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Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 86

Abattoirs Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 11

BRISBANE, Friday.—Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £25,000 was caused to-day by fire at abattoirs under construction at…

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Second Death From Tivoli Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 4

Phyllis Haynes, 15, of Short Street, Homebush, youngest of the three Tivoli Theatre showgirls who were burned on…

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Fire Brigade Ball

Truth · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 14

A BALL in appreciation of the services of the Women's Fire Auxiliary Reserve Corps of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades, is to be given in the…

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Hundreds ask after fire victim

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 3

HUNDREDS of persons have inquired at Sydney Hospital about. the Condition of the Diana Harlt,…

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Mystery Behind Tivoli Fire Tragedy Public Shocked Over Girls' Deaths

Truth · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 20

THE fire tragedy in the show girls' dressing-room at the Tivoli Theatre last Saturday night which claimed the lives of two beautiful young…

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Tivoli Fire Victim Buried

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 5

There were poignant scenes at the funeral yesterday of Miss Phyllis Haynes 15, one of the three Tivoli show girls burned in their…

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Improvement by Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 4

Sole survivor of the three girls burned in the Tivoli Theatre fire on September 1, Diana Hartt (19), showgirl,…

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Bomb Blast Fire 8½ Miles High

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).--A column of fire shot 8½ miles into the sky when the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki…

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Jap Snipers Fire On R.N. Guards

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 1

HONGKONG, Sunday.--Japanese snipers fired on 30 seamen from the battleship H.M.S. Anson last night while they were guarding the radio station on the top of Mount Victoria. Mount Victoria (1700 feet)…

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Pillar Of Living Fire Rose Over Nagasaki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (A.A.P.).—A giant pillar of living Durple fire shot skywards over Nagasaki when the second…

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Indian Film Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 3

LAHORE, Sept. 10 (A.A.P.).—A fire in a film company's warehouse resulted in the deaths of 12 Indians, including five children…

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Proposal to Remove Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 1

"I heard to-day that the Granville fire station is going to be shifted to Parramatta," the Mayor (Alderman Denley) told his colleagues and Mr…

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Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. Records

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 9

W.A.A.F'S AT R.A.A.F. Eastern Command Headquarters, Point Piper, salvaging records many of which were destroyed when fire gutted portion of the station yesterday. In right foreground, a fireman (below the floor) is inspecting the foundations…

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"Need Best Equipment" Councils Urged to Help Bushfire Brigades

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

Quite a deal of equipment issued by the N.S.W. Bush Fires Advisory Committee had proved "next to worthless," the secretary of Hornsby…

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Fire on Orontes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 13 (A.A.P.).—The liner Orontes caught fire while lying at Tilbury early this morning. After several hours firemen got the flames…

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Fire Damages Butcher Shop

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 5

Damage estimated at £250 was caused by a fire which broke out in the freezing room of a butcher's shop in…

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Fire Brigade Union Man Victimised

Tribune · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE.—The long struggle of the AWU members of the Brisbane Fire Brigade to get their union representative, Mr. Sam Hall,…

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Tivoli Fire Deaths Rouse Showgirls

Tribune · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 1

Tivoli showgirl, Phyllis Haynes, who died last week from burns received when her costume was set on fire by a dressing-room radiator, had previously had a frock she was wearing set on fire by the same radiator…

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Fire On Orontes, 7 Hours' Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Firemen had a seven hours' fight to save the Orient liner Orontes at Tilbury Docks early today…

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Ferry Destroyed by Fire While at Wharf

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Stockton steelworks ferry Kingaro was destroyed by fire at Gantree Wharf. Stockton, last night…

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