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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 76

Second Escape In Fire

The Sun · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

For the second successive Sunday, firemen last night saved Clement Leonard Maloney, 41,…

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Fire Outbreak at Iceworks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 7

A storeroom at Annabel's Ice Works in James Street, Rockdale, was severely damaged by fire on Saturday night. The storeroom contained a quantity of…

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Convicted In Club Fire Tried

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

BOSTON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Barnett Welansky, owner of the Cocoanut Grove night club, has been convicted on 19 counts of…

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Local Fire Brigade Saves Metone Stand

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Mentone Racing Club nearly lost its paddock grandstand on Saturday night. A fire broke out, but was…

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Blame Fixed for Night Club Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--Barnett Welansky, owner of the Cocoanut Grove night club, Boston, in which 490 lives were lost on November 28…

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Blame Fixed for Night Club Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--Barnett Welansky, owner of the Cocoanut Grove night club, Boston, in which 490 lives were lost on November 28…

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Police Probe Mystery Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 5

Police are investigating two mysterious fires which destroyed a six-roomed cottage and a quantity of valuable hay at…

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Police Probe Mystery Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 5

Police are investigating two mysterious fires which destroyed a six-roomed cottage and a quantity of valuable hay at…

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Police Probe Mystery Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 5

Police are investigating two mysterious fires which destroyed a six-roomed cottage and a quantity of valuable hay at…

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Inquiry Into Two Fires

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

Two fires at Phoenix Park, Morpeth, in which £800 damage was caused, are being investigated by detectives…

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Police Probe Mystery Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 2

Police are investigating, two mysterious fires which destroyed a six-roomed cottage and a quantity of valuable hay at…

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Fire Risk in City Night Clubs City Council's Powers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 7

A move was made yesterday for wider powers for the City Council to enforce more stringent precautions against fires in…

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Fire at Ice-works

The Propeller · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 6

A storeroom at Annabel's Ice Works in James Street, Rockdale, was severely damaged by fire last Saturday night. The storeroom…

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Swedes Fire On Bombers

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--A low-flying German bomber appeared near the Swedish naval base at Karlskrona…

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Priest Baptize Wounded Leper In Line Of Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

CHUNGKING, China. — Rushing into a hail of gun fire, a young Maryknoll priest, the Rev. John Joyce…

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Fire in Arcade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 6

Fire broke out yesterday evening in premises in Her Majesty's Arcade, city. The arcade contains many small shops and is a thoroughfare between…

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Night Club Fire Sequel

The Sun · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

BOSTON, Thursday.--Barnett Welansky, owner of Coconut Grove Night Club, who was convicted on 19 counts of…

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Swedes Fire on German Planes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 3

STOCKHOLM, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Swedish anti-aircraft gunners at two naval bases in south Sweden have forced back low-flying German…

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Girls on Fire Duty

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 4

WOMEN FIREGUARDS, on duty on the roof of the shop in which they work by day, are on the alert for the Nazi blitz…

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Girls on Fire Duty

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 2

WOMEN FIREGUARDS, on duty on the roof of the shop in which they work by day, are on the alert for the Nazi blitz…

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