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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 86

Men to Be Charged for Grovely Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Although Army authorities are silent, it is understood that a number of soldiers will be dealt with following the fire at Grovely Detention Camp early yesterday morning…

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Institute of Fire Loss Assessors

The Sun · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 7

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Fire Loss Assessors Institute of Australia (Incor.):--…

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Officers of Fire Loss Assessors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 5

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Fire Loss Assessors' Institute of Australia:— President. Mr. F. G. Pumfrey, of Bris…

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London Fire- Watchers' Job Now Finished

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Monday. -- Fire watching ended throughout Britain at noon yesterday. THIS war has produced many…

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Riot in Grovely Prison Camp Soldier Prisoners Start Fires: Many Shots Fired

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--During a disturbance at Gravely army detention camp on Saturday night an attempt was made to burn down part of the camp…

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City Safe From Air Fire Watching Stops Memories of Blitz in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 13

LONDON, Monday. -- Fire watching ended throughout Britain at noon yesterday. THIS war has produced many…

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City Safe From Air Fire Watching Stops Memories of Blitz in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 13

LONDON, Monday. -- Fire watching ended throughout Britain at noon yesterday. THIS war has produced many…

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City Safe From Air Fire Watching Stops Memories of Blitz in London

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 March 1945 · page 13

LONDON, Monday. -- Fire, watching ended throughout Britain at noon yesterday. THIS war has produced many…

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Searchlights Blaze For Loan Pageant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

Searchlights will blaze over Martin Place between 8 o'clock and 9.30 to-night during a spectacular pageant in which the…

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Commando's Deadly Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

SPRAWLED in a shallow ditch behind their machine guns, British commandos direct deadly streams of bullets at…

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Commando's Deadly Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

SPRAWLED in a shallow ditch behind their machine guns, British commandos direct deadly streams of bullets at…

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Commandos' Deadly Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

SPRAWLED, in a shallow ditch behind their machine guns, British commandos direct deadly streams of bullets at…

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Commando's Deadly Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

SPRAWLED in a shallow ditch behind their machine guns, British commandos direct deadly streams of bullets at…

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Fire at Timber Yards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 4

Firemen from eight stations, under the Chief Officer, Mr. Beare, checked a fire which, threatened the timber yard of the Allied Works Council…

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Bushfire Brigade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 9

Three new members of the North Rocks-West Pennant Hills Bushfire Brigade were approved by Baulkham Hills Council last week. They are…

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Berlin's Anti-aircraft Guns Rarely Fire From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 3

LONDON, March 28.—Antiaircraft batteries around Berlin larely open up now, R.A.F. Mosquito pilots say…

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Child Authors Help in Bushfire Prevention

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 10

Dramatic colored pictures of bushfires roaring through the countryside, clipped ingeniously from Art Gallery…

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Fanatic Nazi Fight in Frankfurt Fierce Fire On U.S.Bridgehead

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1945 · page 2

OUTSIDE FRANKFURT, Thursday.--The Germans are defending Frankfurt with the most concentrated artillery barrage I have ever seen…

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Spectacular Wool Store Fire Fierce 25-Minute Blaze Causes £135,000 Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 5

A spectacular 25-minute fire yesterday caused £135,000 damage at F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd's wool-combing works, Botany. The fire destroyed a quantify of oil. The…

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Police Seek Fire Clue

The Sun · Saturday 31 March 1945 · page 3

The fire, which gutted one of the woolcombing sections of a factory of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., at Botany yesterday, may…

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