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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 76

Fire At Radio Station

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 2

PART OF THE 2UE Studio which was badly damaged last night by a fire which destroyed much irreplaceable equipment…

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Fire At Radio Station

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 2
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PART OF THE 2UE Studio which was badly damaged last night by a fire which destroyed much irreplaceable equipment…

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Wore Gasmasks to Fight Fire at Studio

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 3

Owing to the dense fumes firemen had to wear gasmasks when they started to fight an outbreak which destroyed…

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Wore Gasmasks to Fight Fire at Studio

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 3

Owing to the dense fumes firemen had to wear gasmasks when they started to fight an outbreak which destroyed…

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Firemen Wear Gasmasks to Fight Fire at Radio Studio

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 2

Owing fro the dense fumes firemen had to wear gasmasks when they started to fight an outbreak which destroyed almost unprocurable radio equipment at 2UE studios on the fourth floor of Savoy House, Bligh Street, City, about midnight last night…

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Queer Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 8

AN unusual accident occurred on Mr. E. J. Merriman's property, March month, Yass, when a lead of hay, being carted in from the cultivation paddock…

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Fires Started in Palermo Allied Bombing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 6

LONDON, Feb. 10 (A.A.P.).— Continuing their attack on enemy supply ports in the central Mediterranean, Allied…

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Fire Board Candidate

The Biz · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 2

Mr. Mutch addressed Fairfield Council, in a lucid and interestint speech, on Wednesday night, in support of his candidature for the Fire Board. Later the…

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Big Guns Fire Across Straits

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.-- A lively 45- minute duel between long- range guns began at 9 last night across the Straits of Dover…

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Big Damage at 2Ue Fire Programmes Go On

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

An electrical defect causing a short-circuit, or a smouldering cigarette, are two suspected causes of the fire which broke…

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Air Force and Army Will Help in Fire Fighting

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

CO-OPERATION of the R.A.A.F. and the military authorities had been given in the work of protecting the state against the bushfire danger,…

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Great Nazi Base Menaced Russian Pincers Closing On Kharkov: City Under Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Strong Russian forces have begun to surround Kharkov, Russia's fourth city and German bastion on the southern front. The Russians, driving north and south of Kharkov,…

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Bushfire Brigades Can Get Tickets For Fuel Reserves

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 2

IT was not necessary for bushfire brigades to wait until fires broke out before they obtained petrol ration tickets, as it had been realised that this would…

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Amendments Made To Bushfires Prevention Order

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

SEVERAL amendments of the Bush and Rural Fires Prevention Order have been announced by the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. MoKell)…

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Brakes Ignite on Pass Driver Burned in Bushfire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

When the brakes on a lorry ignited descending Bulli Pass yesterday the lorry and its load of pit props caught fire…

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How Fires Have Been Started; A Warning

The Land · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

SEVERAL fires have occurred in crops and upon grass land in country areas recently, and the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) again…

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Speed Gordon Under Fire

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1943 · page 3

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Fire Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

Competitions for five auxiliaries and reserves—men and women—promoted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales, were carried…

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Women Train As Fire Fighters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

MISS BESS SIMMS leads the way on to a fire engine at the competition between the Women's Fire Auxiliary and the Auxiliary Fire Brigade at Hordernian Park, Undercliffe, yesterday. Behind Miss Simms, from left to right, are:…

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