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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1944

2,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 109

Pen Points From the People City Bush Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 6

PROPERTY and possibly the lives of citizens in outlying suburbs in the metropolitan area should be protected against the danger of bush…

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Storms Quell Bush Fire Menace to 150 Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

WOY WOY, Monday.-- Drenching rain saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy district from probable destruction by fire as the result of an extensive bushfire on Blackwall Mountain…

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Many Fires in Suburbs Picnickers Start Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

Many grass and scrub fires started in Sydney suburbs yesterday and the fire brigade attended 50 outbreaks…

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Crime To Start Fires

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 3

Campers who were reported to have driven away after starting a bushfire at Menai Creek, near Sutherland, yesterday were "little better than criminals," said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) today…

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Firemen Put Out 85 Fires In City, Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 5

Fire brigades put out 85 bush and grass fares in the city and suburbs yesterday. Late last night a big bushfire near Etta Song was threatening 100 houses…

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Rain Saves 150 Homes From Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

WOY WOY, Monday. -- Drenching rain early this morning saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy district from…

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Rain Saves 150 Homes From Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 2

WOY WOY, Monday. -- Drenching rain saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy ditsrict from probable…

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Bushfire Threat to Dark Felt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Bushfield in the Pakenham district threatened the stables where Dark Felt, winner of the 1943 Melbourne Cup. is located…

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Editorial the People Who Start Bushfires

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 1

AS usual, the first blazing day of summer resulted in a crop of bush and grass fires in the metropolitan and suburban areas. Most of these may be traced directly to sheer…

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Cabinet To Discuss Food, Bushfire Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.--Full Cabinet at its meeting tomorrow will discuss food production, housing and bushfire relief. The Australian-New Zealand agreement completed…

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Storms Quell Bushfire Menace to 150 Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

WOY WOY, Monday.--Drenching rain saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy district from probable destruction by fire as the result of an extensive bushfire on Blackwall Mountain…

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Storms Quell Bushfire Menace to 150 Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

WOY WOY, Monday.--Drenching rain saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy district from probable destruction by fire as the result of an extensive bushfire on Blackwall Mountain…

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Storms Quell Bushfire Menace to 150 Homes

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1944 · page 4

WOY WOY, Monday. -- Drenching rain saved more than 150 homes in the Woy Woy district from probable destruction by fire as the result of an extensive bushfire on Blackwall Mountain…

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Suspicion On Bush Fires

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Suspicions that the Victorian bushfires had been caused deliberately to interfere with the war…

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£625,000 Detroit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Motor car and Army truck spare parts valued at £625,000 were destroyed by a fire at a Detroit factory…

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£625,000 Detroit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Motor car and Army truck spare parts valued at £625,000 were destroyed by fire at a Detroit factory…

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£625,000 Detroit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Motor car and Army truck spare parts valued at £625,000 were destroyed by a fire at a Detroit factory…

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Duke's Message for Fire Sufferers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1944 · page 4

The Duke of Gloucester[?] Governor-General Designate of Anstralia, expressed deep sympathy with sufferers in the bushfires in New South Wales…

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Grass Fires

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 2

Firemen in Farefield. Cabramatta Liverpool Guildford and Merrylands districts were kept busy on Saturday and Sunday list fighting fires. As one fireman…

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Fire-fighters Praised "Magnificent Job" in Bush Blazes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1944 · page 7

The Acting Premier, Mr. Baddeley, yesterday praised bushfire fighters for their work during recent bushfire outbreaks…

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