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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 109

TARZAN Fire Machine

The Sun · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 6

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National Emergency Services Fire Brigade Display

The Observer · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 3

By courtesy of the Fire Brigades Board, a number of its officers gave a display of bomb fire fighting at Sutherland-Cronulla recently…

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U-boat Fires on Crew of Victim New York

The Sun · Saturday 9 May 1942 · page 2

Fourteen survivors of two US merchant ships torpedoed in the Caribbean have landed at east coast ports--one party of 14 in…

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Control Of Fire Bombs

The Sun · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 7

In a campaign to instruct NSW people in how to control enemy oil and incendiary bombs, Fife Brigade experts have given…

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RUSSIA The question, as spring came, was who would fire first

The Sun · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 2

As the May sun shed its warmth on Nazi and Russian armies this week, it was as if the ghost of the commander of Fontenoy had arisen, in fluttering plumes and laces, to bow to the enemy and call: "Apres vous, Messieurs, tirez…

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Beaverbrooh Helps Firemen Fight Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Lord Beaverbrook's country home in Surrey for the past 30…

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Beaverbrook's Fire

The Sun · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Cherkley Oourt, Lord Beaverbrook's country home in Surrey for the past 30 years, was badly damaged by…

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Birthday Recalls Baptism of Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve months ago on Saturday night, the London staff of the Daily Mirror was preparing for…

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Fire Forces Men From Coalmine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 6

To stop a fire which broke out in the Belmont Colliery, near Lake Macquarie, on Saturday, the workings will be flooded today. Eighty men and 40 horses were underground when…

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Birthday Recalls Baptism of Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve months ago on Saturday night, the London staff of the Daily Mirror was preparing for…

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Birthday Recalls Baptism of Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve months ago on Saturday night, the London staff of the Daily Mirror was preparing for…

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Birthday Recalls Baptism of Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve months ago on Saturday night, the London staff of the Daily Mirror was preparing for…

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Birthday Recalls Baptism of Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- Twelve months ago on Saturday night, the London staff of the Daily Mirror was preparing for…

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Fire in Coal Mine Workings to be Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Belmont No. 1 Colliery, near Newcastle, is to be flooded to-morrow to extinguish a fire which was…

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Nazis Can Watch 'Home Fires Burn' R.A.F. Bombing To Be Nonstop LONDON

The Sun · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 4

If the German people wish to escape the terrible bombing of the RAF in the coming summer, autumn and winter, they should leave the war factories, go out into the fields and "watch…

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Church Fire at Manly

The Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

A fire today in the roof of the Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic Church, Manly, gutted…

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Fire Still Rages in Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- No attempt will be made to recover machinery or equipment still remaining in Belmont Colliery No. 1. in…

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Fire Damages Old Manly Church

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 4

Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Whistler Street, Manly, was severely damaged by fire, and two nearby schools were…

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Fire Still Rages in Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- No attempt will be made to recover machinery or equipment still remaining in Belmont Colliery No. 1, in…

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Fire Damages Old Manly Church

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 4

Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Whistler Street, Manly, was severely damaged by fire, and two nearby schools were…

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