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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 109

N.Z. Way With Fire Bombs

The Sun · Sunday 9 August 1942 · page 2

At an Auckland demonstration, an official demonstrates the New Zealand method of extinguishing incendiary bombs-- a bucket of water. Australian experts regard this method as highly dangerous unless used within 30 seconds…

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Wardens Half an Hour After The Fires Start! Predict Chaos in Raid

The Sun · Sunday 9 August 1942 · page 7

Drafting of suburban wardens to the city in the event of a raid will result in chaos, say city wardens…

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Women train to aid firemen during raids In an emergency the Women's Fire Auxiliary will relieve firemen of routine work at stations. But they are also trained to fight fires

The Sun · Sunday 9 August 1942 · page 1

WOMEN will help to back up the front line of firefighters should a raid befall Sydney. Trained members of the Women's Fire Auxiliary are ready at a moment's notice to go from…

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Huge Fires From Bombs On Osnabruck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. --Fires that would be seen from the Dutch coast nearly 200 miles away, broke out after the Royal…

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Huge Fires From Bombs On Osnabruch

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday. Fires that could be seen from the Dutch coast nearly 200 miles away, broke out after the Roval…

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Put Out Fire in Bomber R.A.A.F. Man Gets D.F.C.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Pilot-Officer Thomas Edward White Howes, of Toowong, Brisbane a navigator serving with a mixed…

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Fire!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 2

A hot-point stove and a quantity of food were damaged when a switchboard in the home of Mr. A. Peters, of Oxford-street, Smithfield,…

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Mystery Fires In Empty House

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 5

Police are investigating four mysterious fires which broke out in an empty house in Shirley Street. Wolf-stonecraft in the past six days…

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Mysterious Fires in Old Cottage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 9

North Sydney detectives are investigating four mysterious fires in an old brick cottage in Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, belonging to a…

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No Fire in Their Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 2

Artists are highly-strung, temperamental, and allergic to noise and bullets, Mr. Fred Leist, Sydney artist says…

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Fires in St George

The Propeller · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

On Sunday afternoon, 2nd instant, a motor car driven by Mr. Bloody of Arncliffe, caught alight in Russell Avenue, Sans Souci. Severe damage…

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Women's Fire Auxiliary

The Propeller · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

The Women's Fire Auxiliary, whose members are stationed at every fire station in the metropolitan area, are endeavouring to raise £1,000 to…

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Fire-bombs on Cornfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--German air-raiders are making determined efforts to destroy Britain's record harvest…

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India Riot-wave Easing But Violence Continues Fewer Deaths: Fires In Banks And Stations LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 2

Awed by stern warnings from the Governor of Bombay and other authorities that violence would be suppressed "at all costs," Indian rioters eased their outbreaks yesterday, although almost every town in the trouble zone still…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F. Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the junction of the Rhine…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F. Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the sanction of the Rhine…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F. Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the junction of the Rhine…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F. Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the junction of the Rhine…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F. Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the junction of the Rhine…

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German Railhead Razed By 50,000 R.A.F Fire Bombs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 August 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.-- Hundreds of tons of bombs and 50,000 incendiaries were showered on Mainz, an important German railway centre and port at the junction of the Rhine…

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