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Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 86

Street Fire In Athens

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

WOMEN AND CHILDREN scamper across a barricaded street Athens to escape shells fired by E.L.A.S. troops engaged in street fighting. Warfare has now ceased in the Greek capital and guerrillas have been driven back into the hills…

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Street Fire In Athens

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

WOMEN AND CHILDREN scamper across a barricaded street in Athens escape shells fired by E.L.A.S. troops engaged in street fighting. Warfare has now ceased in the 'Greek capital and guermrillas have been driven bach into the hills…

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Street Fire In Athens

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

WOMEN AND CHILDREN scamper across a barricaded street in Athens to escape shells fired by E.L,A.S. troops engaged in street fighting, Warfare has now ceased in the Greek capital and guerillas have been driven bach into the hills,…

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Street Fire In Athens

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

WOMEN AND CHILDREN scamper across a barricaded street in Athens to escape shells fired by E.L.A.S. troops engaged in street fighting. Warfare has now ceased in the Greek capital and guerrillas have been driven back into the hills…

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Germans Fire On Red Cross Flag

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 9 (A.A.P.).— German machine-gunners fired on four stretcher-bearers and a guide crossing no-man's-land on…

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"Impracticable and Waste of Money" Council Abandons Its Anti-Fire Campaign "We Were Creating a Bigger Hazard"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 1

After instructing various ratepayers to clear their properties of undergrowth in order to lessen the risk of fire,…

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Hills District "Primitive Equipment" "Impossible Task" for Bushfire Fighters

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1945 · page 7

Supplied by the Government with only a small amount of "primitive, hopelessly inadequate equipment," bushfire…

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Bush Fire at Horsley

The Biz · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

There was a fairly big bush fire at Horsley on January 8, between 10 and 11 a.m., and all the Homestead paddock and fences were burnt to within a yard of…

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Fires at Cabra-vale

The Biz · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Cabra-Vale Fire Brigade was kept busy last week-end. On Friday there was a scrub fire in Harden Street, Canley Vale: on Saturday in Ascot Street, and the…

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Fires Burn in Tokyo Successive Day Raids

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.). —Three Super-Fortresses flying singly dropped incendiaries on Tokyo between midnight and…

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Fire Attacks Shire President's Home

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

Councillor A. M. Hodgson, President of Blue Mountains Shire, had a hard fight to save his home at Glenbrook on December 27, from a bush fire. The…

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Fire Threat to Air Ambulance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

As an air ambulance with casualties from the north was approaching Sydney yesterday a petrol pipe burst and sprayed petrol over the hot engine. Expecting the plane to burst…

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Glenbrook Concert for Rush Fire Relief Fund

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

A very successful concert was held at Glenbrook School of Arts on Friday evening, Dec. 22, in aid of the Bush Fires Relief Fund. Two artists from…

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Hills Seized in Withering Fire U.S. Air-borne Troops' Gallant Fight From Our War Correspondent, Harold Austin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

WITH U.S. FORCES, Jan. 10.—Won, in the words of an officer, "by blood and guts—and a bit of ammunition," two 1,500ft hills now give the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division command of the…

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Youth Fought Bushfire At Christmas

Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

Eureka Youth League members who went as an advance guard to prepare the League's New Year's camp at Stanwell…

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Bush Fires at Bundeena

The Observer · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

Recently a rather serious bush fire broke out at Bundeena when many thousands of acres of bush was burnt and many residences in that area were…

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Rich Widow Dies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 12

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- A rich Yugoslavian widow, said to have been so afraid of death that she would not walk along a…

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Rich Widow Dies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 12

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- A rich Yugoslavian widow, said to have been so afraid of death that she would not walk along a…

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Rich Widow Dies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 12

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- A rich Yugoslavian widow, said to have been so afraid of death that she would not walk along a…

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Rich Widow Dies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 12

INNISFAIL, Friday. -- A rich Yugoslavian widow, said to have been so afraid of death that she would not walk along a…

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