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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 109

French Resent Nazi Oppression Relations Critical Machine-guns Blaze in Paris From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 11

Reports persist of the growing antagonism in occupied France to the tactics of oppression practised by the Germans, and of the widening of the breach between the Vichy administration and its German…

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Bushfires on Mountains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 10

Fierce bushfires at Blackheath and Mount Victoria yesterday covered thousands of acres, and menaced property…

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Militia Rushed to Fight Bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON, Tuesday.--Hundreds of militia are being rushed to fight bushfires which are threatening homesteads in the Singleton district. More than 70,000 acres of grazing land and fences have…

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Extensive Bush Fires. Soldiers Assist Fire Fighters

The Propeller · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

Many hundreds of acres of timber, scrub, and grass, were swept by during numerous outbreaks, of fire, some of which were extensive,…

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Fuel Supplies for Bush Fire Fighters

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 9

MANY land owners are concerned about difficulties that may be experienced in obtaining fuel supplies for tractors used to plough fire-breaks during the next few weeks. There is no need for alarm on this account. If it should…

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Fire Destroys House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-- A five-roomed furnished weatherboard house, owned by Mr. D. Christian, and valued at £600, was totally…

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Tourist Fire Places

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

The action of the Blaxland Shire Council, Wallerawang, in constructing 26 tourist fire places at various points along the main roads in the Shire is…

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Fire Destroys House

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-- A five-roomed furnished weatherboard house, owned by Mr. D. Christian, and valued at £600 was totally…

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Fire in Sawdust Heap

The Biz · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

At 10.30 a.m. on Sunday morning, a [?] occurred in the sawdust at the rear of the Wilson Hirst sawmills Gabramatta. The local fire brigade had to…

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Fire Threatens Four Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 7

LISMORE, Wednesday.—With full equipment, between 20 and 30 volunteers left Ballina last night to help local residents to fight spreading heath…

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Bush and Grass Fires. Local Brigades Kept Busy

The Propeller · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 6

Several bush fires, one being of considerable extent, broke out at different points along the East Hills railway line during yesterday…

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Nurse's Veil Set On Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A nursing Sister's long veil became a blazing torch when a gas stove exploded into her face at Sydney Hospital today…

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Boy Arrested After School Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 13

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A 15-year-old boy was arrested to-night following a fire which caused more than £1,000 damage at Kangaroo…

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Nurse's Veil Set On Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A nursing Sister's long veil became a blazing torch when a gas stove exploded into her face at Sydney Hospital today…

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Boy Charged, Fire in School

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A 15-year-old boy was charged with arson today following a fire in the Kangaroo Point School…

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Nurse's Veil Set On Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 4

A nursing Sister's long veil became a blazing torch when a gas stove exploded into her face at Sydney Hospital today…

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Fire Bombs In An Air-Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 5

This ninth of a series of instructions by the N.E.S. Minister (Mr. Heffron) on what to do in an air-raid…

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What Happens When A Fire Bomb Falls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

IT HASN'T HAPPENED... yet, but A.R.P. squads in all big city buildings are geared to a high efficiency, just in case. Coolness, speed and co-ordination are keynotes of the civilians' war. Wardens must act swiftly, surely, avoid overlapping. These three pictures…

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What Happens When A Fire Bomb Falls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

IT HASN'T HAPPENED... yet, but A.R.P. squads in all big city buildings are geared to a high efficiency, just in case. Coolness, speed and co-ordination are keynotes of the civilians' war. Wardens must act swiftly, surely, avoid overlapping. These three pictures…

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What Happens When A Fire Bomb Falls

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 1

IT HASN'T HAPPENED.... yet, but A.R.P. squads in all big city buildings are geared to a high efficiency, just in case. Coolness, speed and co-ordination are keynotes of the civilians' war. Wardens must act swiftly, surely, avoid overlapping. These three pictures…

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