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Fires & bushfires, 1944

2,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 109

Rocket-Guns Fire On British Ships

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Germany's second front rocket-guns went into action for the first time early yesterday when light…

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Red Cross Bushfire Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 5

The Victorian division of the Red Cross Society has made a magnificent contribution to bush-fire relief in that State, a member of the N.S.W…

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Bush Fire Brigade Volunteers Wanted

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

A meeting of the recently-formed [?]ush Fire Brigade was held in Penrith Council Chambers on Thursday, 2nd inst, the Mayor (Ald. F. J. H. Allen)…

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POP Between Two Fires

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 7

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Engadine Fire Brigade

The Propeller · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 1

The Shire Clerk of Sutherland (Mr. D. R. Kirkby) reported at Monday night's meeting of council that he had been interviewed by the secretary and captain of…

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Thieves Blamed for Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 7

Police blame boy thieves for setting fire to a bedroom at the home of Mr. William J. E. Taylor, in Iberia Street, Padstow Park…

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Farewell to Fire Officer

The Propeller · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 1

A social function was recently held in the Hurstville Fire Station to bid farewell to Station-Officer Frank Pickering and his wife. Mr. Pickering retired from…

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Nazis Fire on Strikers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Nearly 1,000,000 Italians are on shrike in Milan and Turin in revolt against Fascist and Nazi overlordship. The…

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Nazis Fire on Strikers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Nearly 1,000,000 Italians are on strike in Milan and Turin in revolt against Fascist and Nazi overlordship. The…

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Boys Blamed For House Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 7

Boys are believed to have ransacked and set fire to a house in Iberia Street, Padstow, yesterday. Firemen from Bankstown and…

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Firemen Had To Chase Fire

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Ouyen fire brigade yesterday had to chase a fire to put it out…

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20 Die When Fire Destroys Village

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Thursday. -- Twenty lives were lost and eight persons injured when a fire licked through a native…

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20 Die When Fire Destroys Village

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Thursday. -- Twenty lives were lost and eight persons injured when a fire licked through a native…

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War's Worst Fire-raid on Berlin 1000 Bombers Unload 350,000 Incendiaries

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--The greatest fire-raid in history fell on Berlin yesterday and caused enormous devastation…

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Help Urged Foe Bushfire Victims

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

A widower, now a hopeless cripple in Gundagai Hospital as a result of injury received when a tree fell on him during a…

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Help Urged for Bushfire Victims

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 March 1944 · page 3

A widower, now a hopeless cripple in Gundagai Hospital as a result of injury received when a tree fell on him during a…

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Tributes To BushFire Brigades

The Land · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 1

REPORTS to the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture from its instructors in rural areas pay tribute to tho wonderful saves offectod in numbers of…

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Fires Blaze All Round Berlin 1,000 Bomber Attack Smaller American Losses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, March 9 (A.A.P.).—Berlin had the greatest fire-raid of the war yesterday when 1,000 U.S. heavy bombers dropped more than 350,000 incendiary…

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Cigarette Butts As Cause of Fires

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 3

THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that some people were under the impression that lighted cigar or cigarette butts would not…

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Cigarette Butts As Cause of Fires

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 March 1944 · page 8

THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that some, people were under the impression that lighted cigar or cigarette butts would not…

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