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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 109

Fire Brigades Answer 1270 False Alarms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 14

REFERRING today to the fact that Sydney and suburban fire brigades answered 1270 false alarms during the past year, the Chief…

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The Normandie Badly Damaged by Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 2

The huge French liner Normandie, the second largest passenger liner ever built, and recently taken over by the…

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Fire Brigades Answer 1270 False Alarms

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 14

REFERRING today to the fact that Sydney and suburban fire brigades answered 1270 false alarms during the past year, the Chief…

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Air Raid Hint No. 38 Get Fire Under Control

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 5

Fires caused by incendiary bombs must first be controlled in dealing with these air…

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Raid Hint No. 38 What You Must Do If Fire Bombs Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 8

IF a fire bomb has fallen in any place where there is inflammable material and fires have been caused, the fires must be controlled first. It…

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Raid Hint No. 38 What You Must Do If Fire Bombs Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 8

IF a fire bomb has fallen in any place where there is inflammable material and fires have been caused, the fires must be controlled first. It…

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Raid Hint No. 38 What You Must Do If Fire Bombs Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 8

IF a fire bomb has fallen in any place where there is inflammable material and fires have been caused, the fires must be controlled first. It…

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Raid Hint No. 38 What You Must Do If Fire Bombs Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 8

IF a fire bomb has fallen in any place where there is inflammable material and fires have been caused, the fires must be controlled first. It…

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Raid Hint No. 38 What You Must Do If Fire Bombs Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 8

IF a fire bomb has fallen in any place where there is inflammable material and fires have been caused, the fires must be controlled first. It…

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Big Fires Provide Awesome Spectacle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 11 (A.A.P.).— Big fires raged on the northern part of Singapore Island on Tuesday like an angry sunset…

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Liner Fire Revelations

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Leading newspapers alleged yesterday that the total loss by fire of the £15,000,000 Atlantic…

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Liner Fire Revelations

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Leading newspapers alleged yesterday that the total loss by fire of the £15,000,000 Atlantic…

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Liner Fire Revelations

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Leading newspapers alleged yesterday that the total loss by fire of the £15,000,000 Atlantic…

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Liner Fire Revelations

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Leading newspapers alleged yesterday that the total loss by fire of the £15,000,000 Atlantic…

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Normandie Fire "Not Sabotage"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).-- Naval and civilian authorities rule out sabotage as the cause of the fire aboard the former French luxury liner Normandie…

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Normandie Fire Sabotage Not To Blame

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 6

NEW YORK, Feb. 11. (A.A.P.). —The District Attorney reported yesterday that following an investigation which had lasted all…

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The Turf Fires in Air Raids Trainers' Work Dealing with Frantic Horses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 8

Warnings to trainers to be prepared for outbreaks of fire during air raids have been issued by the A.J.C. committee…

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Muddle in Big Ship Fire New York

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 4

Charges of muddle in fighting the fire on the liner Normandie are made by newspapers…

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R.A.A.F. Bombs Set Jap Vessel on Fire Grim Battle At Singapore

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN bombers operating from New Guinea bases set a 7000-ton Japanese transport on fire yesterday, during an attack on enemy shipping at Gasmata (New Britain)…

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R.A.A.F. Sets Jap Ship on Fire at Gasmata Grim Battle At Singapore

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN bombers operating from New Guinea bases set cs 7000-ton Japanese transport on fire yesterday, during an attack on enemy shipping at Gasmata (New Britain)…

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