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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

2,180 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 109

U.s. Volunteers Learn How to Fight Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 6

PORTLAND.--Bankers, journalists, clerks, dock workers, men in all kinds of jobs in the States of Oregon and Washington. are attending…

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U.s. Volunteers Learn How to Fight Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 6

PORTLAND.--Bankers, journalists, A clerks, dock workers, men in all kinds of jobs in the States of Oregon and Washington, are attending…

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U.s. Transport on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (A.A.P.).— The U.S. Navy announces that the transport Wakefield caught fire at sea but the 1,600 passengers and crew were…

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Police Fire on Crowd In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Police Fire On Crowd In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Police Fire On Crowd In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Police Fire On Crowd In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Police Fire On Crowed In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Police Fire On Crowd In Bombay

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.--Police fired four times on a crowd which demonstrated at Bombay to mark the first month of Gandhi's detention…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their nonstop air blitz on Germany and German-occupied territory was…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their non-stop air blitz on Germany and German-occupied territory was…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their non-stop air blitz on Germany and German-occupied territory was…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their non-stop air blitz on Germany and German-occupied territory was…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their non-stop air blitz On Germany and German-occupied territory was…

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Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Closes Nazi Radios Huge Fires Blazing At Frankfurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday--An indication that the Allies are maintaining their non-stop air blitz on Germany and German- occupied territory was…

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Scheme is Under Fire Rationalisation Plan Comes in for Some Sharp Criticism

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 10 September 1942 · page 3

RATIONALISATION of the sheep and wool industry, announced last week, has been the subject of much criticism. Ministers were accused by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Fadden) of trying to "pass the buck" over the plan…

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Harbor Fire Victims Die

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

Two men, who were severely burnt in a Harbor punt fire on August 26, died within an hour yesterday. They were: Charles Garde, 56, of…

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Minor Fire on Express Train

The Sun · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 5

Fire broke out in a passenger compartment of the southwar-bound Melbourne express when near Henty early today…

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U.s. Transport Swept by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

The 2[?],000 ton U.S. transport Wakefield, formerly the luxury liner Manhattan, which was gutted by fire while on Atlantic convoy. Escorting warships took off 1,600 passengers and crew without loss of life. The burnt-out [?]ull was towed to…

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Russian Planes Blast Nazi Targets Bombs Rain On Berlin And Budapest Many Explosions and Fires Follow

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.--Moscow has announced that a large force of Soviet bombers blasted military and industrial objectives at Budapest (capital of Hungary), Zagreb (Yugoslavia), Berlin, Konigsberg and other…

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