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Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 109

R.a.f. Fires Supply Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- R.A.F. Coastal Command planes last night set fire to a medium-sized enemy supply ship off the Frisian…

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Wreck Launch After Harbor Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

THIS IS THE RESULT of the spectacular fire on board a naval patrol launch, which thrilled Sydney people yesterday evening. They swarmed along the waterfront to watch the novel fireworks display, caused by a small amount of ammunition exploding. The…

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Naval Patrol Launch on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 2

A small naval patrol launch caught fire while on patrol about 6 p.m. yesterday, said an official Naval statement issued last night…

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Fire in New York Synagogue

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK. Police and Fire Department officials have been investigating two fires which broke out simultaneously at the Temple…

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Wreck Of Launch After Harbor Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

THIS IS THE RESULT of the spectacular fire on board a naval patrol launch, which thrilled Sydney people yesterday evening. They swarmed along the waterfront to watch the novel fireworks display. caused by a small amount of amunition exploding. The…

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Wreck Of Launch After Harbor Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 3

THIS IS THE RESULT of the spectacular fire on board a naval patrol launch, which thrilled Sydney people yesterday evening. They swarmed along the waterfront to watch the novel fireworks display, caused by a small amount of ammunition exploding. The…

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Quiet Thoughts: Courage Is Fire, But Bullying Only Smoke

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 6

The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. -- John Alfred Langford. He who knows most believes the…

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Quiet Thoughts: Courage Is Fire, But Bullying Only Smoke

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 6

The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. -- John Alfred Langford. He who knows most believes the…

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Quiet Thoughts: Courage Is Fire, But Bullying Only Smoke

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 6

The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. -- John Alfred Langford. He who knows most believes the…

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Quiet Thoughts: Courage Is Fire, But Bullying Only Smoke

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 6

The only jewel which will not i decay is knowledge. -- John Alfred Langford. He who knows most believes the…

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Quiet Thoughts: Courage is Fire, But Bullying Only Smoke

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 July 1942 · page 6

The only jewel which will not decay is knowledge. -- John Alfred Langford. He who knows most believes the…

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Red Guns Blaze At Germans

Truth · Sunday 5 July 1942 · page 20

Batteries of powerful guns, such as these, mounted on armored trains, have played a big part in the Red Army's resistance to…

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Warder Fires On Convict In Melee Wild Free-For-All On Railway Station NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 5 July 1942 · page 1

In a terrific free-for-all with two warders on Waratah Station today, one of three convicts was…

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Harbour Fire Hazards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 3

Sir,—In view of the known fire hazards present in various parts of the harbour, it is difficult to understand the dual protection provided by the…

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Fire Destroys Biscuit Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In less than half an hour the factory of the Phoenix Biscuit Co. Pty., Ltd. Grosvenor Street, Abbotsford, was destroyed by fire…

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Fighting Fire at Factory Tile Co. Fire Believed Started By Children

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 6

Children are believed to have started a fire which destroyed a drying room at the Argyle Tile Company's works, Park Road, Enfield, yesterday. The fire was noticed after…

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Boys Blamed for Fire at Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 4

Boys are blamed for starting a fire which destroyed the drying-room and a number of tile racks at the Argyle Tile Works in Park Road. Enfield,…

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Fire Holds Up Army Biscuits Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 3

Big defence contracts for biscuits and cakes for Allied troops will be delayed by a £250,000 fire which extensively damaged the…

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Fires Give Coroner "Grave Suspicion"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday. -- At an inquiry yesterday into a fire at Rappville the Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) declared that in…

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Fires Give Coroner "Grove Suspicion"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday. -- At an inquiry yesterday into a fire at Rappville the Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) declared that in…

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