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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 76

Zoo Fire Causes £10,000 Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

Lions roared and other frightened animals screamed as firemen this morning fought for more than an hour to extinguish a fire which gutted the kiosk at Taronga Park Zoo. Damage is estimated at…

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Zoo Fire Causes £10,000 Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

Lions roared and other frightened animals screamed as firemen this morning fought for more than an hour to extinguish a fire which gutted the kiosk at Taronga Park Zoo. Damage is estimated at…

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Zoo Fire Causes £10,000 Damage

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

Lions roared and other frightened animals screamed as firemen this morning fought for more than an hour to extinguish a fire which gutted the kiosk at Taronga Park Zoo. Damage is estimated at…

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Big Fire at Taronga Zoo Terrifies Wild Animals

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 2

Lions roared and other frightened animals screamed as firemen this morning fought for more than an hour to extinguish a fire which gutted the kiosk at Taronga Park Zoo. Damage is estimated at £10,000. VALUABLE records containing the…

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Taronga Zoo Cafe and Offices Swept by Fire

The Sun · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 3

Heavy loss was suffered by Taronga Zoo when fire early today destroyed a large section of the Zoo refreshment rooms and administrative offices. Flames cut off the power supplying heat to the Aquarium, and…

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Coke Not For Home Fires

The Sun · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 2

Metropolitan gas companies have been ordered by the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…

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Govt. Bans Coke for Home Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 5

All coke supplies for room heating have been frozen, the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) announced last night…

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Records Saved in Zoo Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 8

Valuable records covering the history of Sydney's Zoo, were saved yesterday from a fire at Taronga Park…

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Fire at Zoo Kiosk Considerable Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 10

A fire which broke out in the refreshment rooms at the Taronga Park Zoo early yesterday morning, damaged the roof…

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Fire At Coast Track Costs Horse's Life

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 11

CALIFORNIA.--A blaze of undetermined origin at the Bay Meadows Race Track recently gutted one barn, damaged another and…

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Fire At Coast Track Costs Horse's Life

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 9

CALIFORNIA.--A blaze of undetermined origin at the Bay Meadows Race Track recently gutted one barn, damaged another and…

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Taronga Park Fire

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1943 · page 3

Taronga Park Zoo offices and cafe were badly damaged early on Friday morning by a fire, which is believed to have started…

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Badly Burned by Gas Fire

The Sun · Sunday 18 July 1943 · page 5

Harry Smith, 56, was badly burned when his clothes caught fire over a gas stove at his home in Addison-road, Marrickville,…

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Escaped Blaze to Take This

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 3

THIS ARMY transport plane at a North African airport blew a tyre when taxi-ing for a take-off, swerved into other parked aircraft, and burst into flames. Photographer Eliot Elisofon, who was on board with his camera to cover the 5th Army's advance, barely…

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Orel Base Ringed with Fire by Russians Blasting Of Rail Links

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 July 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- Maintaining their pressure against. Orel, the Russians are blasting rail and road communications serving this vital Nazi base 200 miles south-west of…

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Camp-fire Dance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 5

A recent camp-fire dance in Baulkham Hills School of Arts raised £14 towards the cost of building a Den for the 1st Baulkham Hills…

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Damage to Films in Studio Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 4

VALUABLE photographic equipment was extensively damaged by a fire which broke out in a studio in Victoria Road, Drummoyne, yesterday…

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Tank Fire More Accurate New Stabiliser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 July 1943 · page 8

NEW YORK, July 20 (A.A.P.). —It is revealed that tests in combat on proving grounds have demonstrated the ability of a…

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Fought Oil Blaze

The Sun · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 3

Firemen were set a difficult task at Alexandria today when 50 barrels of crude oil caught fire at a store belonging to Austral Bronze Co. Pty. Ltd…

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2000 Gals. of Oil in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 July 1943 · page 1

More than 2000 gallons of crude oil in drums were destroyed by fire which broke out on property adjoining Austral…

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