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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 76

Set Fire to House to Destroy Fingerprints

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 6

TWO young men admitted at the Quarter Sessions today that after breaking into a house at Hurstville and driving stolen goods away in the…

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Set Fire to House to Destroy Fingerprints

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 6

TWO young men admitted at the Quarter Sessions today that after breaking into a house at Hurstville and driving stolen goods away in the…

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Fire on Tram Delays Morning Traffic on Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

TRAM traffic in Parramatta Road was delayed eight minutes this morning when the motor leads caught fire on the 8.10 a.m. tram from…

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Fire on Tram Delays Morning Traffic on Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

TRAM traffic in Parramatta Road was delayed eight minutes this morning when the motor leads caught fire on the 8.10 a.m. tram from…

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Fire on Tram Delays Morning Traffic on Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 6

TRAM traffic in Parramatta Road was delayed eight minutes this morning when the motor leads caught fire-on the 8.10 a.m. tram from…

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Fire on Tram Delays Morning Traffic on Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

TRAM traffic in Parramatta Road was delayed eight minutes this morning when the motor leads caught fire on the 8.10 a.m. tram from…

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Fire on Tram Delays Morning Traffic on Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 6

rnRAM traffic in Parramatta Road A was delayed eight minutes this morning when the motor leads caught fire on the 8.10 a.m. tram from…

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Hills District Bush Fire Brigades Report to Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 2

The acting shire clerk (Mr. Street) told Baulkham Hills Shire Council last week that, in view of the extreme urgency, with a bush…

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Destructive Factory Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Within an hour early this morning, a fire destroyed the main…

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Factory Employing 300 Gutted by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- The factory and valuable machinery of John Ogden Industries, Ltd., Footscray. were destroyed by fire…

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Non-stop Bombing of Enemy Raids On Italy, Sicily, France Much Damage, Fires Started

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Bombs are raining on enemy territory almost continuously, latest Allied air bombardments being directed at Naples (Italy), Palermo (Sicily) and the…

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Bush Fire Brigades. Sutherland Shire Appointments

The Propeller · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 1

The captains and deputy-captains of the recently-established bush fire brigades throughout the Shire of Sutherland were officially appointed…

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Troops Hang on Under Terrific Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 5

For a long time the British troops who had scrambled through minefields and barbed wire, and across swamps,…

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Rabaul Aerodromes Pounded Planes Main Targets Enemy Transport Set on Fire From Our Staff Correspondents and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 5

Fifty-four tons of bombs, including 2,000-pounders, were dropped on Rabaul airfields early on Tuesday in a triple attack by Flying Fortresses…

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Women's News Church Service Under Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 8

During the battle of El Alamein, church services were often conducted under fire, with ammunition boxes serving both as…

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Eight Hours' Fight Against Coal Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 2

"BRIGADES fought a fire on a large coaling barge at a Sydney wharf for more than eight hours today. Although the coal was well alight…

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800 Fires in Berlin Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--The R.A.F. started 852 major fires in its raid on Berlin on March 2, says an eye-witness who has arrived in…

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Fortresses Set Fire to Jap Base

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.--American Flying Fortresses and Avenger torpedo bombers started fires in an attack on the Jap-held Kahili base (northern…

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No "spark" for fire girls

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--British fire-girls must cut out glamor, orders Fire Chief Lieut.-Commander Hoare, ex-Navy man…

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Furniture Destroyed, Oil Damaged in Two Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 4

FIRE and water damaged 150 gallons of crude oil yesterday at the Golden Fleece Oil Depot, Talbot Street, St. Peters. Employees…

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