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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

2,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 138

Blaze in Factory

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 4

Slight damage was dune by fire to the content of the ground floor of, three-story building in Day lane off Bathurst street, city occupied by…

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Fire at Kogarah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 20

A fire occurred in a weatherboard cottage at Cassillis-street, Kogarah, yesterday morning, doing considerable damage. The Kogarah…

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Fire in Mount Morgan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A fire has broken out in the underground workings of the Mount Morgan mine. No further details are available, and…

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City Fire. Kapok Goods Ignite

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 16

Considerable damage was caused by a fire which occurred last night in a building of two stories in Day's-lane, off Sussex-street. The contents of the ground floor, which…

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Fire Extinguished on Essen. London, June 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 20

The fire which broke out among the copra cargo on the German steamer Essen at Amsterdam has been extinguished. Openings had to be cut in the bull plates to allow water to be pumped into the vessel…

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Debs. Under Fire Ordeal in Pall Mall London

Evening News · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 1

Debutantes waiting in their motor cars in The Mail for admission to Court have lately been embarrassed, owing to the attitude of a…

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Locked in Building. Girl Rescued by Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 12

When promises situated at 33 York-street, city, were locked up at the conclusion of business yesterday afternoon, a young woman' employed as a telephonist in the building was…

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Fire Brigade Anomaly on Q'land Border Tweed Heads

The Sun · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 16

A peculiar position baa arisen in connection with the operations of the Tweed Heads Fire Brigade, which is prohibited from rendering assistance in the neighboring town…

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Bush-Fire Losses Timber for Fencing Free of Royalty

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 18

Some months ago the N.S.W. Government stated that settlers that had suffered losses of fencing through the bush fires would be permitted to…

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Blaze at Newtown

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 5

Although the workshop of J. Castles and Sons' ecclesiastical works, King Street, Newtown, were gutted by fire shortly after midnight, the brigade…

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Empty House Preston Blaze

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a fire which destroyed an unoccupied home in Liverpool on May 28, was conducted by Mr. P. S…

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Newtown Blaze Metal Works Damaged

Evening News · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 7

SEVERE damage was caused by a fire at King-street, Newtown, early to-day. Flames were seen issuing from…

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Fire at Newtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 12

Shortly after midnight fire broke out in two adjoining shops in King-street, Newtown, occupied by James Castle and Sons, art metal workers. The George-street West, Newtown,…

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Early Morning Blaze at Newtown Art Works and Shops Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 23

The Ecclesiastical Art Works, at 68 King Street, Newtown, and two shops adjoining, were practically gutted by fire early this morning…

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Fire at Lane Cove

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 12

A fire broke out about 6 a.m. to-day in a big shed at the works of the Australian Wood Pipe Co., Ltd., Burns Bay-road, Lane Cove. The shed and…

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Smothers Fire Neat Asbestos Blanket

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 17

As the safest and quickest way to stop a fire is to smother it a new British idea may contribute to motoring safety…

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High Buildings. in New York. Fire Fighting Aspects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 10

Higher buildings than ever are contemplated in New York, according to Mr. Henry E. White[?] architect of Sydney, who returned to Australia by the Ventura yesterday, after…

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Car on Fire. Two Men Burned. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 11

Frank Thompson and Ernest Robertson received painful injuries through burning as the result of the exposure of a naked light to petrol whilst the former was filling the…

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Grave Cross Used to Boil Billy Camden Story Fire in Cemetery

Evening News · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 15

THAT a soldier's grave in the Camdon general cemetary had been desecrated, was reported by the president, Mr. R. D. Stackey, at…

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Log Fires Forests for Sydney Axe and Saw

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1927 · page 3

Eight trucks of firewood were offered at Alexandria to- day. Prices ranged up to 32s 6d and 33s a ton. THAT is all that the commercial…

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