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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1944

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

£30,000 Damage In Printery Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 7

Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused in a lire which practically destroyed the photographic section of Marchant…

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£30,000 Damage In Printrery Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 7

Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused in a fire which practically destroyed the photographic section of Marchant…

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3 Japanese Warships Set on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 3

Two Japanese heavy cruisers and a destroyer in Kavieng Harbor (New Ireland) were set on fire on Saturday by Allied…

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£30,000 Damage In Printery Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 3

Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused in a fire which practically destroyed the photographic section of Marchant…

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Control of Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 7

MR. H. E. MESSER, chairman of the Bushfires Advisory Committee, will speak on prevention and control of bushfires at 6.50 p.m…

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Control of Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 7

MR. H. E. MESSER, chairman of the Bushfires Advisory Committee will speak on prevention and control of bushfires at 6.50 p.m…

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Petrol Jettisoned to Stop Ship Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--During an attack on a ship by enemy bombers, an Australian soldier threw drums of aviation spirit overboard to prevent fire. This was revealed by the…

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Nazis Prepare for Sudden 'Cease Fire'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Germans have prepared for every contingency likely in event of a sudden armistice and specially printed, instructions to troops are stored in Northern France, according to Mr. B. S. Townroe, secretary…

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Nazis Prepare for Sudden 'Cease Fire'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Germans have prepared for every contingency likely in, event of a sudden armistice and specially printed instructions to troops are stored in Northern France according to Mr. B. S. Townroe, secretary…

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Nazis Prepare for Sudden 'Cease Fire'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Germans have prepared for every contingency likely in event of a sudden armistice and specially printed instructions to troops are stored in Northern France, according to Mr. B. S. Town roe, secretary…

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Small Planes Guide Artillery Fire Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Jan. 5.—Commenting on the Allies' striking aitillery superiority on the Italian fronts, "The Times's"…

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Beware! BushFire Weather

The Land · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

WITH a continuation of dry and hot weather and the existence of exceptionally heavy swards of grass…

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Fire in Our Printing House

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 2

AFIRE early on Wednesday morning on the premises of Messrs. Marchant and Co. Pty., Ltd., printers of the " Farmers and Settler. " caused…

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Fire at Pt. Macquarie

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

With buckets of water and wet bags, volunteers tried to put out a fire which burned one shop to the ground and damaged two…

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Army Helped Fight Tragic Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

TRAINED army fire-fighters played an important part in quelling tragic bushfires which swept the Wangaratta district in Victoria…

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Army Helped Fight Tragic Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

TRAINED army fire-fighters played an important part in quelling tragic bushfires which swept the Wangaratta district in Victoria…

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Army Helped Fight Tragic Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

'TRAINED army fire-fighters played an important part in quelling tragic bushfires which swept the Wangaratta district in Victoria…

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Army Helped Fight Tragic Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

TRAINED army fire-fighters played an important part in quelling tragic bushfires which swept the Wangaratta district in Victoria…

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Bush Fire Wipes Out Eight Homes

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—One of the worst bushfires for years today destroyed eight houses and the hospital at Clunes, 96 miles north-west of Melbourne. No lives were lost. DURNING fiercely on a 20-mile…

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Bushfire destroys hospital, 15 homes MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1944 · page 2

Many people narrowly escaped death when a bush fire swept through Clunes township today destroying…

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