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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 76

Copenhagen Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 6

LONDON, May 6 (A.A.P.).—Berlin Radio announces that a fire which broke out in Copenhagen harbour (Denmark) yesterday considerably…

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Newcastle £5000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-- A physical culture school, owned by Al Burke, former welterweight boxing champion of Australia, at the rear…

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Fire in Hotel Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

OVERHEATING of an electrical radiator is believed to have been responsible for a fire which severely damaged a bedroom in the Mayfair…

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Fire in Hotel Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

OVERHEATING of an electrical radiator is believed to have been responsible for a fire which severely damaged a bedroom in the Mayfair…

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Fire in Hotel Bedroom

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

OVERHEATING of an electrical radiator is believed to have been responsible for a fire which severely damaged a bedroom in the Mayfair…

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Cafe Badly Damaged in Newcastle Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- In the second big fire in Newcastle within 36 hours, the top floor of Toni's Cafe. Hunter Street, was gutted early…

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Cafe Badly Damaged in Newcastle Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- In the second big fire in Newcastle within 36 hours, the top floor of Toni's Cafe, Hunter Street, was gutted early…

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Heaviest Attack Yet on Big Jap Base Great fires in Madang after double blow

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1943 · page 3

Smoke from raging fires spiralled thousands of feet into the sky after Allied bombers on Friday had launched two violent attacks on Madang. THE blow was the…

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Burns in Vehicle Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 7

GEORGE BLACKLEY (25), McCauley Street, Alexandria, received burns to one hand when he tried to put out a fire which practically…

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Burns in Vehicle Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 7

GOEORGE BLACKLEY (25), McCauley Street, Alexandria, received burns to one hand when he tried to put out a fire which practically…

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Burns in Vehicle Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 7

PEORGE BLACKLEY (25), M'cCauley Street, Alexandria, received burns' to one hand when he tried to put out a fire which practically…

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Mystery Fire At Railway Station

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

Big quantities of train tickets were damaged or destroyed early this morning when the booking and other offices at Harris Park…

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Mysfery Fire At Railway Station

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

Big quantities of train tickets were damaged or destroyed early this morning when the booking and other offices at Harris Park…

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Mystery Fire At Railway Station

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

Big quantities of train tickets were damaged or destroyed early this morning, when the booking and other offices at Harris Park…

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Mysftery Fire At Railway Station

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

Big quantities of train tickets were damaged or destroyed early tliis morning when the booking and other offices at Harris Park…

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Heavy Raid on Narvik Fires Started in Harbour Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 6

LONDON, May 9 (A.A.P.).— Narvik, on the north-western coast of Norway. was heavily raided on Friday night, states a…

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Police Seeking Railway Fire Bug Second Mysterious Blaze Another Ticket Office Gutted

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

MEMBERS of the Arson Squad are investigating the possibility that fires at two railway stations in the past 36 hours were the work of a fire bug. in both cases the outbreaks…

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Caused Fires, Blamed Child

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 3

ARMIDALE. Tuesday.--A 14- year-old girl for two months cast the blame for systematic cutting up of £60 worth of…

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Fire Destroys Booking Office

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 9

The booking office at Harris Park railway station was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The alarm was given by a soldier…

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Fire at Harris Park Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 7

The wooden building forming the booking office and other rooms on the platform at the Harris Park Railway Station were burned at 4 a.m…

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