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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 88

Hundreds of German Civilians Killed R.A.F. Rains Fire And Death On Nazi Cities LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1941 · page 2

The German people, taught to glorify war, have been getting a new angle on what "blitzkrieg"…

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Fire in City Store

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 7

A fire broke out last night in the second floor workroom of the Jaede shoe store, near Wynyard Station, George Street, City…

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Rawson Stakes: the Big Guns Held Fire

Sydney Sportsman · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 20

IT was anticipated that bookmakers and punters would go for the big gamble in the Rawson Stakes on the two favorites, High…

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French Guns Fire on British Warships London

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 1

At 9 a.m. to-day French Algerian forts fired on British warships from Gibraltar which attempted to examine four French merchantmen. The British warships replied, scoring several hits on the shore batteries…

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Struck Match and Caught Fire. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 9

William Cannon, a mechanic, was severely burned on a hand and a leg when petrol which had splashed over him became ignited He had upset a tin of petrol and then…

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Trapped by Fire Old Man Burnt To Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 6

Unable to leave his bed because of injury a man was trapped in a cottage and burnt to death on…

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Concluding: Women Behind the Planes Driving Under Fire— London Nightmare

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 12

FOR some time I had been driving the pilot's van, which was a brand new utility. With its wide wheelbase and heavy balloon tyres it was a marvel at skirting craters, running over broken ground, and racing round corners when there was a "flap" on. The four-wheel…

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Convoy War. French Fire on R.N. SHIPS. Provocative Act. From Our Own Correspondent. London, March 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 10

A provocative action by French shore batteries and bombing planes in Algeria, in northern Africa, in firing on British naval vessels…

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Lone Cruiser Traps Italian Fleet Flirts With 15-inch Fire In Heroic Exploit 3000 Enemy Sailors Believed Dead Stricken Ship Surrenders In Grim Night Drama LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 1

By risking destruction from the 15-inch guns of an Italian battleship, the British light cruiser Orion lured the Italian fleet into a trap in the Eastern Mediterranean, and so opened the great naval battle of Friday and…

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Mr. Spender Retreats Under Fire CANBERRA

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1941 · page 5

Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender), an accomplished question-dodger, was out maneouvred at a Press…

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Grass Fire at Carramar

The Biz · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

On Tuesday last, at 12.40 p.m., a fire occurred In some scrub and gross in Denlson Street, Carrnmar. About 50 acres of ground were covered by the…

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Wife And Child Saved From Fire LAWSON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 5

Arthur Benfield, commercial artist, rescued his wife and two-year-old son early today from their blazing cottage at…

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Fire Board Nominee. Ald. R. T. Green, of Liverpool

Liverpool News · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

On Tuesday evening, Liverpool Council received a letter from the Chief Secretary's Department advising that the extraordinary election to fill the vacancy…

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Fire Board No[?]nee. Ald. R. T. Green, of Liverpool

The Biz · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 4

On Tuesday evening, Liverpool Council received a letter from the Chief Secretary's Department advising that me extrordinary election to ill the vacancy…

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Convoy War. French Fire on R.N. Ships. LONDON, March 31 (A.A.P.)

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

A provocative action by French shore batteries and bombing planes in Algeria, in northern Africa, in firing on British naval vessels engaged In a legitimate i…

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Admiralty Stoey. Fire of Shore Batteries. (British Official Wireless and A.a.p.) London, March 31

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 6

Light British naval forces yesterday morning exchanged fire with French shore Batteries In Algeria, the French colony in the northern part of Africa,…

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Picks Up Fire Bombs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

HOUSEHOLD "Bomb Grab" being demonstrated by Mrs. G. Garrard, wife of its English inventor. The grab will pick…

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Nazis Bomb Old London's Ghosts Raining bombs over the ancient Inner City of London, the Nazis have wakened old ghosts and revived rich traditions of art and literature. Stalking again is old Solomon.Eagle, credited with starting the Great Fire of London 275 years before Hitler got the idea

The World's News · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

THE ancient Inner City is that small but important part of London that was surrounded by a wall in the Middle Ages. It is…

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From a Rambler's Notebook Bush Fire

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 2

ONE very hot afternoon in summer, father mother and I were motoring to Moruya. The pitiless sun was scorching the grass and the trees…

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Speed Gordon Gauntlet of Fire

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 56

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