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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 109

Big Fires Reported In Rangoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--It is unofficially reported that warehouses containing goods which cannot be readily moved have…

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Normandie Fire Not Sabotage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--It has been definitely proved that no sabotage was involved in the fire which destroyed the liner Normandie (83,400…

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Colonial Fire Nets £64,211

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 7

Accounts of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., disclose a profit of £64,211 for the year to…

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Col. Mutual Fire Net Earnings Higher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 14

AN Increase of £21,988 to £419,077 in premium receipts and of £6104 to £64211 in net profits is shown by accounts of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,…

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Col. Mutual Fire Net Earnings Higher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 14

AN increase of £21,988 to £419,077 in premium receipts and of £6104 to £64,211 in net profits is shown by accounts of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,…

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Col. Mutual Fire Net Earnings Higher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 14

AN increase of £21,988 to £410,077 In premium receipts and of £6104 to £64,211 in net profits is shown by accounts of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,…

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Fierce Fire at Leichhardt Furniture Factory Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 11

Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was done by a fire which gutted a wicker furniture factory, and threatened…

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Fires Rage in Rangoon As Japs Push on Grim Battle On 100-Mile Front

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

WITH Japan's strongly reinforced armies drawing closer to, Rangoon, huge fires are springing up in various parts of the beautiful city in which ancient Oriental and modern Western architecture blend in…

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Fires Rage in Rangoon As Japs Push on Grim Battle On 100-Mile Front

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

WITH Japan's strongly reinforced armies drawing closer to Rangoon, huge fires are springing up in various parts of the beautiful city in which ancient oriental and modern western architecture blend in…

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Fires Rage in Rangoon As Japs Push on Grim Battle On 100-Mile Front

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

WITH Japan's strongly reinforced armies drawing closer to Rangoon, huge fires are springing up in various parts of the beautiful city in which ancient Oriental, and modem Western architecture blend in…

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Fires Rage in Rangoon As Japs Push on Grim Battle On 100-Mile Front

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

WITH Japan's strongly reinforced armies drawing closer to Rangoon, huge fires are springing up in various part of the beautiful city in which ancient Oriental and modern Western architecture blend in…

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Bush Fires Continue

The Propeller · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 6

Although there have been no extensive outbreaks, scrub and grass fires at numerous points throughout St. George have kept local firemen…

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R.A.A.F. Strikes in Widespread Raids Big Fires Started At Rabaul, Enemy Attacked In Timor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 1

The R.A.A.F. is taking the offensive in the near-Australian zone of the Pacific war. On Tuesday night, operations extended from Dilli (450 mHes north-west of Darwin) to Rabaul (1550 miles…

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What to Do in an Air Raid. Advice to Residents. Fire Fighting

The Propeller · Thursday 26 February 1942 · page 7

In a sudden air raid much needless damage can be caused by fires if people are not prepared to act immediately to protect their own homes…

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Extensive Damage in City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 6

Fine early this morning destroyed three floors of the four-storied building of R. Pontifex and Co., printers. 422 Sussex Street, city, near Goulburn…

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Early Morning Fire in City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 2

Fire broke out at 1 a.m. today in the four-story premises of R. Pontifex and Co., Printers, of 422 Sussex Street, City…

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SAYS A. I. F. Man Menaced Sentry with Bayonet Orders Were To Fire After Warning, States Witness At Inquest

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

Evidence that Stanley Joseph Plumb, member of the AIF, had slipped the bayonet off a militiaman's rifle and had brandished it at a sentry named McGraw, was given by the militiaman, Claude John McKeon, in the Coroner's Court today…

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Fire Destroys Plane

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Two pilot trainees escaped, injury today when a R.A.A.F. aircraft from a Victorian training school turned…

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Fire Destroys Plane

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Two pilot trainees escaped injury today when a R.A.A.F. aircraft from a Victorian training, school turned…

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Fire Bomb Display

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1942 · page 13

A demonstration on control of incendiary bombs will be held at Boronia Park,Hunter's Hill, on Tuesday at 8 p.m…

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