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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 109

Mystery Fire On Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

A fire which broke out on a goods train on the northern side of the Hawkesbury bridge at 3 a.m. today destroyed one…

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Fire on Furniture Lorry

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 6

A fire broke out in the hessian packing of one of E. G. Glass and Co.'s motor lorries while the vehicle was standing in Forest Road,…

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Another Fire on Train Gosford

The Sun · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

The third train fire in this State in less than a fortnight occurred at Hawkesbury River…

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Docks an Inferno Amazing Blitz Fires German Baltic Port LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

"The whole area around the docks was a gigantic fire," said the commanding officer of a Wellington bomber squadron, describing, in a broadcast, the recent heavy attack on the German…

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National Council of Jewish Women Fire Fighting Demonstration

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 7

All members of the First Aid Classes anfl other members car attend a Fire lighting Demonstration at the Fire Brigade Headquarters, 217 Castlereagh St…

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Fire in Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 7

GOSFORD, Thursday.—A fire on a goods train going north was discovered to-day as the train was passing over tha Hawkesbury cliver bridge. It…

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Son Charged With Starting Cafe Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

GOSFORD, Thursday.--Police arrested Thomas Edward Foster, 31, of Woy Woy, in the bush near Hornsby late this afternoon, and charged him…

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Bombs, Fires Raze French Motor Plant LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

Fires caused by the RAF raid on Wednesday on the great Matford motor works at Poissy, near Paris, were still raging when bombers again blasted the plant on Thursday…

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Cycle Clips Clue To Fire Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A man who was burned to death in bed in a house at Yarra Junction last night is believed to have been identified by…

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Fire Ends Bus Run PERTH

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

The bus service operating on the metropolitan route was virtually wiped out early today when a fire did damage…

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Japanese Fire On Airmen In Dinghy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--After an R.A.A.F. Hudson bomber had been shot down off Malaya and the crew was drifting in a rubber dinghy, a Japanese…

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Stop Press Jap Cruiser and Transport Set N Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 12

WASHINGTON. Saturday.--American heavy bombers have set Jap cruiser and transport on fire off Andaman Islands in Bay…

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Japanese Troopship and Cruiser Set on Fire Sensational Swoop By U.S. Planes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

IN a sensational offensive sweep over the Bay of Bengal big American bombers set on fire a Japanese cruiser and a troopship, and damaged two…

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Japanese Troopship and Cruiser Set on Fire Sensational Swoop By U.S. Planes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

IN a sensational offensive sweep over the Bay of Bengal big American bombers set on fire a Japanese cruiser and a troopship, and damaged two…

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Japanese Troopship and Cruiser Set on Fire Sensational Swoop By U.S. Planes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

IN a sensational offensive sweep over the Bay of Bengal big American bombers set on fire a Japanese cruiser and a troopship, and damaged two…

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Japanese Troopship and Cruiser Set on Fire Sensational Swoop By U.S. Planes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 1

IN a sensational offensive sweep over the Bay of Bengal big American bombers set on fire a Japanese cruiser and a troopship, and damaged two…

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Hospital Plan Under Fire

The Sun · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 7

Criticism of the Hospitals Commission for "failure to police its own rulings" marked a meeting of the executive of…

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Geisha Squad in Fire Drill

Truth · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 17

JAP GIRLS ARE "ALL HANDS TO THE PUMPS" AS TOKIO PREPARES FOR THE BLITZ THAT IS TO COME…

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Dive Under Oil Blaze

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

Caught between two fires--his ship an inferno behind him and a patch of blazing oil before him--an engineer chose the…

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Attempt To Fire Cinema

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Three incendiary bombs ignited prematurely, it is believed, in an attempt to set fire to a Belfast…

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