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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 86

Camp Fire Led To Rescue In Gorge

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 6

ARMIDALE, Tuesday. -- Missing since Sunday, Alexander Linton, 21, a student at New England University College, was found…

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Greatest Fire Raid on Japs' 3rd CITY Superforts Leave Nagoya In Ruins

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--Nagoya, Japan's third city (pop. 1,300,000), is in flaming ruins after today's mammoth Super-Fortress fire raid…

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Fire Razes Historic Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 4

WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday.—The historic Pomingalarns homestead, home of Mr. and Mrs. David Copland, was destroyed by fire early this…

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500 Superforts Stoke Fires At Nagoya

The Sun · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

GUAM, Thursday.--500 Superfortresses last night rained 3500 tons of fire bombs on the Japanese industrial city of Nagoya, which was still burning from Sunday's attack. Made soon after midnight, the…

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Focal Point on Okinawa Withering Fire In Six-day Fight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, May 16 (A.A.P.). —A hill in the centre of the southern front on Okinawa known as "Chocolate Drop" has…

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N.Z. Airliner Destroyed by Fire. Man On Theft Charge

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 3

Cable advices from Auckland report the destruction by fire of the Union Airways 15-passenger Lodestar monoplane Karoro on…

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Air Armada Hails Fire on Jap City Staggering Blow At Nagoya

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Nagoya, still in flames from Sunday's huge fire raid, was attacked again yesterday by Superfortresses…

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Fire At Biscuit Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 7

The Ve-Toy biscuit factory, at the corner of Cooper and Young Streets, Redfern, was…

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Fire at City Factory £6,000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

Damage estimated at £6,000 was caused by a fire at the Redfern factory of the Ve-Toy Biscuits Pty., Ltd., at the corner of…

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500 Superforts Hit Big Jap City 2nd Fire Raid In Four Days

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 2

GUAM, Thursday.--More than 500 Super-Fortresses which raided the Japanese industrial city of Nagoya early today dealt it a "death blow."…

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Java Sub Pens Set on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 2

MANILA (Philippines), Friday. --Big fires were started in submarine pens at Sourabaya (Java) by U.S. bombers…

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Clune's Ordeal In Bushfire

The Sun · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 3

PERTH, Saturday.-- Author Frank Clune was lucky to escape with his life when caught in a bushfire while travelling from…

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Yearlings saved in stable fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 3

Passers-by rushed to the aid of stableboys and led six yearlings to safety before the flames reached their boxes when fire…

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Fire in stables; trainer's wife saves six yearlings

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- While trainer R. Sinclair was away exercising his horses at Flemington this morning, a fire broke out in his stables Sit Ascot Vale. Seeing smoke billowing from the stables, his wife rushed…

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Hero Saved 300 in Carrier Fire New York

The Sun · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 3

LIEUT. - COMMANDER Joseph Timothy O'Callaghan, Roman Catholic chaplain, and Lieutenant Donal Gary, were the heroes of the US aircraft carrier Franklin, bombed off the…

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Factory Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Extensive damage was done to part of Nestle's condensed milk [?] Maffra, by a fire which broke out at 2 a.m. to-day…

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Folkestone Pier Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--The 60-yearsold Victoria pier at Folkestone was destroyed by fire shortly before dusk last night…

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Fire Causes £1000 Damage to Home

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 5

A fire last night at the home of Mr. James Kirby, The Mall, Leura, caused damage estimated at £1000. Fire brigades from Katoomba and…

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Police Fire Shots At Burglars

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 12

Police fired two shots at four men who. were seen running from the premises of Ronald Foster Pty. Ltd., dry cleaners,…

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Flat on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 4

A fire on the fifth floor of Claridge Flats, Taylor Square, last night, is believed to have been caused by a spark from a cigarette…

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