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Fires & bushfires, 1945

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Chief Fire Officer's Statement "Clerical Duty" Defined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 4

The "clerical duties" of firemen were explained last night by the Chief Officer, Mr. W. H. Beare. Because of a dispute over these duties firemen in Sydney have gone on strike. (See page 1.)…

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Wheat Lost in Mill Fire Airmen Fight Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 5

R.A.A.P. men helped fight a fire which destroyed large stocks of wheat and flour at Wise Bros flour mill at Tocumwal early yesterday…

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No Fire Protection for City Firemen Refuse To Carry On Mass Meeting of Men Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

SINCE 2.15 p.m. yesterday, Sydney has been without adequate fire protection, metropolitan firemen having stopped work as a protest against a…

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No Fire Protection for City Firemen Refuse To Carry On Mass Meeting of Men Today

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

SINCE 2.15 p.m. yesterday, Sydney has been without adequate fire protection, metropolitan firemen having stopped work as a protest against a…

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Officers Turn Out to Car Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

Officers of Waverley and Woollahra fire brigades were called out at 1 a.m. to-day when a motor car in a garage in Gould Street, Bondi, caught fire…

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Threat By Fire Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

Fire brigade officers will remain on duty only if volunteer labor is not introduced. The executive of the Fire Officers'…

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Sydney Lacking Fire Protection

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

For more than 46 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike. A REMARKABLE fact is that the…

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Sydney Lacking Fire Protection

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

For more than 46 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike. A REMARKABLE fact is that the…

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Fire Brigade Officers Answer Call

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

Because of the firemen's strike only skeleton staffs of officers manned stations in Sydney yesterday. The picture shows officers from headquarters returning from a call in Pitt Street…

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Youth Fined for Not Extinguishing Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

QUIRINDI, Tuesday.--At Quirindt Court today, Harold Thomas Jackson (19) was fined £25 on a charge of failing to extinguish a…

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12 Fire Officers Turn Out to False Alarm

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 10

TWELVE fire officers, comprising three-quarters of the complement at Fire Headquarters, answered a call to the Dental Hospital. Chalmers…

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Federal Judge Sends Fire Dispute to State Court

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

The firemen's case, which was before the Federal Arbitration Court today, was referred to the State Industrial Commission for determination. Judge O'Mara made this decision after he had heard counsel's argument…

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City Lacks Fire Protection Plans For Long Strike Judge's Ruling Against Union

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

FOR more than 48 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike…

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City Lacks Fire Protection Plans For Long Strike Judge's Ruling Against Union

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

FOR more than 48 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike…

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City Lacks Fire Protection Plans For Long Strike Judge O'mara Calls Meeting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

FOR more than 48 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike…

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City Lacks Fire Protection Plans For Long Strike Judge O'mara Calls Meeting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 4

FOR more than 46 hours Sydney has been without adequate protection from fire because of the firemen's strike…

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Couple Burnt in Bedroom Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 13

THOMAS CRAFT (69) and his wife, Ella (50), were severely burnt when a methylated spirits container caught fire in the bedroom of their…

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50 Years of Fire-Fighting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 7

WHEN Mr. H. M. Webb recently relinquished his post of secretary to the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board, he carried…

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Cargo of Hay Catches Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 14

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Part of a cargo of 1000 tons of hay caught fire shortly after leaving a south…

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Discarded Cigarette Causes Big Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 February 1945 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Someone threw a lighted cigarette into the basement of a Paddington provision store…

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