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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 109

£120.000 Fire Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

MITTAGONG. Thursday.— The fire at Tooth's Maltings was still burning flercely at 3 a.m. to-day. but firemen saved No. 2 malthouse…

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Animals Die in Circus Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 6

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (A.A.P.). —When fire swept a menagerie tent of the famous Ringling Circus at Cleveland, Ohio, 60…

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Big Damage in Brewery Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was done in a fire at Tooth and Company's malt houses, Mittagong, last…

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Big Mittagong Fire Maltings Ablaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 6

MITTAGONG Thursday—The biggest fire in the history of Mittagong occured last night when Tooth's Maltings, one of…

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Widows' Pensions Act Comes Under Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 7

To give the right of a widow's pension to a man's paramour after his death was to deny the sanctity or even the legal rectitude of marriage, said the Tasmanian Treasurer, Mr. Dwyer Gray, in a recent…

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Fire Will Hold Up Beer Production

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

Production at the Sydney brewery will be held up as a result of a fire at Tooth & Company's Mittagong malting houses last night…

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Recovering Tanks Under Fire in Libya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 6

Radio pictures received in England of the recovery of, tanks' under 'fire in the Libyan' desert. Top: Hauling a damaged tank on to a British transporter while enemy bombs burst nearby. Lower: The heavy tank in position, ready for transport back to the workshops The repair crew are keeping low to avoid splinters From another bomb…

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Fire Will Hold Up Beer Production

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

Production at the Sydney brewery will be held up as a result of a fire at Tooth & Company's Mittagong malting houses last night. AN official of the firm who said…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Test by Fire for Aspiring Naval Men

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 10

TRAINING FOR THE NAVY has become increasingly more severe. The latest addition to the curriculum is the technique…

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Long Trip to Fight Huge Fire Mittagong

The Sun · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 7

A fire - engine from headquarters, Sydney, covered 78 miles to Mittagong in under two…

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Less Beer As Result of Big Fire at Mittagong

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

An official of Tooth & Company said today that, as a result of a fi[?] which caused approximately £70,000 damage at the firm's malting houses at Mittagong last night, beer production at the Sydney brewery would be held up. HE said that hundreds of tons of…

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Less Beer As Result of Big Fire at Mittagong

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

An official of Tooth & Company said today that, as a result of a fire which caused approximately £70,000 damage at the firm's malting houses at Mittagong last night, beer production at the Sydney brewery would be held up HE said that hundreds of tons of…

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Less Beer As Result of Big Fire at Mittagong

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

An official of Tooth & Company said today that, as a result of a f[?] which caused approximately £70,000 damage at the firm's malting houses at Mittagong last night, beer production at the Sydney brewery would be held up. HE said that hundreds of tons of…

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Less Beer As Result of Big Fire at Mittagong

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

An official of Tooth & Company said today that, as a result of a fi[?] which caused approximately £70,000 damage at the firm's malting houses at Mittagong last night, beer production at the Sydney brewery would be held up. HE said that hundreds of tons of…

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Big Guns Blaze in Fierce Duel in Egypt Fighting Renewed After Lull On Vital El Alamein Front Ship Hit in Raid on Tobruk Harbor

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- After a lull in the fighting for several days, a brisk artillery duel has taken place in the central and northern sectors of the El Alamein front in…

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