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Fires & bushfires, 1941

1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 88

Nazis' Mass Fire Raid on Plymouth London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 1

The German Air Force last night continued its big offensive against England. Following the policy of concentrating the heaviest attack at one point, Nazi bombers launched a mass fire raid against…

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Ant Fires Shot That Kills Man KALGOORLIE

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 12

An ant is believed to have caused the death of Louis Delacca, 26, near Pink Lake…

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Keep the Home Fires Burning Women Confer On Part In Home Defence

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 27

"We are preparing for a time when women's services might be used in home defence," said Miss Ruby Board, director of the defence section of the Wans and chairman of the Women's Voluntary National Register…

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Driven From Beds by Fire in Flats

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Seventeen people were driven from their beds in a block of flats by a fire at 1 a.m. today. Five of them were children…

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Fire in P.M.G. STORE. Two Employees Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 11

A section of the Postmaster-General's stores building in Unwin's Bridge Road. St. Peters, was badly damaged yesterday afternoon by a fire which broke out in a…

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Fire-fighters Stand by

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

VOLUNTEER fire-fighters in London gather around the fireplace to talk while waiting a call to action. "TOMMY" (Thompson) sub-machine gun being tested by a British sailor doing land duty on the coast. Many thousands…

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Fire Destroys House. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 5

Fire on Saturday night destroyed the home of Mr Albert Roy Williams. of South Forbes, with its contents. The home and contents were insured for…

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Seven Children Perish in Fire Montreal

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

Seven children met death to-day as flames raced through a farm house five miles from Windsor Mills (Quebec);…

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10,000 Fire Bombs on Berlin Industry Suffers Havoc LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 1

More than 10,000 incendiary bombs and the heaviest high explosive bombs ever used against Germany were rained on Berlin last night…

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Berlin Raided Again Fire Bombs and High Explosives Hits Scored on Govt. Buildings London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 1

The Royal Air Force last night bombed Berlin for the first time since March 12, when the German capital suffered its biggest raid of…

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Stop Press Phone: M2406 U.s. Ship on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- The United States tanker Cities Service Denver (9316 tons) from Texas is on fire off Cape Lookout, North…

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Home Destroyed by Fire

The Propeller · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of Ada Street, Oatley, and their three children, were awakened early yesterday morning to find the back of their…

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Ruthless Fire War Shanghai

The Sun · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 2

Japan has adopted China's "scorched earth policy," and has ruthlessly burned Shangkao, declares the Domel…

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Bombed Trucks on Fire. Ammunition Explodes. Heroic Railwaymen London, March 26. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 7

Great heroism was shown by railwaymen in fighting fires in ammunition trucks and waggons during a recent heavy air raid on a west coast town…

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Woman's Collapse in Grass Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 4

While burning off grass in front of her home in La Corniche Road, Bay View, yesterday, Mrs. M. Bain was overcome by smoke…

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Fire Damage on Coastal Liner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 8

BRISBANE, Friday.--Fire damaged the passenger accommodation and crew's quarters of a well-known coastal liner at a Queensland port early on…

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Nazis Fire on Czech Women

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 3

LONDON, March 20.--Repeated occurrences of assaults on Czech girls by the German soldiers and officers in the Protectorate, are reported by the…

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"Fire Blitz" Pictures. Offer to Sydney Journalists. LONDON, March 28. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1941 · page 14

Following an exhibition at the Press Club of a collection of photographs taken during and after the London "fire blitz" on December 29, Australian…

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Keep the Home Fires Burning Men In Uniform Thank City Canteen Workers

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 5

MEN in uniform have asked me, through this page, to thank the women of Sydney for the canteen work they are doing…

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Your Week by the Stars Fire-sign people may wed in haste

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 10

A HIGHLY-STRUNG vibration during the next fortnight will affect the emotional outlook of the fire signs --…

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