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Fires & bushfires, 1940

1,637 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 82

Launch on Fire Off Cremorne Point

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 1

FLAMES AND SMOKE from a 35ft. launch as fire destroyed the vessel's superstructure, off Cremorne Point late yesterday. Naval ratings from Garden Island put out the blaze, then towed the launch to Mosman. Fire broke out in the…

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Trailer Fire Engine. First in Queensland. GOONDIWINDI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 3

The first trailer fire-pump and engin[?] to be used in Queensland has been bought by the board of Goondiwindi Fire Briga[?] The equipment, which was made i[?]…

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Launch on Fire in Harbour. Sailors Help Quell Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 7

A ferry and a naval launch raced to the rescue when a 40ft launch worth about £800 caught fire in Athol Bight yesterday afternoon. The cabin and…

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Presentation to Fire Officer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 7

District Fire Officer O. R. Pickering, who is to retire after nearly 42 years' service in the New South Wales Fire Brigades, was presented with a silver…

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Big Factory Fire. Cork Section Ablaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 9

About 3 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the cork section of the Australian Glass Company in Dowling Street, Waterloo…

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Arms Seizure in Ireland. Police Under Fire. BELFAST. July 29. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 9

It is officially disclosed that a large quantity of material, including "Tommy" guns (sub-machine guns), with fully-loaded magazines, several rifles and revolvers, and a large…

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Hotel Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 2

Granville and Parramatta Fire Brigades were called to the Royal Hotel, Granville, on Sunday afternoon, when bedding in a room on the third floor…

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Blondie's Family [?] to Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 13

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£5000 Damage In Cork Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 5

Damage estimated at £5000 was done in the fire which destroyed a cork factory annexe of Australian Glass Manufacturers' Co., Ltd., Waterloo, at…

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Cinderella's Corner. Home Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 17

DEAR Boys and Girls.- At a tea party of the literary circle of the Lyceum Club last week the point was raised by one of our writers. Miss…

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Sergeant On Fire In Court

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Sergeant W. G. Wallace, police prosecutor, burst into flames while examining a witness in Newcastle Summons Court today…

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Fire at Penshurst. Empty Cottage Destroyed

The Propeller · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 7

But for the prompt arrival of fire brigades more serious damage would have occurred when an empty four roomed old weatherboard cottage…

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Fire Officer Retires. Presentation at Kogarah

The Propeller · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 8

Nearly one hundred and fifty firemen and citizens attended the Kogarah Fire Station last Saturday night, when a farewell and presentation was…

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Sergeant "On Fire" in Court. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 7

Shortly after the Summons Court at Newcastle resumed after the lunch adjournment to-day, the police prosecutor. Sergeant W. G. Wallace, fled from the…

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10 Dead In Works Fire CAMDEN (New Jersey)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 2

At least 10 persons are believed to be dead and 200 were injured in a fire which destroyed the huge…

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Disastrous Fire. Paint Works Explosion. New York, July 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 8

In a fire which followed explosions in a paint works at Camden (New Jersey), five persons were killed and 200 injured…

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Another 10- for Fire Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 4

A postal not for 10- was sent yesterday through the Daily Telegraph to Mrs. Hannah McCarthy, of Darlinghurst…

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Keep the Home Fires Burning No Vacancies Now For Women Signallers; Hundreds Waiting

The Sun · Sunday 4 August 1940 · page 4

THE Women Signallers' Corps has a waiting list of 600 prospective members -- and no…

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Bombers Start Oil Fire London

The Sun · Tuesday 6 August 1940 · page 2

British bombers last night dropped 14 tons of bombs on a huge oil-plant at Stekrade, in the Ruhr…

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His Baptism of Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1940 · page 1

When he heard "a swish in the air," this Toongabbie ex-Boy Scout, Militia-man, and Bombardier in the A.I.F., now serving on the Sydney, knew he…

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