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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 138

Fire Among Cars at Show

The Land · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 18

The Forbes P.A. and H.A. asks whether or not the committee would be liable for damages should a fire occur among cars parked on the…

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Incendiarism a Gang at Work in Melbourne Fires in a Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Melbourne is experiencing an epidemic of incendiarism. When firemen were called to quell…

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Too Hot On Cold Night Station Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 7

Officers of the railway station at Canley Vale had a very warm time on Sunday night last. The night was extremely cold (a fact…

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Fire at Mills. Suspicious Circumstances. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 12

Detectives are inquiring into fires which occurred at the premises of the Victorian Electric Plaster Mills Proprietary, Ltd., at Kensington, late this afternoon…

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Fire Station Unattended at Night Position at Guildford

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 7

"'Ever ready" is generally regarded as a suitable motto for fire brigades. They live up to their name too, and morning, noon or night the fire fighters…

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Boys' Fatal Game Fire in an Old Tank a Mother's Dilemma

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 4

The adventure of two small boys at Young, on Monday, ended fatally for both of them. The boys were Jimmie Barnett, aged six years, and Dick…

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Izaak Walton's Home Burnt Out. Historic Relics Saved from Famous Cottage

The World's News · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 41

Izaak Walton's famous half-timbered cottage at Shallowford, a few miles to the north of Stafford (Eng.), has been destroyed by fire…

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Early Morning Fires

The Sun · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 7

Woollahra. firemen were called out at 12.30 a.m. to-day to attend to an outbreak of Are at the ship and dwelling of Charles J. Stapleton. boot repairer…

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Mount Morgan. The Jumpers. the Fire and the Miners. Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 11

The Morgms were soon bought out by the other original shareholders for the sum of £13,000. A limited company was then formed, and on October 1, 1886, registered in Brisbane,…

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Big Montreal Fire Damage is Estimated at £40,000 Montreal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 5

Damage estimated at 200,000 dollars was done by a fire which destroyed the Customs Warehouse…

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Echo of Big Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 5

YASS, Saturday. -- The death has occurred of Mr. Thomas Egan, as the result of burns sustained during the December bush-fires…

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Colliery Fire Averted Children's Prank Had Serious Possibilities

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- Some youngsters this morning lighted rubbish, and threw it down a disused shaft belonging to the old Wallsend…

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Romance Behind the Camera Love Lights Blaze when Kleig Lights Cease to Burn Happy Hollywood Romances Close-ups

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 June 1927 · page 31

RUMORS are afloat that Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle will return to the screen. For years he has been literally hiding his light under a bushel --…

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Steamer on Fire

Evening News · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 1

The German steamer Essen, on her way from Gladstone, Queensland to Hamburg, put in at Amsterdam, and while she was there a fire broke out in her cargo of copra. The damage is extensive…

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Only Rubbish in Old Air Shaft Wallsend Pit "Blaze" Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 5

[?] Newspaper reports of the [?] walisenad colliery yesterday were referred to. Mr. R. Cameron aecretary of the lodge [?] that a big scare bad bees…

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Fire Engine From Wembley. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 14

The officer in charge of the Wagga Fire Station has been advised of the arrival in Sydney of a new fire engine for Wagga. This engine took first prize at the Wembley exhibition…

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Fire Brigades Inspections

The Sun · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 12

The president (Mr. T. .J. Smith, M.L.C.) and members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, accompanied by the secretary (Mr. Webb), left Sydney…

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Essen's Fire Out

The Sun · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 3

The fire which broke out in the hold of the Gorman steamer Essen while the vessel was at Amsterdam on her way from Queensland lo Hamburg…

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Fires Wilfully Caused Coroner's Strictures Hobart

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 5

Fires occurred at Broadmarsh on Feb. 23 and 24, destroying a large quantity of timber belonging to Gibbs, Bright and Co., Melbourne…

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Poincare Makes Bitter Attack on Germany Repeats Old-time Denunciations May Rupture New Franco-german Accord Rekindles Fires of National Hate Paris

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 1

SPEAKING at Luneville yesterday. M. Poincare, Premier of France launched one of his old-time speeches, denouncing Germany in the same fashion as he used to do every Sunday five years ago. during the Ruhr occupation…

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