where a panic followed an outbreak of fire at the Palace Moving Picture Theatre on Sunday afternoon…

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Unlucky Dorrigo Fire Does £20,000 Damage Brigade's Good Work Dorrigo

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Dorrigo broke out last night at 7 o'clock in premises…

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Troops Fire on Crowd to Intimidate Voters Persian Govt.'s Ways Teheran

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

SERIOUS election riots took place at Reght as a result of an attempt by the military in influence the poorer peopie to vote for the Government…

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To Fire on Chinese Orders at Shanghai Action Demanded Whites Rushing From Interior Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

BRITONS at Shanghai, Peking, and elsewhere in Chaind[?] the loss of Hankow Correption [?] of the most [?]…

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77 Perish in Movie Fire Grim Holocaust Worst in History of Canada Children Mostly a Wild Stampede Montreal

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 1

SEVENTY SEVERN children are known to be dead, and others are in hospital, as the result of a fire yesterday afternoon in the…

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Bushfires. Royal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 12

Some time ago the Cabinet appointed a committee, consisting of Messrs. J. B. Cramsie (chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board), N. Jolle (Forestry Commissioner),…

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The Bush Fire Menace

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 31

There is no doubt in the minds of thousands of farmers and pastoralists that the majority of the…

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Bush Fire Relief. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 16

Mr. Ball, M.L.A., has been adviseel by the Forestry Commission, regarding the supply of fancing material to burnt-out settlers, that licenses may be issued over travelling stock…

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Bush Fires. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 20

Sir,—Re my letter suggesting a way in which these could be prevented, and which you were good enough to publish, I have been asked if the grass will grow again after the 4090…

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Bush Fires. Alleged Neglect. Fines Imposed. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 16

When asked by the police why he did not extinquish a fire which subsequently caused damage exceeding £40,000, Leslie Piercy Storch, according to the police, said that only…

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