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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 109

Children Began Fire in "Burnie" Game

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 2

WHEN police questioned three children, aged three, four and five, about, a fire they had started in a house in Story Street, Rozelle,…

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Children Began Fire in "Burnie" Game

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 2

WHEN police questioned three children, aged three, four and five, about a fire they had started in a house in Story Street, Rozelle,…

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Fire on Cargo Ship; Little Damage Done

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 5

FIRE broke out today in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen, using foam, fought the…

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Fire on Cargo Ship; Little Damage Done

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 5

FIRE broke out today in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen using foam, fought the…

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Fire on Cargo Ship; Little Damage Done

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 5

FIRE broke out today in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen, using foam, fought the…

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Fire on Cargo Ship; Little Damage Done

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 5

FIRE broke out today in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen, using foam, fought the…

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Fire on Cargo Ship; Little Damage Done

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 5

FIRE broke out today in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen, using foam, fought the…

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Children with Matches Said to Bave Started Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 9

Three small children playing with matches are believed to have started a fire in a house in Storey Street, Rozelle,…

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Fire gave children money's worth

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 July 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Children who attended Gardiner picture theatre for the matinee today got their money's worth…

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Firemen Fight Fire for Hour on Cargo Ship

Truth · Sunday 19 July 1942 · page 21

FIRE broke out yesterday in an oil bilge on a large cargo vessel berthed at an Australian port. Firemen, using loam, fought the…

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British Decoy Leads Nazi Tanks Into Clever Trap Tornado of Fire Smashes Many

The Sun · Sunday 19 July 1942 · page 2

German tank forces fell into a cleverly laid British trap on Thursday night. A decoy of British cruiser tanks led them right into the 75mm. guns of big US General…

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Stop Press Fire-bug Active

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 16

Sydney fire-bug was again active this afternoon when fires broke out in the longer of the Northern Club Hotel and the Haymarket Hotel…

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New A.-A. Fire "Fierce Type"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. --A new type of anti-aircraft fire, which, in the words of a British pilot, "came up vertically," was…

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New A.-A. Fire "Fierce Type"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. -- A new type of anti-aircraft fire, which, in the words of a British pilot, "came up vertically," was…

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New A.-A. Fire "Fierce Type"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. -- A new type of anti-aircraft fire, which, in the words of a British pilot, "came up vertically," was…

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New A.-A. Fire "Fierce Type"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. --A new type of anti-aircraft fire, which, in the words of a British pilot, "came up vertically," was…

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New A.-A, Fire "Fierce Type"

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 July 1942 · page 8

LONDON, Monday. -- A new type of anti-aircraft fire, which, in the words of a British pilot, "came up vertically," was…

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Inncendiarist at Work Again More Hotel Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 5

The "fire bug" who last week [?]ried to burn four city hotels by starting fires in bedrooms was at work again on Saturday and…

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Police Hunt for Hotel Firebug Sixth Fire In Six Days

The Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 4

Convinced that the hotel fire-bug will strike again, detectives today warned hotel-keepers to watch for suspicious persons on their premises…

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Man for Trial on Fire Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--An allegation that an attempt had been made to burn down her home was made in Cessnock Police Court today by Mrs…

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