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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

2,964 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 149

Black Desolation in Wake of Fire Fiend's Fury Sad Carlingford Scene Old Couple's Loss of Home Bankstown Fugitives Return

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 13

THERE was a pitiful scene at Carlingford last night, following the burning of the cottage in Church-street, owned by Mr. John Bevan. MRS. BEVAN, who is 75 years of [?]…

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The Bushfires Which Swept the Gullies at Lane Cove River Yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

THE BLAZING BUSH IN FERN GULLY, ADJACENT TO PENROSE-STREET, LANE COVE. PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE IN PENROSE-STREET, NEAR LANE COVE HOSPITAL…

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Extensive Bushfires in the Bankstown District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

FIGHTING THE OUTBREAK AT LAKEMBA. COTTAGE DESTROYED OFF LIVERPOOL-ROAD, EAST BANKSTOWN…

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Bushfires Sweep Wide Area. Ring of Flames Around City. Many People Rendered Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 11

Serious fires were reported from all over the State yesterday. The city itself was encircled by almost a complete ring of fires, and the damage will amount to many thousands of pounds. Eight homes were destroyed in the Leumeah-Minto districts, and at…

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Bushfire Raging at East Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

SEVERAL COTTAGES IN JOHNSTON-STREET WERE SAVED WITH DIFFICULTY…

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Bushfires. Their Annual Toll. Drastic Action Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 10

Comparisons at any time are odious, and it [?]s certa[?]ly an unplensant fact [?]n the eyes of Australia that we have to take a lesson from our neighbours across the Pacific. U.S.A…

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Bush Fires Destroy Homes. At Oatley and Peakhurst

The Propeller · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 7

During Wednesday's intense heat Oatley and Peakhurst residents had an extremely trying time owing to vast areas of bushland being under fire. The smoke,…

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Victoria's Turn Devastating Bush Fires Stock in River Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 11

Devastating bush fires are raging to the north and east of Bruthen, and much timber, grass, and property have been destroyed…

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Fire at Cronulla. W. H. Wilson, the Electrician, Burnt Out

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

A fire, which completely gutt d the premises occupied by Mr. W. H. Wilson, occurred early on Tuesday morning. The furniture, we understand,…

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Wide Area Swept by Flames Bush Fire Havoc Homes and Property Destroyed

The Land · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

The havoc wrought by bushfires in many parts of the State during the past fortnight forcibly illustrates the power of the red menace which nnually threatens the dwellers in rural districts—a menace which comes with the first days of Summer, remaining until forced to retreat…

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Flaming Beacon. Mountain Country Burnt Out. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 14

The bush fire which yesterday was advancing towards the town, has again changed its course, and is now burning its way in the direction of Mount Walker. Residents in…

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Fires Now Under Control Still Many Calls Hawkesbury Blaze College Saved

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 5

BURNING embers of Wednesday's fires burst into flume in several suburbs and parts of the country yesterday, when a strong westerly…

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Blazing Inferno Bush Fires Menace Townships and Cause Great Destruction of Crops and Stock Hawkesbury College in Danger

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 4

The exceptionally hot and dry weather of the past week hag resulted in an unusually largo number of bush and grass fires, involving serious…

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Goulburn Blaze Goulburn

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

When Goulburn Fire Brigade [?] a call to Costley's bakery, [?] tons of firewood was [?] only by strenuous effort that the [?]…

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Victorian Fires in Timber Country Melbourne [?]

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 9

S[?] and Bra[?] fire[?] are [?] half-a-doren [?] country, and although not so [?] or [?] as those in N.S.W. [?]…

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Leap for Life. Over 20ft. BALCONY. Blaze at Cronulla

The St George Call · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 1

Awakened early on Tuesday by.the sound of flames crackling on the floor below, William Henry Wilson, a Cronulla business man, found that his…

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Blackened Waste. in Chullora District. Yesterday's Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

An extensive bushfire, which broke out near Chullora early yesterday morning, caused grave anxiety to local residents. Several homes, situated in the densely-wooded…

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Control of Fire Fire Extinguisher a Necessity on Every Car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 14

It sometimes Happens, particularly during the [?] that the backfiring [?] of a motor-cycle of a motor-car causes the petrol in…

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Correspondence. Wanted—a Fire Brigade

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

[?] Sir,—The recent regrettable, disa[?] [?] which the business pre[?] and household belongings of Mr. W. H. Wilson of Cronulla, were…

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Union House. Fire in Strongroom

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

An unusual fire, which was discovered in the strongroom of the Union Company's promises in Union House early yesterday morning, destroyed many tons of business papers, records,…

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