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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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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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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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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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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The Sun · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 2
Metropolitan gas companies have been ordered by the Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell)…
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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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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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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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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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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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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