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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1944

2,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 109

Fire Raid on London

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Germans made another attempt to set London on fire last night, but were driven off…

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Deadly Fire Found Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

STILL SMOKING from the blast of a flamethrower that seared their lives away, these Japanese soldiers huddled in death, are discovered by U.S. Marines on the beach in the Eniwetok Atoll. The Japs had to be literally burned out of their foxholes by the…

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Fire-bombs Rain on London: Heavy Raid

The Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--Another heavy fire-raid fell on London last night, when incendiary bombs rained like hailstones on one district. While this attack was…

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Boot Repair Shop Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Fifteen hundred pairs of shoes, boots and slippers, in various stages of repair, were extensively damaged when a…

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Boot Repair Shop Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Fifteen hundred pairs of shoes, boots and slippers, in various stages of repair, were extensively damaged when a…

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Fire at Horsley

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

Last Sunday a bush fire occured in the paddock or Mr. L. Chamberlain, Walworth Road, Horsley. It it had spread, other places would have caught alight,…

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Generous Catholic Aid for Fire Victims

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

WHEN one hundred and forty-seven families of Lismore (Victoria) were left homeless as a result of bushfires, the local Catholic Welfare Organisation served them more than 1000 meals a day…

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Damage by Fire Sharp Raid on London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, March 15 (A.A.P.).— Thousands of incendiary bombs and numerous high-explosives were showered over a wide area…

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Late News 10 Brigades at Rosebery Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 5

The works of W. Hermon Slade and Co. Pty. Ltd., manufacturing chemists, Rosebery, caught fire early this morning…

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London Has Biggest Fire Raid Since 1940-41 "Blitz"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--The German fire-raid on London last night was the heaviest since the "big blitz" of 1940-41. About 100 raiders appeared to take part. Thirteen were shot down--11 over London and two near their Dutch base…

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Man Burned to Death in Chemical Factory Fire Mate Injured In Vain Rescue Bid

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

One workman, was burned to death and another suffered burns going to his aid in a spectacular fire which gutted a large part of a Rosebery chemical factory early today…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

AMAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Hermon W. Slade, Pty., Rosebery,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

A MAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Hermon W. Slade, Pty., Rosebery,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

A MAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Herman W. Slade, Pty., Rosebery,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

A MAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Herman W. Slade, Pty., Ltd.,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

A MAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Hermon W. Slade, Pty., Rosebery,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

AMAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Herrnon W. Slade Pty., Ltd.,…

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One Dead, One Hurt in Fire Municipality Searching for Euphonious Name £10,000 Damage At Chemical Works Man's Fight to Rescue Mate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 2

AMAN lost his life and another was badly burned when fire gutted a large portion of the chemical factory of Herman W. Slade, Pty., Ltd., ERMINGTON-RYDALMERE Municipality is to have a new and shorter name, and residents will be invited to submit suggestions, the…

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Fined £10 for Starting Bushfire

The Biz · Thursday 16 March 1944 · page 3

Carl Marlin. fitter's laborer, of Brown's Road, Austral, was fined £10 at Liverpool Court on Monday for having left a fire burning near the Eringelly Road…

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Chemical Works Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 6

The chemical fire was at the works of Hermon Slade and Co. Pty. Ltd., manufacturing chemists in Primrose Avenue Rosebery…

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