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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 76

£50,000 Fire May Cut Food Supply

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday. -- Destruction of £50,000 worth of groceries in a Townsville fire yesterday will throw on the…

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£50,000 Fire May Cut Food Supply

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday. -- Destruction of £50,000 worth of groceries in a Townsville fire yesterday will throw on the…

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£50,000 Fire May Cut Food Supply

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday. -- Destruction of £50,000 worth of groceries in a Townsville fire yesterday will throw on the…

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£50,000 Fire May Cut Food Supply

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 3

TOWNSVELLE, Saturday.-- Destruction of £50,000 worth of groceries in a Townsville fire yesterday will throw on the…

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N.E.S. call for fire-guards in new civilian service

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 2

Thousands of men and women, and boys and girls over the age of 15, will be asked to enrol as Fire Guards, in the new NES firefighting service, now in process of formation…

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Fatal Scrub Fire

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Monday.--Two married men, both aged 50, were burned to death while fighting a scrub fire at Warkworth, in…

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Four Fires in Store

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

A firebug is believed to be responsible for outbreaks in Grace Brothers' Store, Broadway…

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Ultimo Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 5

A fire which broke out at the premises of the Stainco Chemical Co., Mary Ann Street, Ultimo, last night, caused considerable damage…

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Stop Press Four Fires at Grace Bros

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 12

A firebug is believed to have been responsible for four fires at Grace Bros., Broadway, last night and this morning. Automatic…

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Terrific Ack-Ack Fire At Rabaul

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Colonel Keith Rogers, chief of the maintenance division of the Sacramento Air Service Command area, who…

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Terrific Ack-Ack Fire At Rabaul

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Colonel Keith Rogers, chief of the maintenance division of the Sacramento Air Service Command area, who…

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Terrific Ack-Ack Fire At Rabaul

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Colonel Keith Rogers, chief of the maintenance division of the Sacramento Air Service Command area, who…

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Fire Bug At Work In City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

A fire bug is believed to have started four fires at Grace Bros. Building, Broadway, last night and this morning…

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Terrific Ack-Ack Fire At Rabaul

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Colonel Keith Rogers, chief of the maintenance division of the Sacramento Air Service Command area, who…

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Fire Bug At Work In City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

A fire bug is believed to have started four fires at Grace Bros. Building, Broadway, last night and this morning…

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Fire Bug At Work In City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 3

A fire bug is believed to have started four fires at Grace Bros. Building, Broadway, last night and this morning…

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New Guinea's Biggest Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 1

Great blaze started at Salamaua by an RAAF squadron of Boston attack planes was the biggest ever seen in this…

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Seven Fires at Store Police Interview Boy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 11

Four fires were started in the store of Grace Bros. Pty., Ltd., Broadway, plebe, shortly before closing time on Monday…

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Tanker Saved From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- A young Dutch naval lieutenant, in command of a Netherlands minesweeper, recently saved a large…

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Grass Fire

The Biz · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last, a grass fire occurred in liverpool Road. Lansdowne. The home of Mrs. Tate. sen., and a butcher's shop nearby were threatened;…

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