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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1949

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley No Jonah

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 13

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Daily Mirror · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 13

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Sydney Diary Competition in lotteries: Reunion of jazz: Smallest dance-floor: Art students praised

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 9

COMPETITION is on in the world of big-money lotteries. The Queensland Government is…

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Too Tough

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 5

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Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 7

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Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 5

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Boy Killed. 15 Hurt When Theatre Collapses Wall Down In Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

PARKES, Saturday. -- One boy was killed and about 15 others injured when the 40-ft. rear wall of the Broadly way Theatre crashed into a matinee…

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Children Buried As Wall of Theatre Collapses Big Toll In Storm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

PARKES, Saturday.--The bock wall of the' Broadway Theatre 'collapsed this afternoon, burying children under tons of bricks and…

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Words & Pictures Bib and Bub

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 3

One [?] Mrs. Bear went to buy a new hat. Blind Bub said, "We'll help you do that" She tried on some, and several more. The milliner said, "I'll soon he asnore!"…

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Atom charge "size of ball"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sat. -- The explosive charge in an atom bomb was about the size of a baseball,…

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Garndfather Carr (85) celebrates at dance

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 23

Eighty-five-year-old Thomas Peter Carr, of Pymble, went to a private dance last night to celebrate two events. The celebration was for his birthday and his…

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Pictures of Prince Lead to Big Row

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 9

LONDON is really in its silly season. Among the minor troubles is a combined assault by the…

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Theatre Wall Collapses; Buries Kiddies: 1 Dead

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 1

PARKES, Saturday.—One boy was killed and 15 other children were injured this afternoon, when the whole of one brick wall collapsed in the storm, during the matinee at the Broadway Theatre. Scenes of panic and inde-…

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Child Dies, 30 INJURED Theatre wall crashes during storm

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 1

ONE child was killed and 30 injured-- three of them critically-- when a storm blew in the back wall of a Parkes theatre yesterday. Rescuers had to dig the children out from 10 tons…

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Death and ruin in cyclonic rainstorm Theatre wall crashes on children

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 1

The wall of a picture theatre was blown down on to children at a crowded matinee at Parkes' yesterday, killing one child and injuring 22 others, eight seriously…

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