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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 76

Troops Make Big Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 5

Six diamond and platinum rings, valued at more than £500, and other articles worth nearly £2000, were saved by a party of…

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Army Saves Furniture From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 1

WHEN A FIRE broke out in a cottage in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, at noon today, troops who were marching past gave the…

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Troops Make Big Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 5

Six diamond and platinum rings, valued at more than £500, and other articles worth nearly £2000, were saved by a party of…

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Fire Destroys Native Waterfront Village

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 2

Hanuabada village, on the Moresby waterfront, was burnt to the water's edge on Monday night. The fire was accidentally started by a native…

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Army Saves Furniture From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 1

WHEN A FIRE broke out in a cottage in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, at noon today, troops who were marching past gave the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Troops Make Big Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 3

Six diamond and platinum rings, valued at more than £500, and other articles worth nearly £2000, were saved by a party of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Army Saves Furniture From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 1

WHEN A FIRE broke out in a cottage in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, at noon, today, troops who were marching past gave the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Troops Make Big Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 5

Six diamond and platinum rings, valued at more than £500, and other articles worth nearly £2000, were saved by a party of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Army Saves Furniture From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 1

WHEN A FIRE broke out in a cottage in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, at noon today, troops who were marching past gave the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fire on Steamer No Serious Damage

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 June 1943 · page 2

Last Monday firemen spent several hours on board a steamer at an Australian port fighting a fire which occurred in No. 1 hold…

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Car Catches Fire

The Biz · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 3

On Monday? afternoon a car owned by Mr. Cyril Pritehard of Casula caught fire near Mcgrath's garage. Liverpool Fire Brigade was quickly on the Scene,…

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£2000 in Jewels Saved From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 4

Soldiers saved £2000 worth of jewellery, furniture, and clothing from a burning 12-roomed house in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, yesterday…

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Local Fire Brigades. Where the People's Money Goes

The Propeller · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 6

During the past seven years ratepayers of the St. George and Sutherland Shire district have, through their local municipal and shire councils, contributed more…

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Dawn Raid on English Town German Planes Fire On Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Enemy hit-run raiders today made a swift dawn attack on a town on the East Anglian coast of England. Five Focke-Wulf fighter-bombers swept in low from…

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Fire Danger in Oil Treated Mops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 9

The Education Department seeks the co-operation of teachers to ensure school property against fire risks. In the current "Education Gazette"…

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Stop Press City Shop Closed Follow Ing Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 12

When a fire in the electric switchboard at Selfridge's Pitt St. store this afternoon caused the entire lighting system to fail, the…

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New Rural Labor Proposals; Right to Hire But Not to Fire

The Land · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 2

NEW proposals being put forward by the Manpower Authorities provide for the "blanketing" of all farm industries in order to retain present employees. Farmers will have the right to hire employees, but not to…

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£25,000 Damage In School Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused when part of Collingwood Technical School was burnt out today…

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News in Brief Fire in Selfridge's

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1943 · page 11

A fire which started in the basement of Selfridges, Pitt Street, at midday yesterday was soon extinguished. Shoppers and assistants went out…

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Sets Fire to Wife in Bath

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--John Clark, 5[?] Church worker and civil leader, has been convicted of having attempted to burn his…

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