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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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Martial Law in Wide Areas of Russia Big Fire Raids Expected LONDON

The Sun · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 2

The Soviet Supreme Council has proclaimed martial law in the whole of Western Russia and general mobilisation in the 11 military commands, including Leningrad, Kiev, Orel, Odessa, the Volga, Moscow, the Urals, Archangel, the North Caucasus,…

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