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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 109

Man And Girl Perish In Big City Blaze--Dramatic Rescues Youth's Leap to Big Ladder; Girl in Flames Saved

The Sun · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 3

A girl and a man were burned to death, and another girl and a youth were dramatically rescued with the big extension ladder when a fire swept through a six-story building in…

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Bush Fires Are Fewer

The Sun · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 3

Declaring that bushfire prevention propaganda was clearly producing results, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said…

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Drop in Bush Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 3

BUSHFIRE damage which reached a peak of £580,000 in 1938-39 dropped to an all-time low of £200,000 in 1941-2, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Drop in Bush Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 3

BUSHFIRE damage which reached a peak of £580,000 in 1938-39 dropped to an all-time low of £200,000 in 1941-2, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Drop in Bush Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 3

BUSHFIRE damage which reached a peak of £580,000 in 1938-39 dropped to an all-time low of £200,000, in 1941-2, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Wardens in Fire Fight

The Sun · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 3

NES wardens of Middle Head-road, Mosman, had their first real fire-fighting experience, today, when they assisted in quelling a fire which destroyed the top…

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Jap Bases On Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Allied aircraft last night raided Japanese aerodromes and military…

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Tragic Fire in City Burned Boy Wanted to Stay and See Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"Gee, I'd like to have stayed and seen the fire, but they took me off to hospital," lamented John Williams, 14, yesterday afternoon. Sitting up in his cot in St…

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Firemen Fight Blaze on Burning Ship Cargo Taken From Holds Hundreds Watch Drama in Port

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

Fire broke out on a merchant ship at an Australian port early this morning. Most of the cargo was saved, and there were no casualties. Firemen within a few minutes were pouring…

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Firemen Fight Blaze on Burning Ship Cargo Taken From Holds Hundreds Watch Drama in Port

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

Fire broke out on a merchant ship at an Australian port early this morning. Most of the cargo was saved, and there were no casualties. Firemen within a few minutes were pouring…

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Two Killed in Fire Ladder Rescue in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 9

A man and a woman were burned to death, four people were injured, and damage estimated at between £40,000 and…

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Man, Girl Killed in Big Factory Fire Boy's Dramatic Leap To Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

When fire destroyed a six-story factory building in Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, yesterday, John Williams, 14, saved his life by leaping 10 feet from a parapet, 60ft. above…

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"Gestapo" Bureau Attacked by Minister Army Relations Under Fire "Fascist Tactics" Against Reporters

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"I cannot understand the Gestapo methods being adopted by the Army Public Relations Bureau since the conference in Melbourne. Questioning of journalists by detectives was totally unwarranted and savors of Fascist tactics--the very thing we…

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"Gestapo" Bureau Attacked by Minister Army Relations Under Fire "Fascist Tactics" Against Reporters

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"I cannot understand the Gestapo methods being adopted by the Army Public Relations Bureau since the conference in Melbourne. Questioning of journalists by detectives was totally unwarranted and savors of Fascist tactics--the very thing we…

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"Gestapo" Bureau Attacked by Minister Army Relations Under Fire "Fascist Tactics" Against Reporters

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"I cannot understand the Gestapo methods being adopted by the Army Public Relations Bureau since the conference in Melbourne. Questioning of journalists by detectives was totally unwarranted and savors of Fascist tactics--the very thing we…

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"Gestapo" Bureau Attacked by Minister Army Relations Under Fire "Fascist Tactics" Against Reporters

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"I cannot understand the Gestapo methods being adopted by the Army Public Relations Bureau since the conference in Melbourne. Questioning of journalists by detectives was totally unwarranted and savors of Fascist tactics--the very thing we…

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"Gestapo" Bureau Attacked by Minister Army Relations Under Fire "No Knowledge of Matter"--forde

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

"I cannot understand the Gestapo methods being adopted by the Army Public Relations Bureau since the conference in Melbourne. Questioning of journalists by detectives was totally unwarranted and savors of Fascist tactics--the very thing we…

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Ship Sunk After Big Blaze

The Sun · Sunday 28 June 1942 · page 3

After 70 firemen had fought desperately for seven hours to put out a fire on a ship at an…

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'Part Of Job,' Says Hero Of Blaze

Truth · Sunday 28 June 1942 · page 21

HERO of Friday's tragic blaze in Foveaux Street, First-class Fireman Norman Kennedy, is resting at his Maroubra home, suffering from secondary burns. HE was first up the extension…

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Ship Fire at Wharf

The Sun · Sunday 28 June 1942 · page 1

A blazing inferno one minute, water-logged the next. This merchant ship caught fire, moored alongside a wharf at an Australian port, early yesterday. Masts and funnel snapped off like carrots, the blazing ship…

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