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Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 86

Mercy Bullets for Fire-trapped Flier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- One of the most moving stories of the war has just been published, with the acquittal of a lieut.-colonel commanding a forward American air base, who fired two mercy bullets into the head of…

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Mercy Bullets for Fire-trapped Flier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. --One of the most moving stories of the war has just been published, with the acquittal of a lieut.-colonel commanding a forward American air base, who fired two mercy bullets into the head of…

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Mercy Bullets for Fire-trapped Flier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- One of the most moving stories of the war has just been published, with the acquittal of a lieut.-colonel commanding a forward American air base, who fired two mercy bullets into the head of…

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Mercy Bullets for Fire-trapped Flier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- One of The most moving stories of the war has just been published, with the acquittal of a lieut.-colonel commanding, a forward American air base, who fired two mercy bullets into the head of…

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Mercy Bullets for Fire-trapped Flier

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- One of The most moving stories of the war has just been published, with the acquittal of a lieut.-colonel commanding, a forward American air base, who fired two mercy bullets into the head of…

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Fireman's Death Fighting Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

Fireman Alexander Mancy (30), of Glebe Station, died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after live electric wires had fallen on him while he was fighting a fire at a Glebe furniture…

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Fireman's Death Fighting Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

Fireman Alexander Mancy (30), of Glebe Station, died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after live electric wires had fallen on him while he was fighting a fire at a Glebe furniture…

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Fireman's Death Fighting Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

Fireman Alexander Mancy (30) of Glebe Station, died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after live electric wires had fallen on him while he was fighting a fire at a Glebe furniture…

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Fireman's Death Fighting Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

Fireman Alexander Mancy (30), of Glebe Station, died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after live electric wires had fallen on him while he was fighting a fire at a Glebe furniture…

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Fireman Electrocuted In Glebe Blaze

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 3

Fireman Alexander Mancy, 30, was electrocuted. while fighting a fire which destroyed a furniture factory at Glebe today. Under the weight of a heavy…

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Fire Bombs Rain On Dessau

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--One million incendiaries were showered on Dessau (NW of Dresden) by 1250 RAF bombers…

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Fireman Killed Fighting Factory Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 4

While fighting a fire in a furniture factory yesterday, Fireman Alexander Mancy, 30, of Glebe Point Road. Glebe, fell…

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Fire Extinguishers

The World's News · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 20

For car, launch, factory, home, etc. Dry chemical compound. No liquid, nonconductive, no destructive action. Best for electrical, minor petrol fires. Simple…

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Record Air Blow Fires Tokio City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- Tokio received the greatest aerial beating of the war yesterday, when at 1 a.m. 300 Superfortresses struck the city and rained down explosives and incendiaries for 90 minutes. More than 4,500 airmen took part…

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Record Air Blow Fires Tokio City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- Tokio received the greatest aerial beating of the war yesterday, when at 1 a.m. 300 Superfortresses struck the city and rained down explosives and incendiaries for 90 minutes. More than 4,500 airmen took part…

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Record Air Blow Fires Tokio City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- Tokio received the greatest aerial beating of the war yesterday, when at 1 a.m. 300 Superfortresses struck the city and rained down explosives and incendiaries for 90 minutes. More than 4,500 airmen took part…

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Record Air Blow Fires Tokio City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- Tokio received the greatest aerial beating of the war yesterday, when at 1 a.m. 300 Superfortresses struck the city and rained down explosives and incendiaries for 90 minutes. More than 4,500 airmen took part…

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Supers Fire Tokio In Record Raid

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 1

GUAM, Saturday. -- A record fleet of more than 300 Superfortresses yesterday left a 10 square mile area of Tokio blazing…

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After the Bushfire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 8

Gashes of gullies mock the dried creek-bed, Gaping like mounds in ridges jestered white…

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Fire Damages Grandstand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 3

A small grandstand on the Park Road side of the Sydney Sports Ground was damaged by fire yesterday for the second time in a few days…

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