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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

2,408 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 121

Fire in Convent. Dormitoey Destroyed. Boarders' Heavy Loss. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 12

A fire occurred in one of the dormitories at the Lochinvar Convent at 10.30 o'clock this morning, the building and its contents being destroyed. The loss to the boarders is…

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Luck of Race with Eugia King Val All Over the Track Plunge Missed Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 September 1928 · page 2

THERE'S nothing like backing representatives of a stable in winning vein. Horses raced by W. Tindall have been having a…

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Bush Fires. Numerous Outbreaks in Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 12

The advent of summer weather yesterday meant a busy time for members of the fire brigade, for more than 30 calls were received during the afternoon and evening to bush and…

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Bush Fire at Deewhy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 15

The Deewhy Fire Brigade had a strenuous time yesterday morning, when a bushfire broke out in Parkes-road. Deewhy, About 10 acres of land were denuded of scrub by the flames,…

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Bush Fire at National Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 12

A bush fire, which broke out last evening at National Park, assumed big proportions, and has resulted in a great loss of native flora. Reports received late last night…

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Fire at Deewhy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 15

Early yesterday morning a four-roomed cottage in Redmond-avenue, Deewhy, caught fire The wooden structure was soon a mass of flames. The householder, Mr J…

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Woonona Blaze Street Menaced Brigade's Good Save Thirroul

Evening News · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 5

A FIRE which destroyed Griffin's large drapery establishment at Woonona early to-day, threatened the whole street. In which most of…

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I Movie Theatre Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 9

A fire which broke out in the Southern Cross Picture Theatre. Military-road, Neutral Bay, to-day, did damage estimated at £100 to the screen and stage…

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Still Burning National Park Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 10

All last night residents of Cronulla could see a glow in the sky to the south, telling them that the bush fire in National Park was still blazing fiercely…

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The Master of the Caddies-- Fire Aboard a Sydney Yacht

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 8

HEWERS OF WOOD at Liverpool military camp.--Perspiring trainees swinging the axe…

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Convent Fire Scare Nobody Is Hurt "Girlie's" Exaggeration West Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 6

The "Dally Grille" upheld its well- earned reputation of accuracy when it blazoned forth to-day a startling story of [?] and fighting [?] Lock-…

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Half-circle of Fire Round Sydney Bush Outbreaks in Many Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 2

Bush fires which swept through wide stretches of bush and scrub, and which, in some places, threatened life and property, encircled…

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Bush Fires Blaze Houses Threatened, at Canley Vale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 5

Bush fires raged again, yesterday in suburbs around Sydney, and during the day twenty calls were received by the Metropolitan fire brigades…

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Bush Fire-fighters to Organise Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 1

A CONFERENCE of bush fire brigades and other public bodies' representatives decided to-day to create a…

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Furniture in Road Blaze at Alexandria Shop Destroyed

The Sun · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 17

A second-hand shop and stock belonging to Jack Hunter, Newton-street, Alexandria was, with the contents,…

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Picture Show Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 17

A fire on the stage of the new Southern Cross Picture Theatre at Mllitary-road, Neutral Bay, yesterday, did damage estimated at approximately £200…

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The VOICE of the CITY Fire!

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 6

Sydney, ringed with bush fires, provoked by the unusual September heat, may thank its stars that the city itself is not so inadequately safeguarded…

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Refloated. Steamer Castlemoor. Damage by Fire. Albany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 16

The steamer Castlemoor, which arrived at Fremantle with her cargo of coal on fire, is now occupying a berth at the Deepwater letty. The vessel, under her own steam, and…

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Save National Park Urgent Need for Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 5

"There must be a properly-constituted fire brigade on the Cronulla side of George's River," said Mr. F. T. Bermen, secretary of…

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South Coast Fire Brigade's Good Work Thirr[?]l

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 3

Griffin's large drapery establishments at Woonona was destroyed by fire in the carly hours of this morning At one time the whole street was in peril…

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