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Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 109

Night Blaze in Block of Flats

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 1

RESIDENTS rushed from the building in their night attire when a fire broke out in a block of 12 flats in Campbell Parade, Bondi, at 1.10…

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Night Blaze in Block of Flats

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 10

RESIDENTS rushed from the building in their night attire when a fire broke out in "Shangrila," a block of 12 flats in Campbell Parade,…

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Night Blaze in Block of Flats

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 10

RESIDENTS rushed from the building in their night attire when a fire broke out in "Shangrila," a block of 12 flats in Campbell Parade,…

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Night Blaze in Block of Flats

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 10

RESIDENTS rushed from the building in their night attire when a fire broke out in "Shangrila," a block of 12 flats in Campbell Parade,…

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Control of Fire Bombs

The Sun · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 7

Instructions in control of incendiary bombs will be given by Fire Brigade experts tonight at an open-air demonstration at…

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Five Die in Fire in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 5

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Wednesday. -- Mrs. Emile Clifton and her four children were burned to death in their home in Ashburton County today…

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50 Priests Rush To Aid Dying In Liner Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 1

New York.—More than fifty priests from parishes throughout the city rushed to the scene to minister to…

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New R.a.f. Fire Bomb Our Own Correspondent and A.a.p

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 6

LONDON, April 15.—The R.A.F. is dropping a new type of incendiary bomb on Germany, causing considerable damage and trouble to the…

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Disastrous Fire at Fontaineblue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 5

LONDON, April 16 (A.A.P.).— Vichy Radio says that an enormous fire has been raging at Fontainebleu for the last two days, defying all…

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Drawing the enemy fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 9

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Drawing the enemy fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 9

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Daily Mirror · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 9

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Daily Mirror · Friday 17 April 1942 · page 9

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The Balkans were spitting fire

The Sun · Sunday 19 April 1942 · page 1

Bombing and machine-gunning retreating Germans in central and western Serbia this week was an air force composed of…

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Tokio, Three Other Cities Bombed -- Big Fires Reported U.S. Raiders From Aircraft Carrier Say Japanese WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 19 April 1942 · page 1

Tokio, capital of Japan, and three other big cities, Kobe, Yokohama, and Nagoya, were bombed today, official Japanese communiques admit. These were the first raids ever suffered…

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Malta's Guns Blaze Again London

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

Malta had three heavy air raids yesterday, chiefly against aerodromes and the harbor. Three raiders were shot down…

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Fire at Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 7

A spark from an oxy-welding torch started a fire in a building at Lever Bros., Balmain, on Saturday. Slight, damage was done to oil case stored…

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Another Fire on Normandie

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.). -- Fire broke out again last night on the crippled French luxury liner Normandie…

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Third Fire on Normandie

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--What radio analyst H. V. Kaltenborn in his broadcast called "A monument to American carelessness" occurred late…

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