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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

1,504 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 76

Fire Destroys Homestead

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 2

BALLARAT, Wednesday. -- Erected 30 years ago at a cost of about £20,000 the homestead on East Mount Mitchell Estate, owned by Messrs. J…

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Hoax Calls to Fire Brigades

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 6

City fire brigades were hoaxed last night by a telephone caller who reported outbreaks of fires, to which the brigades travelled, at Macleay…

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Fire-Eating Pup Wins Film Fame

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 December 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--Every night after closing hours a bullterrier patrols a Bognor Regis hotel searching for live…

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Big Fires In Berlin

The Sun · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--Berlin reeled again last night --for the fourth time this month -- under a heavy…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the t holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

TOURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Watch That Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 6

DURING the holidays, those of us fortunate enough to spend…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Tageblatt," sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Shot Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Tageblatt," sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the, "Nieus Wiener Tageblatt," sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from, what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Taeeblatt" sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen, clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Tageblatt," sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Taireblatt" sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Short Story by an Australian Author Fire Without Flame

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 December 1943 · page 9

THEY sat stiffly, in the basement room of what had once been the respected Wassermann Bank. From where they sat they could hear the workmen clearing the debris from what was left of the proud Wilhelmplatz. Emcken, the Berlin correspondent of the "Nieus Wiener Tageblatt," sat apart from his fellows. Emcken was slight and prematurely grey…

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Report Bush Fires!

The Land · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 1

THE public are urged by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to report immediately any outbreaks of fire which come under their notice…

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Another Bush Fire Warning

The Land · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

ANOTHER warning to country people on the danger of bush fires was issued this week by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley)…

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