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Fires & bushfires, 1943

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

Child Starts Fatal Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Frederick William Gifford (75), was burned to death last night in the presence of his…

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Child Starts' Fatal Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 3

ADELAIDE,Friday. --Frederick William Gifforil (75), was burned to death last night, in the presence of his five-years…

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Servicemen Save Town From Fire

The Sun · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Servicemen helped to save the township of Lethbridge, near Geelong, and four farm…

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R.A.F. Again Pounds Berlin Raiders Drop 2000 Tons Of Bombs: Huge Fires Started

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--The R.A.F. last night dropped more than 2000 tons of high-explosive and incendiary bombs on Berlin…

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Tenth Bushfire Victim Dies Victorian Premier's Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 4

WANGARATTA, Thursday.— Another of the bushfire victims Mr. Arthur Wellington, died in the Community Hospital this…

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Bushfire's Tenth Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The tenth fatality from the Bowser-Tarrawingee bush fire, Arthur Wellington, 46, of Wilawa, farmer, died in Wangaratta…

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