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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 76

Hour's Fight Against Fire in Cargo Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 7

WHILE unloading of cargo proceeded steadily in unaffected holds, firemen last night fought for nearly an hour a fire in the forward hold…

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Valuable Gear Lost in Epping Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 7

VALUABLE electrical fittings were destroyed in a fire at the Probert Engineering Company, Bridge Road, Epping early this morning. Firemen…

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Death And Fire Deal Woman Double Blow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Not long after her husband died yesterday, Mrs. P. Pickles, of the Boulevarde, saw a house she owned in Thorn…

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Valuable Gear Lost in Epping Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 1

VALUABLE electrical fittings were destroyed in a fire at the Probert Engineering Company, Bridge Road, Epping, early this morning. Firemen…

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Hour's Fight Against Fire in Cargo Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 7

WHILE unloading of cargo proceeded steadily in unaffected holds, firemen last night fought for nearly an hour a ire in the forward hold…

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Hour's Fight Against Fire in Cargo Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 7

WHILE unloading of cargo proceeded steadily in unaffected holds, firemen last night fought for nearly an hour a fire in the forward hold…

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Hail of Fire on Japs at Salamaua

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 5

Allied artillery is battering the remaining Japanese positions at Salamaua, concentrating terrific fire on the airfield and town area. AMERICAN and Australian troops…

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Valuable Gear Lost in Epping Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 7

VALUABLE electrical fittings were destroyed in a fire at the Probert Engineering Company, Bridge Road, Epping early this morning. Firemen…

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Death And Fire Deal Woman Double Blow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Not long after her husband died yesterday, Mrs. P. Pickles, of the Boulevarde, saw a house she owned in Thorn…

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Death And Fire Deal Woman Double Blow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Not long after her husband died yesterday, Mrs. P. Pickles, of the Boulevarde, saw a house she owned in Thorn…

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R.A.F. Makes New Berlin Attack City Still On Fire After Monday's Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--R.A.F. Mosquito bombers followed up Monday night's record R.A.F. raid on Berlin with a sharp attack last night. All the bombers returned…

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Voted Under Fire

The Sun · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 4

WHILE Tommy guns sluttered in the jungle and shells screamed overhead I saw AIF men vote in the Federal…

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"Fire Reader" Said She "Saw Death"

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

NORTHAMPTON. -- Claiming that she could read future events in the fire, Mrs. Holloway, of Northampton told a neighbor that she had…

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£1000 Fire Caused by Fused Wire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 4

Police believe that the fusing of an electric power cable caused a fire which did more than £1000 damage at the engineering works of C. E…

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Berliners Panic Amid Ruins of City Third Night Raid; Fires Still Glow

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday. -- Berlin is still burning. Pilots off Mosquito bombers, which raided the city on Wednesday night, saw a red glow from fires caused in the chaos off Monday night's 1700-ton raid…

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Berliners Panic Amid Ruins of City Third Night Raid; Fires Still Glow

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Berlin is still burning. Pilots of Mosquito bombers, which raided the city on Wednesday night, saw a red glow from fires caused in the chaos of Monday night's 1700-ton raid…

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Berliners Panic Amid Ruins of Bombed Capital Third Night Raid; Fires Still Glowing

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Berlin is still burning. Pilots of Mosquito bombers, which raided the city on Wednesday night, saw a red glow from fires caused in the chaos of Monday night's 1700-ton raid…

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Berliners Panic Amid Ruins of Bombed Capital Third Night Raid; Fires Still Glowing

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Berlin is still burning. Pilots of Mosquito bombers, which raided the city on Wednesday night, saw a red glow from fires caused in the chaos of Monday night's 1700-ton raid…

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Berliners Panic Amid Ruins of Bombed Capital Third Night Raid; Fires Still Glowing

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Berlin is still burning. Pilots of Mosquito bombers, which raided the cify on Wednesday night, saw a red glow from fires caused in the chaos of Monday night's 1700-ton raid…

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Nazis Fire on Crowds in Denmark Wave Of Sabotage

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 August 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. --A serious clash is reported from Copenhagen, where Nazi troops fired on Danish demonstrators outside the Town Hall…

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