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Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 109

Fire Damages Dempsey's Cafe

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 7

NEW YORK.-- Fire caused £460 damage to food and equipment m the Broadway restaurant of Jack Dempsey recently…

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Fire Damages Dempsey's Cafe

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 7

NEW YORK.-- Fire caused £460 damage to food and equipment in the Broadway restaurant of Jack Dempsey recently…

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Fire Damages Dempsey's Cafe

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 7

NEW YORK.-- Fire caused £460 damage to food and equipment in the Broadway restaurant of Jack Dempsey recently…

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Fire Damages Dempsey's Cafe

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 7

YEW YORK.-- Fire caused £460 damage to food and equipment in the Broadway restaurant of Jack Dempsey recently…

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One Ship Crippled, Another Blaze Smashing Raids Made On New Guinea and Rabaul

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Heavy attacks by our air force on Lae (New Guinea) and Rabaul were carried out yesterday. Our attack on Lae resulted in the destruction of two enemy bombers, and a tanker in the harbor was badly damaged. JAPANESE fighters which…

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Farmed Under Nazi Fire Man, Wife, Land Girl Decorated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 10

LONDON, May 22 (A.A.P.).— George Medals have been awarded to a British farmer, his wife, and a woman helper for…

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Wool Fires at Botany

The Sun · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 4

An early inspection was made today of damage done to 300 bales of wool by fires at the premises of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., Botany, last night. The cause of one fire is still unknown…

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Arson Squad to Probe Wool Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

The Acting Chief of the Arson Squad (Detective-Seraeant Gilmore) has been assigned to investigate two fires which occurred within 15 minutes of each other at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., woollen mills, Lord Street, Botany, last night…

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Arson Squad to Probe Wool Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

The Acting Chief of the Arson Squad (Detective-Sergeant Gilmore) has been assigned to investigate two fires which occurred within 15 minutes of each other at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., woollen mills, Lord Street, Botany, last night…

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Arson Squad to Probe Wool Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

The Acting Chief of the Arson Squad (Detective-Sergeant Gilmore) has been assigned to investigate two fires which occurred within 15 minutes of each other at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., woollen mills, Lord Street, Botany, last night…

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Arson Squad to Probe Wool Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

The Acting Chief of the Arson Squad (Detective-Sergeant Gilmore) has been assigned to investigate two fires which occurred within 15 minutes of each other at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., woollen mills, Lord Street, Botany, last night…

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Arson Squad to Probe Wool Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 1

The Acting Chief of the Arson Squad (Detective-Sergeant Gilmore) has been assigned to investigate two fires which occurred within 15 minutes of each other at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., woollen mills, Lord Street, Botany, last night…

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Wool Destroyed in Botany Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

EMPLOYEES AT THE woollen mills of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd.. Lord Street, Botany, were busy sorting out the usable from the burnt wool this morning after two tires which destroyed 500 bales of wool valued at £15,000 last night. The building, valued at £5000, was also destroyed. Detectives called in to investigate the fires described them as "suspicious."…

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Police Investigate Woollen Mill Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 1

Two unexplained fires occurred within 20 minutes of each other early last night, at the woollen mills of F. W. Hughes Pty., Ltd., Lord Street, Botany…

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Wool Destroyed in Botany Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

EMPLOYEES AT THE woollen mills of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., Lord Street, Botany, were busy sorting out the usable from the burnt wool this morning after two fires which destroyed 500 bales of wool valued at £15,000 last night. The building, valued at £5000, was also destroyed. Detectives called in to investigate the fires described them as "suspicious."…

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Wool Destroyed in Botany Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

EMPLOYEES AT THE woollen mills of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., Lord Street, Botany, were busy sorting out the usable from the burnt wool this morning after two fires which destroyed 500 bales of wool valued at £15,000 last night. The building, valued at £5000, was also destroyed. Detectives called in to investigate the fires described them as "suspicious."…

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Wool Destroyed in Botany Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

EMPLOYEES AT THE woollen mills of F. W. Hushes Pty. Ltd., Lord Street, Botany, were busy sorting out the usable from the burnt wool this morning after two fires which destroyed 500 bales of wool valued at £15,000 last night. The building, valued at £5000, was also destroyed. Detectives called in to investigate the fires described them as "suspicious."…

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Wool Destroyed in Botany Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 3

EMPLOYEES AT THE woollen mills of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., Lord Street, Botany, were busy sorting out the usable from the burnt wool this morning after two fires which destroyed 500 bales of wool valued at £15,000 last night. The building, valued at £5000, was also destroyed. Detectives called in to investigate the fires described them as "suspicious."…

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Two Fires Start Wool Works Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 5

Two fires broke out in the wool works of F. W. Huges Pty., Ltd., Lord Street, Botany, last night, causing damage estimated…

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Injured in Botany Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 2

INJURED FIREMAN, Frederick Fern, was wrapped in hessian and given first-aid by candlelight last night. Fern was hit by a falling beam while fighting a fire in the wool-packing mill of F. W. Hughes Pty., Ltd., Botany…

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