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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

2,964 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 149

Car Smash Called Firemen Furious Dash of Man in Stolen Car Wrecks Cycle and Fire Alarm Tram in Flames

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 4

Furiously driving a stolen car at 50 miles an hour along Bondi Road, Bondi, a young man, by wrecking a pillar Ere alarm, called…

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Victim of Bushfire

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 8

To device ways and means of assisting Mr. John, Bevan, the aged Carlingford farmer, who lost his farm in the recent bush fires, a public meeting will be held…

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Stadium Blaze Fires in Two Places 6 Brigades Out Was There Foul Play?

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 2

Smart work by half-a-dozen fire brigades, under the command of the Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Nance, saved the Stadium,…

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In a Blaze of Fireworks

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 9

MANLY'S new Venetian Carnival opened last night in a blue of electric lights and fireworks, in the presence of a huge…

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Rain Kills Fire

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 2

Four hours of steady rate becoming heavier in the last hear, checked the fires that have been raging in the mountain country…

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Fire at Mine Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 4

Fire still rages in the old brown coal open cut at Yallorn, and is expected to burn for months until eventually smothered out by the accumulation of…

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Stop Press Stadium on Fire Suspicious Outbreak

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 1

What is believed in have been an attempt to burn down the Sydney Stadium was made early this morning. Two distinct outbreaks were…

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Sheep Lost in Bush Fire Barrallier Flames Jump Fire-break

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 2

BARRALLIER, Sunday.--The bush fires yesterday jumped the fire-breaks and went through several more sheep runs…

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500 Sheep Lost. in Barrallier District. Barrallier, Sunday. A bush fire Jumped the firebroak and swept

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 11

A Bush fire jumped the firebroak and swept through several sheep runs in the Barrallier district. The owners were not able to remove their…

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Fires at Stadium. Two Outbreaks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 11

Two outbreaks of fire were discovered early yesterday morning at the Sydney Stadium, but prompt action on the part of the fire brigades checked the [?]ames…

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Scrub Fires Responsibility of Owners

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 7

Owners of property in close proximity to land, covered with, thick undergrowth will be glad to learn that municipal councils now have power to compel…

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Still Raging Jingellic Blaze Eight Miles' Front Albury

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 8

THE [?] raging and a [?] from that centre states that [?] Friday it had burnt from W J Nicholl's property…

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Melbourne Blaze Does £30,000 DAMAGE Thrilling Fight to Save Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--There were thrilling scenes at a spectacular fire which destroyed a large portion of the electrical engineering works of…

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Cottage Destroyed Early Morning Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

Early this morning, a weatherboard cottage at Auburn, owned and occupied by Elizabeth Welsh, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Dash for Life Escape in Night Attire Auburn Blaze Pets Perish in Flames

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 11

Awakened by suffocating smoke at 2.15 a.m. to-day, John Welsh, who lives with his mother, sister, and brother at…

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Mystery of Stadium Fires Two Outbreaks Incendiarism Is Suspected Crowd Angry

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

IT is believed that a deliberate attempt was made to burn down the Stadium at Rushcutler Bay on Saturday…

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Stadium Fire Detectives Are Inquiring Previous Outbreaks

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 13

Detectives are continuing their inquiries into the cause of two fires at the Stadium early on Sunday morning…

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Fires Sweep Damage in Albury District 200 Fighters Station Property in Danger

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 13

Although the bush fires in the north have been extinguished by the heavy rains, pastoralists in the southern portion of the State are sorely worried, and serious losses are reported from some parts…

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Spectacular Fire. Thousand of Pounds Damage. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 12

In less than an hour, electrical goods, machinery, and buildings valued at thousands of pounds were destroyed by a fire which occurred at the work of Weymouth, Ltd.,…

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Boy's Mistake Caused Death Explosion Started Fatal Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Through a tin of methylated spi it exploding, a youth was burned to death at Toorak yesterday, and a…

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