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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

2,964 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 149

Fire at Music Store. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 14

A fire occurred to-day at Mr. H. R. Grey's music depot in Isabella-street, but was extinguished before serious damage was done. The town is without a fire brigade, but it is…

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Boy's Fatal Mistake Explosion that Caused Disastrous Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 15

Told to stop a leak in a four-gallon tin of methylated spirit, Richard Murray, an eighteen-year-old youth employed at A.G. Stokes' furniture…

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Music From Skies -- Freezing Works Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 8

FIRST AIR MUSIC transmitted from Captain King's 'plane over the Cricket Ground yesterday. RUINS OF MENDOORAN Freezing Works…

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Fire Menace Dash Through Flames Boys' Narrow Shave Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 12

Bush fires were renewed with the heat wove experienced throughout Victoria yesterday. In the Dandenong Ranges an…

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Trunk As Savings Bank Woman's Escape From Fire Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 11

A fire occurred in the two-storey house of Mrs. H. D. Berryman, widow, at 289 Waymouth-street, Adelaide, this morning…

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Jumbo's Dash Didn't Relish the Fire Hob Art

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 13

Whether the elephant at the Hobart Zoo has had experience of jungle fires is not known, but when a fire occurred at…

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Fire Terror in S. Australia Flames Creep Near Homes Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

Fanned by a strong, changing wind, a bushfire which began about midday yesterday at Scott's Creek, 16 miles from Adelaide, sprang into life again…

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Events of the Day Trail of Ruin Devastating Bushfires in Three Slates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

In three States—Now South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia— great tracks of country have been swept by devastating bushfires…

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Fire Deprives Many of Work Big Factory Blaze Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 6

A fire which broke out in Stapleton and Lewis's furniture warehouse, Lonnox Street, North Richmond. threatened hundreds of weatherboard houses…

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Police Inquire Pitt-street Blaze Sergeant's Find

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

DETECTIVE-SERGEANT Thornley and Constable Breen are investigating the circumstances surrounding a for which broke out at the…

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Belief for Fire Sufferers

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 8

"Kindness in your neighbors' trouble" was practically carried out last Saturday evening, 19th inst., in the Advancement Club's hall, on the…

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Film Demonstration. Eliminating Fire Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 10

A demonstration took place at Adyar Hall yesterday, in the presence of a number of Sydney business men, interested in the [?] trade, of the new "Vita Film," an Australia's…

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Fire in City Kerosened Rags at Mayfair Cafe

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

Fire damaged the rooms of the Mayfair Cafe, Pitt-street, near Park-street, shortly after 1, a.m. to-day. Firemen with chemical extinguishers put out…

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Dress Alight Woman Fire Fighter Dandenong Again Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

Smouldering logs fanned by a fresh wind set new bushfires alight in the Dandenong Ranges yesterday, caught…

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Woolwich Dock and Two Ships in Danger Bash Fire Raged for Three Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 4

Firemen on the fire-floats Pluvius. Hydra, and Cecil Rhodes, under Captain Cartier, prevented a disastrous blaze yesterday…

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Queer Fire Police Inquiries Early Morning Blaze

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 5

After extensive inquiries they conducted. Detective Sergeant Thornley and Constable Breen, of Clarence-street, are satisfied that a fire which broke out in…

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Heirlooms Go Blaze at Richmond

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 2

Pictures which had been heirlooms of the itt family for over 100 years were destroyed when a sir-roomed weatherboard house, occupied by Mrs…

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Fire

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 2

Fire, man's dreaded, hated enemy, Man's pitiless, terrible foe, Leaves behind It vast destruction-- A path of poverty and woe…

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Race with Fire Horsemen Are Outpaced Refuge in Dam Hundred Fighters Out W. MAITLAND

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1929 · page 2

Grass fires have caused heavy losses to landowners in the vicinity of Lochinvar. The flames, at one stage, travelled so…

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Bush Fire Victims Campbelltown Helps

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 10

FUNDS to held the victims of the recent bush fires at Leumeah, East Minto, and Wedderburn, in the Campbelltown district, have reached £120…

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