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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 76

Disastrous Shanghai Fire Reported by Tokio

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Paris Radio quotes a Tokio report that 62 buildings have been destroyed and damaged by fire in one district of…

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Disastrous Shanghai Fire Reported by Tokio

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Paris Radio quotes a Tokio report that 62 buildings have been destroyed and damaged by fire in one district of…

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Atlantic Coast "Wall of Fire"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 5

LONDON, June 27 (A.A.P.)— Entrances to all Atlantic harbours will be barred by a screen of burning oil, which will be…

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Germans Fire 3 Shells at Dover

The Sun · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--German guns on the French coast fired three shells into the Dover area yesterday afternoon. Two shells…

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Russian Air Attacks Reach Peak Huge Fire at Bryansk Land Moves at Three Points

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1943 · page 5

LONDON, June 27 (A.A.P.).—The Russian air attacks against German-held aerodromes reached their peak last week, reports Renter's Moscow correspondent…

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1st Raid of War on Athens Huge Fires In Naples

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--U.S. Liberator bombers from the Middle East yesterday attacked the outskirts of Athens, Greek capital…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Large Fires in Cologne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 12

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.). -- Clouds over Cologtie (Rhineland) prevented full observation of results in last night's R.A.F. raid, but pilots…

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Fire Wipes Out Whole Village

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON,Wednesday. --The village of Castanheira, on the northern frontier of Portugal, has been completely destroyed…

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Fire Wipes Out Whole Village

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The village of Castanheira, on the northern frontier of Portugal, has been completely destroyed…

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Fire Wipes Out Whole Village

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--The village of Castanheira, on the northern frontier of Portugal has been completely destroyed…

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Reds Now Give Luftwaffe Three Blows for One Orel Raided--Big Fires

The Sun · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Russian bombers are keeping up their pressure against German key points, and are making three major assaults for every one by the Luftwaffe. Orel railway junction was singled out for the heaviest attack on…

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Soviet Air Blow at Nazi Base Supplying Kuban; Bombers Start Big Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 June 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. --Soviet bombers on Sunday night heavily attacked the port of Taman, German life-line to the Kuban bridgehead in the Caucasus…

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Strike Made Issue in Parliament Ex-Minister's Accusations Govt. Under Fire in the Senate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- In the House of Representatives this afternoon Mr. Holt (U.A.P., Vic.) secured the adjournment to discuss compulsory unionism and the strike at…

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Strike Made Issue in Parliament Ex-Minister's Accusations Govt. Under Fire in the Senate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- In the House of Representatives this afternoon Mr. Holt (U.A.P., Vic.) secured the adjournment to discuss compulsory unionism and the strike at…

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Oil Blaze at Gibraltar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 6

GIBRALTAR, July 1 (A.A.P.).— Thick black smoke surrounded the Gibraltar area yesterday when oil tanks caught fire…

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Laborer's Death In Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

The story of a man's frantic efforts to escape from a blazing hut were related by Detective-Sergeant C. S. Jardine…

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Laborer's Death In Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

The story of a man's frantic efforts to escape from a blazing hut were related by Detective Sergeant C. S. Jardine…

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Laborer's Death In Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

The story of a man's frantic efforts to escape from a blazing hut were related by Detective-Sergeant C. S. Jardine, C.I.B.,…

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Laborer's Death In Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

The story of a man's frantic efforts to escape from a blazing hut were related by Detective-Sergeant C. S. Jardine…

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Constable Fires Shot at Suspect

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

CONSTABLE WAKEHAM fired one shot at a man seen running from a mercery shop in Haldon Street, Lakemba, early this morning. The…

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