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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

2,964 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 149

Wind Change Bushfires Checked Enormous Damage Goulburn

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 5

ALTHOUGH the [?] the week-end [?] of further [?]…

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Bushfires. Great Damage. Losses to Stock. GOULBURN, Sunday. Thanks to the timely[?]

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

Thanks to the timely arrival of a cool southerly wind the firefighters in the Goulburn, Araluen, Taralga, and Bra[?]dwood districts have received a resp[?]te from their…

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Queanbeyan Shop Burnt Out Oueanbeyan

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 8

Fire destroyed the contents of a shop and residence at the corner of Uriarra Road and Crawford Street to-day…

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Bakery on Fire Blaze at Harris Park

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 13

The premises occupied by the Harris Park Bread Company, Wigram- street, Harris Park, were considerably damaged by fire shortly after 4 a.m…

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Country News and Personal Notes Big Bush Fires in Albury District Grass and Fencing Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 17

ALBURY, Monday.--In addition to the big bush fire at Jingellic, which has now. been burning for five days and has a front of thirty miles, there was…

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STORE: P.O. Burnt Windeyer Blaze Mudgee

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 10

THE post office and store at Windeyer, a township about 20 miles from Mudgee, were completely destroyed by fire. The fire spread rapidly, and as…

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Fire in Garage

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 15

A fire broke out in a garage in Hereford- street, Glebe, last night, with the result that two cars belonging to Messrs. Boyd and Hanlon, of…

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Fire Brigade. Buildings Inspection Department

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 10

The Board of Fire Commissioners has instituted a new office which will add greatly to the safety of life and property in Sydney a department for public buildings…

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Fire Bug's Work? Crookwell Inquiry Crookwell

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 10

THE District Corner will conduct an inquiry at an early date into the causes of the numerous recent outbreaks of fire in the district. Some…

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"Nevermore!" Crow and the Fire Did It Escape ?

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 13

When the Weich's cottage home in-Station-street, Auburn, burned at 2.15 a.m. on Monday, two dogs and a pet crow,…

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Awakened by Smoke Family Loses 163 in Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage, on [?] and occupied by Elizabeth Welsh, in Station Street. Auburn, was completely destroyed by fire shortly after 2 a.m…

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Fire at Lithgow. Rescue of Woman. Boarders' Escapes. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 11

The [?]nterior of a latge boarding establishment, occupied by Mrs. F. W. Marshall, in Main-street, was nearly destroyed by a fire which broke out early this morning. The…

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Danger Past Yallourn Fire Is Subdued Work in Few Days Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 19

The main fire, which has been burning in the open cut at the Yallourn coal mine for several days was subdued at midnight last night, earlier…

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Woman on His Shoulder Borne to Safety Constable's Plucky Act at Lithgow Fire Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

INITIATIVE and pluck were shown by Constable Kenneth Hudson when a fire broke out at 3 a.m. to-day in a two-atoned…

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Bushfire Menace State Govt. Concerned

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 10

ON the principle of closing the Stable-door after the horse has gone, the State government is not active in regard to bush fires…

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Bushfires' Toll Bankstown Damage

Evening News · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 10

BANKSTOWN police have completed a list of damage caused to dwelling-houses in the district by recent bush fires…

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BUSHFIRES. In Albury District. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 12

Bushfiros continue to burn furiously around Mymnh and at Jingellic. The Mymah fire made progress to-day and has now developed a wide front. It has sprend through Mr…

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Township Is Burnt Out Swept by Bush Fire Big Damage in W. Aust. Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 1

Damage estimated between £50,000 and £70,000 was caused at North Dandalup, nine miles north of Pinjarra yesterday afternoon and evening by a…

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Bush Fires in Albury District Fighters Gaining Control

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 7

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Some progress has been made towards gaining control of the big bush fires in the Wy[?]mah and Jingellic districts. Both…

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£50,000 Damage in W.A. Bush Fire Forty Timber Stacks Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday.--Damage estimated between £50,000 and £70,000 was done by a bush fire which threatened to envelope the township of North…

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