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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 76

Great Fires Grip Hanover

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Hanover, one of Germany's largest industrial centres, has been burning for three days and two nights. The fierce Allied air attack on…

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Great Fires Grip Hanover

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Hanover, one of Germany's largest industrial centres, has been burning for three days and two nights. The fierce Allied air attack on…

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Great Fires Grip Hanover

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 October 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Hanover, one of Germany's largest industrial centres, (has been burning for three days and two nights. The fierce Allied air attack on…

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Petrol-drenched Tram on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE[?] Monday.—Seven persons were injured when a tram and a Newcastle City Council motor lorry collided at…

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British Destroyer Fires a Torpedo and Brings It Back Again

Construction · Wednesday 13 October 1943 · page 12

A British destroyer carried out a torpedo exercise and afterwards recovered the torpedo. The dummy head used was fitted with a calcium float to indicate the position of the torpedo after it had finished…

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Kiev Fight Fiercer As Reds Gain Upper Hand Beaten Nazis Fire Gomel

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 October 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--The struggle for Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, is growing in fury as Soviet forces widen their bridgeheads north and south of the city. Kiev's fall can be…

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Jap Barges Set on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 3

TWO JAPANESE BARGES on fire in Wide Bay, New Britain, after being strafed by Australian Beaufighter planes.--Department of Air picture…

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Pit Owners in Britain Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--One of the main reasons why British miners are demanding nationalisation of the mines is to…

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Germans Sack Kiev with Fire, Dynamite

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Germans have begun an orgy of massacre, destruction, and pillage in Kiev, Moscow correspondents say. A correspondent of Izvestia,…

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Pit Owners in Britain Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--One of the main reasons why British miners are demanding nationalisation of the mines is to…

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Hungarians Did Not Fire on American Bombers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- Hungarian anti-aircraft gunners have twice failed to lire on American bombers' flying to attack Wiener-Neustadt…

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Hungarians Did Not Fire on American Bombers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- Hungarian anti-aircraft gunners have twice failed to fire on American bombers flying to attack Wiener-Neustadt…

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Jap Rabaul Base Smashed 177 Planes, 49 Ships, 70 Small Craft Destroyed; Great Fires

The Sun · Thursday 14 October 1943 · page 1

In the most devastating Allied raid of the Pacific war, a great force of bombers has smashed the vital Jap base at Rabaul. The bombers destroyed or damaged 177 Jap planes,…

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Woman Imprisoned for Refusing Fire Duty

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- Greta Moller (28) was sentenced to two years' goal at Stettin (Germany) for…

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Woman Imprisoned for Refusing Fire Duty

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- Greta Moller (28) was sentenced to two years' gaol at Stettin (Germany) for reusing fire-watch duty…

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Woman Imprisoned for Refusing Fire Duty

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.-- Greta Moller (28) was sentenced to two years' gaol at Stettin (Germany) for refusing fire-watch duty…

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Fire Insurance Claims

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 October 1943 · page 5

"GETTING it both ways" ("Smith's," September 2, '43), has brought…

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Mine Fire Burning For Eight Years

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 October 1943 · page 5

When an attempt was made this week to reopen a section of Bellbird Colliery, Cessnock, a fire which started eight years ago was found to be still burning. A disastrous fire in 1935 had compelled closure of this section…

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Man Risks Life Carrying Ether Away From Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 October 1943 · page 3

Although suffering from severe burns to the arms, an employee risked his life to remove a quantity of ether from a burning chemical factory in Short Street, Marrickville, early this morning…

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Man Risks Life Carrying Ether Away From Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 October 1943 · page 3

Although suffering from severe burns to the arms, an employee risked his life to remove a quantity of ether from a burning chemical factory in Short Street, Marrickville, early this morning…

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