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Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 76

Fire Destroys Paint Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 3

Paintworks of George Ward and Co., Turner Street, Red- fern, were destroyed br fire today…

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Fire Destroys Paint Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 3

Paintworks of George Ward and Co., Turner Street, Red- fern, were destroyed by fire today…

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5 Homeless After Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 3

A family of five, including a baby and two young children, were left homeless by a fire…

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Fire Destroys Famous Irish Golf Clubhouse

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Royal Dublin Golf Club's famous clubhouse at Dollymount, Dublin, has been destroyed by fire. Damage is estimated…

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Factory Fire Put Out with Foam

The Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 3

A small paint factory, owned by the N.D.L. Paint Co., and two adjoining cottages. In Turner-street, Redfern, were severely…

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Smokers Blamed for Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 6

Firemen and police believe that cigarette butts thrown away by hikers and motorists caused a number of bush fires near Sydney yesterday…

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Bushfire in Winter Mine Agitators 'Listed' Call-Up Advised To Prevent Frivolous Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 7

The Federal Government is having a list of coalfields disruptionists compiled, it was reported in Canberra yesterday. Object of the list is to weed out men who foment…

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Snow, Bushfires In Day Of Freak Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 7

In freak weather in New South Wales yesterday snow fell over a wide area on the central, northern, and southern tablelands, and bushfires broke out in French's Forest…

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Huge Blaze On Oilfield

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. -- An Ankara message nays that the Rumanians and Germans are fighting a monster fire that is…

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Big Fires Follow Bombing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Great fires are burning in the Ploesti (Rumania) oilfields after…

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Fire Damages Paint Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 6

A fire yesterday badly damaged the premises of George Ward and Sons, paint manufactuiers, Tuiner Street. Redferen, and damaged two wooden…

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Wally and the Major Back-fire

The Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 5

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Bushfire Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 6

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said yesterday that the greatest care should be taken to prevent bushfires. Mr. Baddeley said that in some…

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Ten Firemen Needed to Move Invalid From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK,--It took 10 firemen an hour to remove Timothy Smith, an invalid who weighs 32 stone, when his house in New York caught…

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Court Orders Boys to Bed When Fires Occur

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK.--Whenever the fire alarm sounds in Amesbury (Massachusetts) five boys must go home, get into bed, and remain there…

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Heavy U.s. Fire Losses

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 6

NEW YORK. -- Fire losses in the U.S. last year were heavier than they have been in any other year since 1930, according to the National…

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Home Destroyed by Fire. Oatley Family's Misfortune

The Propeller · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 1

A family of five including a baby, and two young children, were left homeless by a fire Which destroyed their home and furniture in Letitia…

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Japs Lose 20 Planes in Pacific Solomons Raid Back- Fires Allied Advance Nearing Munda

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 2

Japanese lost 20 planes In clashes with Allied forces in the Solomons area yesterday. Thirteen were Zeros, which ran info a hornet's nest when they attempted to raid American…

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Japs Lose 20 Planes in Pacific Solomons Raid Back- Fires Allied Advance Hearing Munda

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 2

THE Japanese lost 20 planes in clashes with Allied forces in the Solomons area yesterday Thirteen were Zeros, which ran into a hornet's nest when they attempted to raid American…

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Japs Lose 20 Planes in Pacific Solomons Raid Back- Fires Allied Advance Neaping Munda

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 2

Japanese lost 20 piles sues in clashes with Allied forces in the Solomons area yesterday. Thirteen were Zeros, which ran info a hornet's nest when they attempted to raid American…

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