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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 76

T.B. Service Pensioners Plea For "Burnt-out" Soldiers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 5

HOPELESS position of TB Service pensioners has been stated in an appeal recently sent to all Federal members of parliament. Totalling more than 1000,…

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Britain Under Fire the official story

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 7

IT was time that the history of the "blitz" on Britain was written, and "Front Line, 19401941," issued by the Ministry of…

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Find No Home Fires Burning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Soldiers are coming home on leave in Greater Brisbane to find their homes without firewood…

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Fire Guards to Be Formed New N.E.S. Activity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 6

The Minister for N.E.S., Mr. Heffron, yesterday announced the formation of a fire guard section of the N.E.S. Enrolments…

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Berlin Bombed Again, Fires Started

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--British bombers raided Berlin last night. German news agency says that fires were started in the city…

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Berlin Raid Starts 100 Fires

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Bomber pilots said that more than 100 "first-class" fires were…

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Fire Destroys Store

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the produce store of F. D. Burns, at…

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Fire Destroys Store

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the produce store of F. D. Bums, at…

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Fire Destroys Store

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the produce store of F. D. Burns, at…

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£2000 Store Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which gutted the produce store of F. D. Burns…

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Fire Destroys Store

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the produce store of F. D. Burns, at…

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Fire Destroys Store

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed the produce store of F. D. Burns, at…

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Call for Fire Guards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

Persons who desired to enrol as members of the N.E.S. Fire Guards should give their names to wardens in their districts, the…

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Today's Peterson Letters of Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 4

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Terrific Fires at St. Nazaire From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

LONDON, March 2.—Sunday night's raid on St. Nazaire, with which the R.A.F. ended February, has been officially…

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Heaviest Raid on Berlin Fires Seen 190 Miles Off Fifth Day of Allied Air Blitz From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 7

LONDON, March 2.—Berlin had its heaviest raid of the war last night, when a strong force of four-engined R.A.F. bombers dropped 8,000lb "block-busters"…

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Film News Rangers In Forest Fire Epic

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 6

Paulette Goddard co-stars with Fred MacMurray and Susan Hayward in Paramount's fiery…

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Fire Resisting Paint Invented By A Swedish Engineer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

A new fire-resisting paint was recently demonstrated in Stockholm by an inventor, a Swedish engineer, Mr. Nils Roxendorff,…

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Fire Waste is National Waste; lake Steps to Avoid It

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

FIRE waste—the absolute loss of material wealth sustained by a community through the destructive agency of fire—is a serious but bearable drain upon the community in times of peace, but this economic loss must be considered a national…

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Air Observers Help With Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 7

VOLUNTEER Air Observer Corps observes during thier shifts at posts have often been able to give warning of bushfires, and have often been able to…

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