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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

2,408 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 121

Man Amok Shoots Three and Fires Home Then Suicide Charred Bodies Among Ruins. Children Spared Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 13

One of the most fiendish crimes in the history of Victoria occurred in a farmhouse, at Junortoun, near Bendigo, shortly before 8.30 this morning when Thomas Walker, a retired farmer and orchardist, is alleged to…

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Flemington Fire

The Sun · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 3

The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. P. Richardson Clark), stated at the conclusion of an inquiry as to the cause of a fire, which partially…

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Fire! (Solution of Yesterday's Problem.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 28

Five tramps were in hiding -- one in tree at right of picture, one in right-hand corner, the third in top left-hand corner, the fourth at end…

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Fire at Kandos. Kandos

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 14

A fire, which occurred in the main street, Angus-avenue, early on Tuesday morning, resuited in the destruction of a weatherboard building used as a shop and restaurant. A…

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No Suspicion Fire Caused by Fumes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

In connection with a fire discovered by Mr. H. A. Delancy, of Granville, some days ago in the control house of a motor roller laying on Sydney-road,…

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Not to Blame Fire at Flemington

Evening News · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 5

AT an Inquiry regarding a fire in a cottage in Mariborough-road, Flemington, the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, returned a…

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Nearly Trapped Escape in Night Attire Early Morning Fire

The Sun · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 13

Escaping in their night attire through a front window, Albert J. W. Warron, greengrocer, and his wife, of Sydney-road. Seaforth, had a narrow…

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Cuts, Shots, and Fire Opening of Inquestt on Bendigo Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At Bendigo to-day an inquest was opened into the deaths of Thomas J. Walker (43), the crazed orcAardist who murdered his…

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Goulston of Good Deeds Human Fire of Enthusiasm

Truth · Sunday 22 July 1928 · page 12

HEREWITH Moat Worshipful Brother John Goulston, who, after three years as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons, New South Wales, has just vacated the chair, his successor in office being Lord Stone-haven, the Governor-General of Australia. A successful business man in…

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Old Man Falls Into Fire and Receives Serious Injury Hay

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 July 1928 · page 5

John Taylor, an elderly man, was tearfully burned on the face when he fell into a fire at his camp at Darlington Point. Taylor struggled to a hotel for…

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Melbourne Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Damage estimated at £15,000 was done by a fire which destroyed the premises occupied by Carter and Carter Pty., Ltd., tailors…

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Fire Bug Busy

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 11

Parkes, Monday.-- The homes of two small settlers at Parkesborough have been destroyed by fire at night. In both cases the owners had been absent…

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Two in Week Birriwa Fires Ill-fated Hulk

Evening News · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 1

A FIRE—the second within a week—was discovered on the hulk Birriwa, lying near Spectacle Island, early to-day. the fire-float Pluvius…

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Pirate Paradise Problem of Birriwa Two Fires in Five Days

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 11

Pirate ship of small boys, an eyesore to their elders, and the subject of legal correspondence between the liquidators…

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Fire at M.L.A's RESIDENCE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 12

Soon after 3 o'clock yesterday morning the Stanmore Fire Brigade received a call to the resident of Mr. Stuart Robertson. M.L.A., in Railway-avenue, Petersham. The building…

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Ronpibon Extended Mine Office Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 16

The general manager of Ronpibon Extended; N.L., cables that in a fire which swept the village of Ronpibon the mine office was destroyed. All other property of the…

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Fire at Enmore. Picture Theatre in Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 12

The timely response of the Newtown Fire Brigade to a call to Enmore-road, Enmore, shortly before 6 a.m. yesterday, prevented what might have been a serious fire…

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Fire on Birriwa. Second Within a Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 12

With flames leaping from the stern the wooden steamer Birriwa, which is lying between Spectacle Island and Schnapper island, caught alight, for the second time within four…

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Fell Into a Camp Fire Hay

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 5

J. Taylor, an olderly man, fell into his camp fire, at Darlington Point and was badly burned. He managed to struggled to the town…

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Alfonso's Peril Plot to Kill Foiled Four Arrested Fires Used As Screen? London

The Sun · Monday 23 July 1928 · page 1

A Spaniard and three Frenchmen have been arrested on the Franco- Spanish frontier, following the discovery of a widespread…

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