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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

2,408 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 121

Nine Burnt to Death Mine Bunkhouse Fire Princeton, B.C.

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 7

[?]KE men were burned to death and five seriously injured when a bunk house of the Cranby Mining Company caught fire…

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Tragic Fire Five Children Dead Heroic Rescues 43 Saved From Flames London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1928 · page 1

Four boys and a girl, all under six years of age, were incinerated in a terrible fire at the High Trees Nursery…

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Bungalow Burnt Wetherill Park Blaze

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

At 5 a.m. on Monday, the bungalow residence of Mr. Cecil Kelly, Hassall-street, Wetherill Park, caught fire. The structure which consisted of…

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Midnight Blaze Tambo Hotel Gutted Brisbane

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 18

The Club Hotel, at Tambo, Central Queensland, was destroyed by tire early this morning. The damage is estimated at about £3500…

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Under the Sea Amir Fires Torpedo London

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 1

King Amanullah, of Afghanistan, to-day witnessed 100 years of naval progress, when he visited at mouth Nelsons flagship, Victory, and…

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Fire From Above London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

FOR wickedness b[?] as the are said the Vicar of Holy Island Northumberland Comencing a sermen…

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Country News. Fire in Store. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 12

A fire which broke out in the store of the [?]X.L. Grocers, Vincent-street, early on Saturday morning, caused damage to the extent of £750. The cycle works of Mr. C. T. Taylor,…

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Spectacular Melbourne Fire --- Missionaries for the Bush

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 8

DUKE AND DUCHESS of York, with General and Mrs. Booth, at the Composers' Festival in…

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Farmer Claims £1000 Sequel to "Burning-off" Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 12

Owing to a fire spreading from one farmer's land to that of another adjoining, 700 acres of grass and some fencing were burned at Barmedman…

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On Fire House at Narrabeen Man at Window

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 20

An attempt was made yesterday morning to destroy by fire a house at the corner of Pittwater-road and…

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Fire Bug? Home Ablaze Narrabeen Scare Early Morn Intruder

Evening News · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 12

WHAT appears to have been a deliberate attempt to burn down a grocer's shop and dwelling at the intersection of…

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Five Children Lose Lives in Nursery. School Fire LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

Four boys and' a girl, all under 6 years' of age, were incinerated' in a fixe at High Trees nursery school, Horley, which is attended by the young…

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Tragic Fire. In English Nursery. Children Burned to Death London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 11

Five children, all under six years of age, were burned to death in their sleep at a nursery school near Horley, Surrey. The school was chiefly used by children whose…

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Lane Cove Coves Fire Some Shots It's Getting Serious Verbal Missiles Over "Schemer's" Bow Challenge Accepted, But No Cash

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 13

THE wordy warfare between the enthusiasts associated with the two 12ft. skiff clubs is becoming bitter. LAST week Ben Roff's father issued a challenge to race three Lane Cove boats, which he named, for £20 aside, under neutral officials. Lane Cove has…

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If the Workers Mused, the Fires Would Burn

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

ALISTER MACDONALD, son of Ramsay MacDonald, says: "The danger in British politics is the massed production of biased…

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Ungarie Fire Bakery Burned Ungarie

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 13

The bakery and residence owned by Mr. W. J. Gaut was completely destroyed by fire at 4 a.m. to-day. The owner was awakened by the…

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Farmers at Law Destructive Crass Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 8

A verdict for £330 for plaintiff was returned by a jury in Mr. Justice James Court yesterday, when Jermiah Harold O'Keeffe claimed £1000 compensation from…

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Fire Under House. Intruder Suspected. Occupants Endangered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 18

A man suspected of being a burglar attempted to enter a house at Narrabeen. A little later a, fire was discovered beneath the house. The lives of the occupants of the…

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Fire at Mine. Work of Incendiary. Vancouver, March l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 18

News comes from Princeton, B.C., that nine men are dead, five seriously burned and a number of others [?]njured as a result of a fire which destroyed a big bunk-house at the…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice James and Juries.) Grass Fire at Barmedman. O'Keoffe v Webster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 13

Jeremiah Harold O'Ke[?]ffe, the plaintiff in this action, sued on two counts, alleging negligence and nuisance, to recover from the defendant, Arthur Webster,…

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