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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 86

Explosion and Fires on Island

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--US planes dropped 40 tons of bombs on Iwo Jima (Bonins) on Sunday, causing an explosion on the…

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Fire Brigades Secretary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

Mr. H. M. Webb will retire to-day from the position of secretary to the New South Wales Fire Brigades Board after 45 years' service, 31 of which…

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Fire Board Official Ends Long Service

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 12

Mr. H. M. Webb, secretary to the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners, retires today after 45 years' service…

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Nazis Burn Towns in Russians' Path Berliners See Glow Of Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Germans are burning and dynamiting towns and war factories in the path of Marshal Zhukov's army advancing on Berlin…

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Konigsberg on Fire Nazis Admit Town Shelled By Russians

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--All suburbs of Konigsberg, East Prussian capital, are burning, the German news agency says. The fires are the result of Russian shelling of…

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16 Kiddies Perish In Blaze

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--At least 16 children and a woman perished in a tire which destroyed a…

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Rules Eased For Fires

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 5

The restrictions on the lighting of fires have now been eased. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that until the…

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Lucky Dog Rescues Six From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- From Edenderry in King's County, comes the story of Eire's luckiest dog…

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Lucks Dog Rescues Six From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- From Edenderry in King's . County, comes the story of Eire's luckiest dog…

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Lucky Dog Rescues Six From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

DUBLIN, Thursday. -- From Edenderry in King's County, comes the story of Eire's luckiest dog…

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Fines for Lighting Fires Racecourse Shareholder Charged

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

SEVERAL Cases dealing with the lighting of fires came before Mr. R. Solling, P.M., at Penrith Police Court on Thursday…

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Shocking U.S. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Seventeen infants and one adult were burned to death yesterday in a mysterious fire…

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Shocking U.S. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 13

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Seventeen infants and one adult were burned to death yesterday in a mysterious fire…

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Shocking U.S. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Seventeen infants and one adult were burned to death yesterday in a mysterious fire…

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Shocking U.S. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Seventeen infants and one adult were burned to death yesterday in a mysterious fire…

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16 Children Die in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (A.A.P.).—At least 16 children aged between three months and three years, and one woman employee aged [?]0, perished…

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45 Years In Fire Service

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 9

In his 45 years with the NSW Fire Brigades, Mr. H. M. Webb, who retired yesterday from the position of…

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Easing of Fire Restrictions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

Restrictions on the lighting of fires which had been imposed because of the danger of bush or grass fires had been eased, the Chief Secretary, Mr…

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Paper Pulp Destroyed in Bond Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

SEVERAL bales of paper pulp, the property of the Australian Paper Mills, Tasmania, were destroyed last night by fire in the McClelland Bond…

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Paper Pulp Destroyed in Bond Store Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 2

SEVERAL bales of paper pulp, the property of the Australian Paper Mills, were destroyed last night by fire in the McClelland Bond and Free…

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