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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 109

Pictures of A.I.F. Taken Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 1

FIRST pictures taken of the A.I.F. in action appear on Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. They were taken under fire by Frank…

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Pictures of A.I.F. Taken Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 1

FIRST pictures taken of the A.I.F. in action appear on Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. They were taken under fire by Frank…

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Bushfire and Flood Warnings Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 3

When weather conditions in a particular region produce acute bushfire hazards immediately endangering Australian…

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Singapore Blaze After Jap Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

SMOKE POURING FROM BUILDINGS set afire by Japanese bombs during an air raid on Singapore early last week. (Dept. of Information Official Film Unit picture from Cinesound Newsreel.)…

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Singapore Blaze After Jap Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

SMOKE POURING FROM BUILDINGS set afire by Japanese bombs during an air raid on Singapore early last week. (Dept. of Information Official Film Unit picture from Cinesound Newsreel.)…

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Singapore Blaze After Jap Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

SMOKE POURING FROM BUILDINGS set afire by Japanese bombs during an air raid on Singapore early last week. (Dept. of Information Official Film Unit picture from Cinesound Newsreel.)…

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Singapore Blaze After Jap Raid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

SMOKE POURING FROM BUILDINGS set afire by Japanese bombs during an air raid on Singapore early last week. (Dept. of Information Official Film Unit picture from Cinesound Newsreel.)…

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Malata War Photographed Under Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 10

The pictures of the war in Malaya appearing on this page and on page 11 were taken under fire by an Australian cameraman, F. Bagnall, of the A.I.F. Film Unit, when Australian troops first encountered the enemy. During: the filming the unit was for a time cut off by infiltrating Japanese troops. The pictures above show Japanese tanks ablaze…

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Causes of Bush Fires Care Even More Necessary Now

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

Speaking over the National network the chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee (Mr H. E. Messer) said that the goal of the committee…

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Fires at Cabramatta

The Biz · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon, Liverpool Fire Brigade attended and extinguished with buckets of water a small fire in Cumberland Street, Cabramatta…

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£10,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused when a fire destroyed four shops in the main street of Waratah last night…

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£10,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £10.000 was caused when a fire destroyed four shops in the main street of Waratah last night…

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£10,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £10.000 was caused when a fire destroyed four shops in the main street of Waratah last night…

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£10,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused when a fire destroyed four shops in the main street of Waratah last night…

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£10,000 Fire Damage in Tasmanian Town

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Thursday.--Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused when a fire destroyed four shops in the main street of Waratah last night…

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Mystery Death In Shack Fire Wellington (Nz.)

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

The charred remains of Mary Currie, aged 45, head laundress at the Porirua Mental Hospital, were found in a seaside shack…

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Document Photography How Britain Saves Valuable Records from Nazis Fire Bombs

The Broadcaster · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

[?] of [?] became a serious [?]…

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Fined for Leaving Fire Unattended

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

SIMUNSANKO Yugoslav tomato grower, was fined £5 at Manly Police Court today on a charge of having left a fire at Warriewood un-…

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Fined for Leaving Fire Unattended

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

SIMUNSANKO Yugoslav tomato grower, was fined £5 at Manly Police Court today on a charge of having left a fire at Warriewood un-…

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Murder Theory In N.Z. Fire Fatality

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--The charred remains of Mary" Currie (45), head laundress at Porirua Mental Hospital, have…

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