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Fires & bushfires, 1943

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Leather Factory Badly Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 6

THE factory of A. L. Lindsay and Co., leather workers, Parramatta Road, Petersham, was severely damaged today by a fire which broke out…

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Leather Factory Badly Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 6

THE factory of A. L. Lindsay and Co., leather workers, Parramatta Road, Petersham, was severely damaged today by a fire which broke out…

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Leather Factory Badly Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 6

THE factory of A. L. Lindsay and Co., leather workers, Parramatta Road, Petersham, was severely damaged today by a fire which broke out…

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Tramway Power Cable Snapped Two Shocked; Tram Catches Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 4

When the tramway overhead power cable broke in Botany Road, Mascot, near King Street, yesterday, a tram passenger and…

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Four Deaths in Bushfire Fourteen in Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 4

Melbourne, Wednesday.—Two men and a youth were burned to death in a bushfire near Wangaratta to-day. A postal…

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Warns Of Bushfire Peril Here

The Sun · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 3

"Serious risk of bushfires is developing in many parts of the State," the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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3 Burned to Death in Bushfire 14 Seriously Hurt; Petrol Tank On Truck Explodes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Two men and a youth of 16 were burned to death late today when they were trapped while fighting a grass fire near Tarrawingee, 12 miles from…

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Six Dead in Victorian Bushfire Many Trapped By Rushing Flames; 30 Treated: Youth Feared Lost

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Five men and a boy have died in Hie huge bushfire in north-east Victoria, and a 14-years-old boy is missing and feared dead. Thirty people have been treated at Wangaratta Hospital, 14 being admitted. Three are critically ill…

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Four Die in Vic. Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In one of the most serious bushfires in the North-eastern area of the State for years,…

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Four Die in Vic. Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In one of the most serious bushfires in the North-eastern area of the State for years…

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Four Die in Vic. Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In one of the most serious bushfires in the North-eastern area of the State for years,…

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Six Dead in Victorian Bushfire Many Trapped By Rushing Flames; 30 Treated: Youth Feared Lost

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Five men and a boy have died in the huge bush fire in north-east Victoria, and a 14-years-old boy is missing and feared dead. Thirty people have been treated at Wangaratta Hospital, 14 being admitted. Three are critically ill…

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Four Die in Vic. Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- In one of the most serious bushfires in the North-eastern area of the State for years…

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Six Dead in Huge Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Six men have died in the huge bushfire in north-east Victoria. Thirty people have been treated…

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Victorian Bush Blaze Halted

The Sun · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 2

WANGARATTA, Friday. -- Bush fires that wrought £50,000 damage and wiped out at least nine…

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Bushfire Death Toll Now Nine Nine Still In Hospital Blaze Believed Under Control

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Death toll of the devastating bushfires, which have burnt out about 20,000 acres of country near Wangaratta, has now…

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Bushfire Death Toll Now Nine Nine Still In Hospital Blaze Believed Under Control

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Death toll of of the devastating hushfires, which have burnt out about 20,000 acres of country near Wangaratta, has now…

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Bushfire Death Toll Now Nine Nine Still In Hospital Blaze Believed Under Control

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Death toll of the devastating bushfires, which have burnt out about 20,000 acres of country near Wangaratta, has now…

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Bushfire Death Toll Now Nine Nine Still In Hospital Blaze Believed Under Control

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE Friday.--Death toll of the devastating bushfires, which have burnt out about 20,000 acres of country near Wangaratta, has now…

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Bushfire Death Toll Now Nine Nine Still In Hospital Blaze Believed Under Control

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Death toll of the devastating bushfires, which have by ml out about 20,000 acres of country near Wangaratta, has now…

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