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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 76

Night Blaze In City

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

Crowds watched a spectacular blaze which gutted two floors of a building at the corner of…

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City Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 9

Big crowds watched a fire which occurred in a three-storey building at the corner of Mountain and Smail Streets, Broadway, early this morning…

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Cheques Saved in City Fire

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

These cheques, which are still negotiable though scorched and wet, were recovered from premises in Mountain-street, Broadway, which were gutted by fire early today. Mr. V. Plotkin is shown handing over the cheques, valued at…

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Heavy Damage At City Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 1

Many thousands of pounds' damage was done by a fire which destroyed the two top floors of a puilding on the corner of…

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Big Fire, In City Building

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

MORE THAN 70 FIREMEN fought a two-hour battle with the fire which badly damaged this three-storey building at the corner of Mountain and Small Streets, Broadway, early today. Nearly £20,000 of imported printing paper was destroyed. Men are seen clearing…

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Big Fire In City Building

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

MORE THAN 70 FIREMEN fought a two-hour battle with the fire which badly damaged this three-storey building at the corner of Mountain and Small Streets, Broadway, early today. Nearly £20,000 of imported printing paper was destroyed. Men are seen clearing…

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Big Fire In City Building

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

MORE THAN 70 FIREMEN fought a two-hour battle with the fire which badly damaged this three-storey building at the corner of Mountain and Small Streets, Broadway, early today. Nearly £20,000 of imported printing paper was destroyed. Men are seen clearing…

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Big Damage in City Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

More than 70 firemen fought a two-hours' battle when a fire broke out in a three-storey building at the corner of…

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Big Fire In City Building

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

MORE THAN 70 FIREMAN fought a two-hour battle with the fire which badly damaged this three-storey building at the corner of Mountain and Small Streets, Broadway, early today. Nearly £20,000 of imported printing paper was destroyed. Men are seen clearing…

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Big Damage in City Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

More than 70 firemen fought a two-hours' battle when a fire broke out in a three-storey building at the corner of…

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Japs Show Originality In Making Fire-Bombs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

They say the Jap has no originality and is merely an imitator, but in respect to incendiary bombs, he has gone far towards disproving this belief. BETWEEN shortage of magnesium…

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Japs Show Originality In Making Fire-Bombs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 4

They say the Jap has no originality and is merely an imitator, but in respect to incendiary bombs, he has gone far towards disproving this belief BETWEEN shortage of magnesium…

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Japs Show Originality In Making Fire-Bombs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

They say the Jap has no originality and is merely an imitator, but in respect to incendiary bombs, he has gone far towards disproving this belief. BETWEEN shortage of magnesium…

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Twin Sisters Fire Fighters

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 January 1943 · page 6

MISSES LORNA AND LAUREL OSBORNE, twins, who are members of the Women's Fire Auxiliary, took part in the fire-fighting display at Benelong Point, Circular Quay, yesterday. After the display, Home Security Minister Lazzarini handed over…

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R.A.F. Bombs Hamburg Big Fires Started

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 6

LONDON, Jan. 31 (A.A.P.).— R.A.F. heavy bombers last night attacked Hamburg, Germany's chief port. Large fires were…

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New Fire Engines for Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 7

Eight American fire engines, worth about £20,000, on parade at Benelong Point on Saturday, before being handed over to the N.S.W. Fire Brigades. They were obtained by the Commonwealth Government under the Lend-Lease Act…

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30 Pensioners Die in Sanitarium Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1943 · page 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.-- Thirty persons perished in a fire at an old-age pensioners' sanitarium [?] Seattle yesterday…

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Bush Fires Beaten

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 6

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.—Twenty-one man from Katoomba and Leura brigades, under Sub-station Officer J. Sweeney, fought a bushfire at Leur[?]…

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Bush-fire Precautions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 6

A warning about the danger of bush fires issued to-day by the Chief Secretary is particularly timely, with fire risk,…

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Three Cities Swelter Bush Fire Danger in N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1943 · page 6

Three capital cities—Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney—sweltered during a week of high temperatures, made harder to…

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