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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 76

£20,000 Loss in Factory Fire Ham, Bacon For Services Destroyed Firemen Risk Falling Wall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 August 1943 · page 2

MORE than £5000 worth of hams and bacon went up in smoke this morning when a spectacular fire almost completely gutted the Homebush Bay factory of Barnes Bacon Co…

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Germans fire on own vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 August 1943 · page 4

When German shore batteries near Vardoe (north-eastern tip of Norway) fired on what they thought was a Russian invasion fleet, the fire was not…

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Rescue Dash Into Blaze

The Sun · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Dashing into her blazing home to rescue her three young children,…

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Mother, Baby Burned in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- A mother and her two months- old baby were badly burned when fir destroyed a…

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Mother, Baby Burned in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- A mother and her two months- old baby were badly burned when. fire destroyed a…

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Mother And Baby Burned In Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- A mother and her two months- old baby were badly burned when fire destroyed a…

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Mother And Baby Burned In Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-- A mother and her two months- old baby were badly burned when fire destroyed a…

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Mother And Baby Burned In' Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 August 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE,: Monday.-- A mother and her two months- old baby were, badly burned when fire destroyed a…

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Fire-Watching Is London"Racket"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 31 August 1943 · page 7

LONDON.-- Fire - watching, besides being an alibi for the . absent husband, has become a fruitful source of pocket money…

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Crisis Between Sweden Germany Near Batteries Fire On Nazi Bombers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--Relations between Germany and Sweden are reaching a crisis. Authoritative Berlin statements accuse the Swedes of assisting the Allies, and add, "There…

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Late News Redfern Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 7

Fire destroyed the workshops of Sidgreaves Pty. Ltd.[?] shop-fitters, Boronia Street. Redfern[?] early this morning…

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Fireman Injured in City Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 1

A fireman was injured and a girl taken to hospital as a result of a fire which gutted the two top floors of Stuart House, a four-storey building in Clarence Street, near King Street, this morning…

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Plucky Girls Fight Workroom Fire Till Flames Force Flight---£20,000 Damage in Second Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 3

Girl employees and the proprietor pluckily fought a fire in the work room of Belmode Millinery Manufacturers, Clarence-st., today until flames forced them to flee for their lives…

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Power Lines Down in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 2

Occupants received electric shocks when cars brushed against a live wire near a fire in Redfern early this morning…

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"Danger of Fire" Complaint to Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 5

E. M. Broderick reminded Auburn Council on Monday of his objection to the danger of fire from a copper in a wooden shed belonging to his…

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Injury to Fireman in City Blaze Girl Collapses From Shock Two Storeys of Building Gutted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 4

A FIREMAN was injured and a girl taken to hospital as a result of a fire which gutted the two top floors of Stuart House, a four-storey building in Clarence Street, near King Street, this morning…

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Injury to Fireman in City Blaze Girl Collapses From Shock Two Storeys of Building Gutted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 4

A FIREMAN was injured and a girl taken to hospital as a result of a fire which gutted the two top floors of Stuart House, a four-storey building in Clarence Street, near King Street, this morning…

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Injury to Fireman in City Blaze Girl Collapses From Shock Two Storeys of Building Gutted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 4

A FIREMAN was injured and a girl taken to hospital as a result of a fire which gutted the two top floors of Stuart House, a four-storey building in Clarence Street, near King Street, this morning…

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Injury to Fireman in City Blaze Girl Collapses From Shock Two Storeys of Building Gutted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 4

A FIREMAN was injured and a girl taken to hospital as a result of a fire which gutted the two top floors of Stuart House, a four-storey building in Clarence Street, near King Street, this morning…

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Chief Secretary Points Out Bushfire Dangers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 7

ANY fire that destroys a sheaf of wheat, a sheep, or a single tree is an act of sabotage," declared the chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley)…

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