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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 109

Another Fire in Normandie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 5

NEW YORK, April 19 (A.A.P.). —Another fire broke out in the capsized French liner Normandie (83,423 tons) yesterday, but the…

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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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Second Fire on Normandie

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 5

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

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Big Damage In City Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

More than 30 firemen fought a large blaze at Kelly's furniture warehouse, Pitt Street, this afternoon…

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Stop Press £10,000 Fire

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 1

A disastrous tire broke out late this afternoon in the second [?] of Kelly's [?]ture Pty. Ltd. Pitt-st[?]…

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Big Damage In City Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

More than 30 firemen fought a large blaze at Kelly's furniture warehouse, Pitt Street, this afternoon…

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Guerrillas Fire Japanese H.Q. CHUNGKING

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 2

Chinese guerrillas set fire to Japanese headquarters at Anting, capital of Anhwei province, on April 1. causing pandemonium…

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New Scares for Tokio: Bombers Seen at Night Nazis Report Factory Fires

The Sun · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 1

Grim reminders that American bombers could strike again were given when two new raid alarms sounded yesterday in Tokio, at Yokosuka naval base (Tokio…

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Another Air-raid Alert in Tokio First Allied Bombs Start Big Fires At Kobe, Nagoya

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1942 · page 1

Tokio had another air-raid alert yesterday, says the Berlin news agency, quoting a Japanese report. "Successive alarms were sounded soon…

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Blaze in City Store

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 7

An electrical infuser heating a billy can of tea is believed to have started a fire on the first floor of premises occupied by…

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City Furniture Store Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 6

The upper floor of Kelly's two-story furniture store in Pitt Street was gutted by fire yesterday afternoon…

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3 Carriers in Raid, Japs Claim Tokio Factories, Houses, Cinemas Burnt Out

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 1

A Tokio communique says three aircraft-carriers were used in Saturday's raids on Japan, when Tokio, Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagoya were bombed…

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Another Fire On Capsized Normandie

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 2

Cable advices received from New York states that another fire broke out in the capsized French liner Normandie, but the blaze…

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Normandie Fire Blame On Men WASHINGTON

The Sun · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 4

Full responsibility for the £1,562,000 fire on the former French liner Normandie (83,423 tons) on February 9 is placed…

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Dive Bombers Arid Artillery Pound Daily At intrepid Corregidor Fort Batteries Still T Blaze Defiance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 April 1942 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--A combination siege artillerydive bombing technique is being developed by the Japanese in a fierce endeavor to blast the island fortress of Corregidor into surrender…

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Compulsory Levy for Bush Fire Brigades?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 8

Can a council compel property owners to contribute to the cost of bush-fire fighting brigades? This question was put to Baulkham…

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Imaginary Fires Confuse Firemen, Soys Water Bd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 8

So many calls about imaginary fires were received from wardens by a North Shore line fire brigade during last…

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Imaginary Fires Confuse Firmen, Says Water Bd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 8

So many calls about imaginary fires were received from. wardens by a North Shore line fire brigade during last…

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Imaginary Fires Confuse Firemen, Says Water Bd

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 8

So many calls about imaginary fires were received from wardens by a North Shore line fire brigade during last…

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First Fire on Normandie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 8

NEW YORK, April 21.—The finding of the Court of Inquiry into the fire on the French liner Normandie (83,423 tons) on February [?] was…

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