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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

2,964 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 149

Fires Rage £3000 Damage to Station Carcoar

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 13

Further bush fires have occurred throughout the district, and the town is enveloped in smoke. On the Trunkey side of the town the fire is raging…

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Homes Destroyed by Fire. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 12

The home and contonts of John Rock, of West End, were destroyed by fire. The building, which was weatherboard, was reduced to ashes before the fire brigade arrived…

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Fire in Timber Yards Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

A lire broke out in Roach's Ply. Ltd timber yards. West Melbourne. A policeman noticed flames, and the fire brigade was speedily on the scene…

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Dangerous Fire Smelting Works Ablaze Port Kembla

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

A fire broke out in a large stuck of cordwood at the Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Works at 1.30 p.m. today. The heat from the flames made…

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Arson Suspected. Fire in Timber Yards. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 11

Stacks containing 750,000 feet of Seasoned timber were endangered by a fire, which caused slight damage in the storage yard of C. Rouch Proprietary, Limited, sawmillers and…

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Butter Factory. Destroyed by Fire. Bateman's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 7

Mosquito Bay Dairy Company's factory and contents, situated as Mosquito Bay, near Bateman's Bay, was destroyed by fire about midnight. Mr. John McDonald, who is…

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New Cottage for Fire Victims Carlingford People Carry Bricks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 5

A score of Carlingford district people on Saturday commenced the erection of a cottage for Mr. and Mrs. John Bevan, victims of the recent bush fires…

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Bushfires. Tannery Threatened. Outbreak at Willoughby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 12

A fire which swept over an area of about 50 acres of dense bush and scrub near Short-street, Willoughby, yesterday afternoon, endangered a large tannery owned by J. B…

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Bushfires. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 6

Sir,—The recent bushfires, especially those on the fringe of the city itself, make one wonder, as a visitor, why Sydney has not established a volunteer bushfire brigade. After…

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Borg Objects 'Eyes Nearly Burnt Out' Chloride of Lime Bath Must Be Refilled Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 12

Arne Borg will not swim in the mile championship of Australia at Unley Baths on Thursday night unless the bath is…

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Campbelltown Fire Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

The appeal for those in the Campbelltowningleburn districts whose properties were de stroyed by fire recently has resulted in the sum of £134 being subscribed. The…

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Fire Cause Probed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 17

BATHURST Monday.--At the Bathurst Police Court to-day Henry Cole (45) was charged with having ignited inflammable material at Rock Forest,…

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Fires Rage Near Tamworth Houses Are Endangered Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

Hush fires over a six-miles front have oven raging during the week-end in the wooded country outside Tum worth, miles of [?] and grass land…

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Fire at Plumber's Shop. Tenterfield[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 12

On Saturday afternoon the shop of H. Weir and Sons, plumbers, caught alight. The premises were badly damaged, and all the books and accounts burned. The premises were of…

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Fire Sweeps 400 Acres Albury

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 10

A fire broke out on Robert Chambers's Mooldah property at Bowna yesterday, and is still burning. It occurred 14 miles from the township, and…

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Jackson's Courage Fires the Imagination of England Bitter Pill Fears for Own Team Not So Great? London

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

From the volume of English press criticism on the Fourth Test emerge two clear notes--praise for Jackson and Australia s other colts, and a steadily growing fear that Chapman's team is not nearly as great as was thought…

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Minto Bushfires. Caused by Sparks From Engine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 13

The Campbelltown District Coroner (Mr. A. R. Payten), at the conclusion of an inquiry concerning the cause ot the fire at East Minto and Loumeah on Wednesday, January 9—the…

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Bushfire Damage. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 12

A bushfire, extending over a six-mile frontage, swept the properly of E. H. Chappel, Upper Dungowan, and caused considerable damage. Fires raging in the vicinity…

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Bushfires. Fight to Save Properties Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1929 · page 22

Bushfires in the neighbourhood of Lithgow are now under control, and the volunteers are resting after several days' strenuous fighting against the flames. The fight to…

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Bush Fires Liverpool District

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 7

On Thursday, Liverpool Fire Brigade was called to Epsom-road, Moorebank, where a big grass fire was blazing in Capon's paddock…

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