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Fires & bushfires, 1944

2,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 109

"Block-burners" on Berlin New Bomb Used In Round-Clock Raids Causes Huge Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--While Berlin and Frankfurt were still in flames from yesterday's raids, Allied heavy bombers set out at daybreak this morning to continue their…

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R.A.A.F. Landed Under Fire Admiralties Battle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday. — It was revealed to-day for the first time that R.A.A.F. signallers landed with the first attack…

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Into Battle with the Troops Epic Service Under Fire in New Guinea Front Line

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 12

IT may surprise many to learn that the Australian Army is the only one the world over with which the Salvation Army virtually goes into action. In every other country the Salvation Army serves on the home front…

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Army School for Fighting Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 6

Army N.C.O.s extinguishing an oil fire with chemical spray during training near Sydney yesterday. Troops played a prominent part in fighting recent bushfires in New South Wales and Victoria. N.C.O.s are now being trained at special schools by experts from the N.S.W. Fire Brigade. Later they will act as instructors to their units…

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Bush Fires

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 3

I FORESAW the possibility of bush fires around this district, and endeavored to get the local residents interested. In the…

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Boys Blamed for Two Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 10

Police blame-boys for fires which broke out yesterday in houses at Homebush and Auburn. The home of Mr. J. Ellis, in…

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Boy Robbers Blamed for Starting Fires

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 3

Schoolboys are believed to have set fire to two houses, at Auburn and Lidcombe, yesterday afternoon, to hide the evidence of robberies…

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Blaze Cubes Or Radio Waves May Light Our Homes

The World's News · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 4

THAT'S a forecast of how the future citizen will take a final look around his house at night; or how a night-watchman will patrol…

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Fire-Bombs Showered On London

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.-- London had its longest and heaviest raid last night for some time…

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Police Hunt for Young Fire-bugs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 8

POLICE are seeking youths who are alleged to have set fire to two houses at Lidcombe and Auburn yesterday. The first fire occurred in a…

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Police Hunt for Young Fire-bugs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 8

POLICE are seeking youths who are alleged to have set fire to two houses at Lidcombe and Auburn yesterdav. The first fire occurred in a…

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Police Hunt for Young Fire-bugs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 2

POLICE are seeking youths who are alleged to have set fire to two houses at Lidcombe and Auburn yesterday. The first fire occurred in a…

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Aged Woman Dies In Fire MELBOURNE, Saturday.--

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 3

Trapped in her burning home near Bendigo, Mrs. Mary Madigan (80) lost her life early today…

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R.a.f. Stokes Six-mile Blaze in Berlin, Loses 73 Planes

Truth · Sunday 26 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—The R.A.F. last night made a mass raid on Berlin. This was the first time British planes had attacked the Nazi capital in strength for five weeks. Pilots reported a fire six miles long. THE fire appeared to stretch from…

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6 miles of Berlin railyards aflame; London fire raid

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 March 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Sat.--While the R.A.F. was bombing Berlin and Kiel naval base last night, the Germans mode their biggest raid on London for a year…

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Six-mile fire sears heart of Berlin after terrific night attack by R.A.F. LONDON, Saturday. One thousand RAF bombers started a fire in Berlin that stretched six miles across the city

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1944 · page 3

They covered the city with 2500 tons of bombs, equalling the previous heaviest raid on the German capital. Seventy-three bombers are missing--the RAF's second heaviest loss. Heaviest was 79, in the raid on Leipzig on February 19. Berlin…

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Brothers, 12, 13 on Fire Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 6

Two brothers, aged 12 and 13, were arrested by Detective-Sergeant Hughes and Detective Cantwell, of Burwood, yesterday, and charged with setting…

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Fire Destroys City Building

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

A fire which broke out at Cox Findlayson and Company's chemical works, Murphy Lane, Broadway, today, destroyed the…

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Fire Destroys City Building

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 7

A fire which broke out at Cox Findlayson and Company's chemical works, Murphy Lane, Broadway, today, destroyed the…

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Fire Destroys City Building

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 2

A fire which broke out at Cox Findlayson and Company's chemical works, Murphy Lane, Broadway, today, destroyed the…

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