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Fires & bushfires, 1941

1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 88

Germans Hammered in Syria French Fire At H. A. F. Report That Russia May Join Nazis for March on Oilfields

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--As tension on the Syria-Palestine border hourly increases, the R. A. F. has renewed its attacks on German-occupied airports in Syria and the Mosul and Bagdad areas (Irak). Many enemy planes have been destroyed on…

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Germans Hammered in Syria French Fire At R. A. F. Report That Russia May Join Nazis for March on Oilfields

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--As tension on the Syria- Palestine border hourly increases, the R. A. F. has renewed its attacks on German- occupied airports in Syria and the Mosul and Bagdad areas (Irak). Many enemy planes have been destroyed on…

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Fire Danger

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 2

Stating that long grass and undergrowth on vacant land constitute a fire danger to 125 Excelsior-street and adjacent properties, the Board of Fire…

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Grinnell Sprinklers and London Fires

Construction · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 2

A Sprinkler Bulletin just received from London is able to give an exceedingly fine account for sprinkler installations through the London fires and bombs, where some extraordinary “saves” have been…

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Kent Street Blaze. Dense Smoke. 12 Firemen Overcome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 11

Twelve firemen were overcome by smoke and acrid fumes while fighting a fire in about 200 tons of hemp at the warehouse of A. Forsyth and Co…

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Fire At Glebe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 9

FIRE which destroyed the top floor of a two-storey building occupied by Pabco Products, Wigram Road, Glebe, last night, was caused by…

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Fire-fighting Corps

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 2

Composed of district volunteers, an auxiliary fire fighting corps has been formed in Auburn district to deal with fires caused by possible enemy…

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Fire At Glebe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 9

FIRE which destroyed the top floor of a two-storey building occupied by Pabco Products, Wigram Road, Glebe, last night, was caused by…

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Fire At Glebe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 9

FIRE which destroyed the top floor of a two-storey building occupied by Pabco Products, Wigram Road, Glebe, last night, was caused by…

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Fire At Glebe

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 9

FIRE which destroyed the top floor of a two-storey building occupied by Pabco Products, Wigram Road, Glebe, last night, was caused by…

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Appointment to Fire Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 5

Alderman H. K. W. Mackenzie, of Orange, was yesterday elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales as representative of country…

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Fire Set to Start Sprinkler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 11

Police and firemen believe that some person deliberately placed blazing cotton wool, which had been saturated with a highly inflammable spirit, under…

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Firemen Drugged in Blaze Fumes Of Deadly Cannabis Emitted By Burning Hemp

The Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

Firemen who reeled from the burning Kent-street warehouse during last night's disastrous fire, or…

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Rome News. Big Fire in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 1

Twelve firemen were overcome by smoke and fumes while fighting a fire to about 209 tons of hemp in a warehouse in Kent Street last night…

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Early Morning Fire Guts Shop At Bondi Junction

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

A SHOP in the Bondi junction Arcade occupied by the Eastern Suburbs Finance Co. was burnt out when a fire broke out early this…

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Early Morning Fire Guts Shop At Bondi Junction

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

A SHOP in the Bondi Junction Arcade occupied by the Eastern Suburbs Finance Co. was burnt out when a fire broke out early this…

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Early Morning Fire Guts Shop At Bondi Junction

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

A SHOP in the Bondi Junction Arcade occupied by the Eastern Suburbs Finance Co. was burnt out when a fire broke out early this…

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Early Morning Fire Guts Shop At Bondi Junction

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 7

A SHOP in the Bondi Junction Arcade occupied by the Eastern Suburbs Finance Co. was burnt out when a fire broke out early this…

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A.i.f. Wives Want New Houses to Keep the Home Fires Burning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 13

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--If female determination has anything to do with it, members of the fighting forces abroad may return home after the war to find not only that the home fires are burning, but that they are also warming brand new homes…

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Government Under Fire for Muddle On Air Blitz Front LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 5

When the Minister for Home Security (Mr. Herbert Morrison) claimed in the House of Commons to-day that great advances had been made in the creation of a force to fight air blitz fires, the Government was hotly criticised for "losing the battle on the Home Front."…

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