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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 76

1350 Tons of Bombs Blast Duisburg Raging Fires Sweep Town

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday,--In one of the heaviest and most concent rated air attacks of the war, British bombers on Monday night dropped 1350 tons…

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1350 Tons of Bombs Blast Duisburg Raging Fires Sweep Town

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- in one of the heaviest and most concentrated air attacks of the war, British bombers on Monday night dropped 1350 tons…

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Fire Destroys Taxi-cab in City Street

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

THE CHARRED REMAINS of a taxi cab which burst into flames outside the Dental Hospital, Elizabeth Street, City, this afternoon. The cause of the outbreak is not known…

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Fire Destroys Taxi-cab in City Street

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

THE CHARRED REMAINS of a taxi cab which burst into flames outside the Dental Hospital, Elizabeth Street, City, this afternoon. The cause of the outbreak is not known. I…

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NANCY Bravery Under Fire!

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 13

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Jap Vessel Hit, Another on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

A 2000 -ton Japanese cargo ship received a crippling direct hit from a 500 Ib. bomb, as well as a close miss on the stern, when Mitchells attacked it at mast height 90 miles north of Dobo, 450 miles…

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Jap Vessel Hit, Another on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

A 2000 - ton Japanese cargo ship received a crippling direct hit from a 500 Ib. bomb, as well as a close miss on the stern, when Mitchells attacked it at mast height 90 miles north of Dobo, 450 miles…

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Jap Vessel Hit, Another on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

A 2000-ton Japanese cargo snip received a crippiing direct hit- from a 500-lb. bomb, as well as a close miss on the stern, when Mitchells attacked it at mast height 90 miles north of Dobo, 450 miles…

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Jap Vessel Hit, Another on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 1

A 2000 - ton Japanese cargo ship received a crippling direct hit from a 500-lb. bomb, as well as a close miss on the stern, when Mitchells attacked it at mast height 90 miles north of Dobo, 450 miles…

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A Dangerous Fire Munition Ship Sunk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

It is reported by cable that all New York radio stations warned listeners of imminent danger when a ship laden with munitions…

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Cronulla Guest House Fire. Many Boarders Lose Belongings

The Propeller · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 4

Most of the twenty odd hoarders who had been staying on the premises lost practically all of their personal belongings, when a fire swept…

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Late News Fire Pumps Save Ship Inrush of Water Checked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 5

Fire engines and harbour floats combined to fight water which had been gaining on the pumps of a 4,000-ton ship in an…

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Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 11

Members of the arson squad are investigating a fire which broke out at William Hughes's timberyards. Rosebery. [?]…

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Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 11

Members of the arson squad are investigating a fire which broke out at William Hughes's timberyards, Rosebery, last…

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Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

Members of the arson squad are investigating a fire which broke out at William Hughes's timberyards, Rosebery. last…

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Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 11

Members of the arson squad are investigating a fire which broke out at William Hughes's timberyards, Rosebery, last…

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Inquiry Into Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 11

Members of the arson squad are investigating a fire which broke out at William Hughes's timberyards. Rosebery. last…

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Fire at Guest House

The Observer · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

The well known Boarding House, “Mundadoo,” was destroyed by fire in a few minutes on Good Friday. It appears that a kerosene stove…

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Fire-fighting Equipment Stocks Increased

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 7

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australia now had adequate firefighting equipment the Minister for Home Security, Mr. Lazzarini,…

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Petrol Stocks Destroyed Tocumwal Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 4

TOCUMWAL, Thursday.— Stocks of petrol, kerosene, and oil at the Shell Oil Company's depot here were destroyed by…

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