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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 76

Five Fires in Sydney Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 5

Five outbreaks in the metropolitan area kept firemen busy last night. In each instance a good save was effected…

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£100,000 Damage in Mill Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 8

TAMWORTH, Tuesday. -- Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by fire tonight in the silo section of West Tamworth Milling Co…

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Fire Risk Rules Out Night Club

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

Declaring that the re-establishment of the Ambassadors as a night club would be banned, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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A.-a. Guns Fire 20 Miles

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--British battleships are using anti-aircraft guns capable of breaking up enemy plane, formations…

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Fire Risk Rules Out Night Club

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

Declaring that the re-establishment of the Ambassadors as a night club would be banned, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Fire Risk Rules Out Night Club

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 3

Declaring that the re-establishment of the Ambassadors as a night club would be banned, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Child Fire Victim Flown 300 Miles

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

Terribly burned at Cootamundra a month ago, Hazel Eldridge (11) was today rushed 300 miles by special plane to Sydney for specialist treatment. The journey took 1¾ hours…

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Child Fire Victim Flown 300 Miles

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

Terribly burned at Cootamundra a month ago, Hazel Eldridge. (11) was today rushed 300 miles by special plane to Sydney for specialist treatment. The journey took 1¾ hours…

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Child Fire Victim Flown 300 Miles

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

Terribly burned at Cootamundra a month ago, Hazel Eldridge (11) was today rushed 300 miles by special plane to Sydney for specialist treatment. The Journey took 1¾ hours…

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Child Fire Victim Flown 300 Miles

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

Terribly burned at Cootamundra a month ago, Hazel Eldridge (11) was today rushed 300 miles by special plane to Sydney for specialist treatment. The journey took 1¾ hours…

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Cabaret Fire Exits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 11

The City Building Surveyor, Mr. Rankin, will submit to the City Council By-laws Committee on Monday a proposal to amend the building…

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Blondie's Family Fire Dogs

The Sun · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 4

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Fire Victim's Plane Journey

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 9

[?] burned when she tried to [?]er from a blazing pool of [?]irits, a nine-year-old girl [?]y flown 200 miles from…

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Fire Risk May Ban Club

The Sun · Saturday 10 April 1943 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Saturday.--"If the report of the architect confirms my opinion that these…

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Plane Parts Lost in £1500 Blaze

Truth · Sunday 11 April 1943 · page 20

PROPERTY valued at £1500 was destroyed when a fire gutted the storeroom of the Annabelle Ice Works, James Street, Rockdale, early…

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Fire Escape

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1943 · page 3

After he had had the apartment house painted the landlord turned to face a very disagreeable job. THE small apartment house was…

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Fire damages tyre stack

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1943 · page 5

A STOREROOM and contents. including £1000 worth of tyres, was severely damaged by fire, at Arthur Annabel's…

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Fierce fires rage in Madang, Japs' new base, as Allied planes sweep N.G. coast

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1943 · page 1

Madang, which is now the Japs' second main base on the northern New Guinea coast, was given its heaviest hammering yet by Allied planes on Friday. PHOTOGRAPHS taken…

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Night Club Fire Risk

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

A report by the Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Richardson) and a Government architect recommends that any application for licensing of the old Ambassadors as a night club should be refused on the ground of fire risk. The report has been…

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Night Club Fire Convictions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, April 11 (A.A.P.).— Barnett Welansky, owner of the Coconut Grove Night Club, Boston, was convicted on 19 counts of…

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