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Fires & bushfires, 1941

1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 88

Boy Started Fire Under Talkie Theatre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 11

BABINDA, Saturday.--An attempt to burn Babinda's modern talkie show (Beattie's Theatre) was frustrated in the nick of time when the…

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Boy Started Fire Under Talkie Theatre

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 11

BABINDA, Saturday.--An attempt to. burn Babinda's modern talkie show (Beattie's Theatre) was frustrated in the nick of time when the…

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Mystery of the Week Coles Without Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 4

MR. G. D. H. and Mrs. M. Cole, the Darby and Joan of detective fiction, evoke my awe rather…

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Keep the Home Fires Burning

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 25

At the R.A.A.F. canteen, Woolloomooloo, Miss M. Bass and Mrs. Harry Hartman serve Sgt. A. F. Gunner and Sgt.-Pilot L. Matthews…

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Roosevelt May Order Navy to Fire on Nazis Washington

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 3

President Roosevelt's strong message to Congress, condemning the sinking of the U.S. freighter Robin Moor as a "blatant act of piracy," will soon be followed by new and far-reaching…

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"Firebug" Suspected in Gippsland Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Police beleive that there is a "firebug" at Orbost in Gippsland. This morning the fourth mysterious…

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Collides With Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

RICHARD MORRIS (17), of Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, died in Royal South Sydney Hospital last night from injuries received when…

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Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

FIRE broke out on the third floor of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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Fire Engine in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 11

Richard Henry Morris, 16, of Dunningham Avenue, Rosebery, suffered a fracture of the skull when a motor cycle he was riding was in collision with a fire engine in Botany…

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Collides With Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

RICHARD MORRIS (17), of Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, died in Royal South Sydney Hospital last night from injuries received when…

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Collides With Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 4

RICHARD MORRIS (17), of Dunningham, Avenue, Rosebery, died in Royal South Sydney Hospital last night from injuries received when…

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Collides With Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

RICHARD MORRIS (17), of Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, died in Royal South Sydney Hospital last night from injuries received when…

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Collides With Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

RICHARD MORRIS (17), of Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, died in Royal South Sydney Hospital last night from injuries received when…

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Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

FIRE broke out on the third floor A of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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Police Rescue Equipment From Brisbane Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 23

BRISBANE, Monday.--Forty - odd men from Detective Headquarters were ready to save valuable equipment and records in the police…

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Police Rescue Equipment From Brisbane Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 23

BRISBANE, Monday.-- Forty odd men from Detective Headquarters were ready to save valuable equipment and records in the police…

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News Brevities Froom Far and Near Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

FIRE broke out on the third floor of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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News Brevities From Far and Near Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

FIRE broke out on the third floor of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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News Brevities From Far and Near Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

FIRE broke out on the third floor of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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News Brevities From Far and Near Fire In Cotton Mill

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 9

FIRE broke out on the third floor. of the Bradford Cotton Mills, Parramatta Road, last night, and a quantity of spun wool was destroyed…

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