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Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 109

Newcastle Guns Open Fire On Suspected Sub

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Coastal batteries at Newcastle last night opened fire on a suspected enemy submarine, according to the official communique issued at Allied Headquarters in Melbourne this afternoon…

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4 Newcastle Guns Open Fire On Suspected Sub

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Coastal batteries at Newcastle last night opened tire on a suspected enemy submarine, according to the official communique issued at Allied Headquarters in Melbourne this afternoon…

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Fire Display at Loan Rally

The Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 7

Crowds in Martin-place at lunch-time today were thrilled of a realistic NES demonstration staged in support of the Liberty Loan. In the picture an oil fire is being extinguished…

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Flew Through Own A-A Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 16 June 1942 · page 3

A United States pilot, who successfully fought his way through anti-aircraft fire from his own AA guns, as well as eluding three Japanese fighters during a dramatic flight from California to Honolulu the day war broke out in the Pacific, has been decorated…

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Petrol Safe in £10,000 Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fire which destroyed one of Victoria's largest garages tonight did not damage underground storage…

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Bombs Stop Nazi Train, Fire Barges

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Spitfires of the Fighter Command, carrying out a series of smallscale operations over occupied…

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Bombs Stop Nazi Train, Fire Barges

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Spitfires of the Fighter Command, carrying out a series of smallscale operations over occupied…

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R.A.F. Pilot's Daring Flight in Paris Hedge-Hopped Across France To Honor French War Dead Burst of Cannon Fire for Nazi Overlords

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Flight-Lieutenant A. K. Gatward is the daring R.A.F. pilot who hedge-hopped across France to Paris to drop a French tricolor or the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and plaster Naz…

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R.A.F. Pilot's Daring Flight in Paris Hedge-Hopped Across France To Honor French War Dead Burst of Cannon Fire for Nazi Overlords

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 2

Flight-Lieutenan A. K. Gatward is the daring R.A.F. pilot who hedge-hopped across France to Paris to drop a French tricolor on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and plaster Nazi military headquarters with…

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R.A.F. Pilot's Daring Flight in Paris Hedge-Hopped Across France To Honor French War Dead Burst of Cannon Fire for Nazi Overlords

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Flight-Lieutenant A. K. Gatward is the daring R.A.F, pilot who hedge-hopped across France to Paris to drop a French tricolor on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and plaster Nazi…

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R.A.F. Pilot's Daring Flight in Paris Hedge-Hopped Across France To Honor French War Dead Burst of Cannon Fire for Nazi Overlords

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Flight-Lieutenant A. K. Gatward is the during R.A.F. pilot who hedge-hopped across France to Paris to drop a French tricolor on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and plaster Nazi…

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Two Men Sent for Trial After Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 3

LITHGOW, Thursday. -- Although he denied on oath the truth of a signed statement, which accused another man of deliberately setting fire…

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Religion and Patriotish Seen As Twin Fires in Catholic Hearts U. S. Chaplain Preaches Sermon On American Flag Day

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 7

"Because religion and patriotism, love of God and love of country, burn as twin fires in Catholic hearts, this observance of Flag Day is fitting and natural," said the Rev. Father T. Shea (U.S. Army Chaplain)…

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Heroic Battle by Convoy to Get Supplies Through Tornado Of Fire As Air Swarms Dived In Incessant Attack LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 18 June 1942 · page 3

Dramatic stories of how British cruisers and destroyers mothered the Tobruk convoy through a tornado of fire in the Mediterranean were told today by men aboard the ships, who have returned to the naval base at Alexandria…

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Suspicious Fires in Ships at British Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Sabotage is suspected to have caused fires in a number of ships in a northern port yesterday…

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Suspicious Fires in Ships at British Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Sabotage is suspected to have caused fires in a number of ships in a northern port yesterday…

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Suspicious Fires in Ships at British Port

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Sabotage is suspected to have caused fires in a number of ships in a northern port yesterday…

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Automobile Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 3

Profit of Automobile Tire and General insurance Co.of Australia. Ltd.for the year ended April 30 is £13,293. an Increase of £1,886 compared with the previous year…

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Automobile, Fire, and General Co

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 7

Accounts of the Automobile, Fire, and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., disclose a profit of £13,293 for the year to April 30, after providing…

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Auto Fire Insurance Profits 16 p.c. Higher

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 8

NET premium income of the Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., declined by £6643 to £123,741 in the year ended April 30, but…

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