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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 86

How Fires Start In The Bush

The Land · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 1

FIRING of a rabbit burrow with a couple of smoke-sticks was the cause of a fire which destroyed a ripe wheat crop near Harden two…

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[?]Ush Fire Season at Hand

The Land · Friday 5 October 1945 · page 7

Concern is felt by the Bush Fires [?]visory Committee at two recent [?]breaks of fire, so early in the sea[?], and one of which, at Stanwell…

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House on Fire, Police Allege Boy Hid Nearby

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 October 1945 · page 5

A 13-year-old boy is alleged to have hidden in the bush at Bexley North to watch a house burn down after he had broken into it. The boy, who was arrested…

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Fire in Brickyards

The Sun · Sunday 7 October 1945 · page 2

Five brigades, under Motor-Inspector A. H. Campbell, fought for two hours to control a fire at Dive's Firebrick Yards…

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Paratroops urge peacetime use Aerial Bushfire Squads

The Sun · Sunday 7 October 1945 · page 7

MEN of a parachute battalion, awaiting discharge in the far north, want the NSW…

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Daceyville Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 4

Fire damaged severely the upper floor of a two-storey building in General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville, yesterday afternoon…

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Closing Of Fire Stations Opposed

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 3

The N.S.W. Fire Brigades Officers' Association has dissociated itself from the Board of Fire Commissioners' action in closing 23 of the 76 suburban stations…

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Closing of Fire Stations Opposed

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 3

The N.S.W. Fire Brigades Officers' Association has dissociated itself from the Board of Fire Commissioners' action in…

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Closing of Fire Stations Opposed

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 3

The N.S.W. Fire Brigades Officers' Association has dissociated itself from the Board of Fire Commissioners' action in…

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More Than One In Three Fire Calls False Alarms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 October 1945 · page 7

More than one in three fire brigade calls in the metropolitan area during 1944 were false alarms, Mr. T. D. Mutch, a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, told the City Council yesterday…

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Bush Fire Brigade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1945 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Glenorie Bush Fire Brigade, the following officers were elected:— President, Mr. W. Creenaune;…

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River of Fire Flowed Down Welsh Hillside

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- The story of how flaming oil cascaded down a Welsh hillside, threatening the existence of a whole village, has just…

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Disturbances Throughout Java Extremists Loot Dutch Houses, Fire On Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 October 1945 · page 2

BATAVIA, Wednesday.--Widespread disturbances by Indonesian extremists in many parts of Java are reported by Dutch authorities. An Aneta (Dutch News Agency)…

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Tivoli Fire Inquiry Fixed for Oct. 29

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

A DOUBLE inquiry into the cause of the Tivoli fire on September 1 and the deaths of two show girls will be held at the City Coroner's…

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Reduced Fire Stations. Ald. Guess at Meeting

The St George Call · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 1

Aid. Guess, Deputy Mayor of Rockdale, Is admittedly a keen enthusiast In any matter entrusted to him, and this again was exemplified by-his active…

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Tivoli Fire Inquiry Fixed for Oct. 29

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

A DOUBLE inquiry into the cause of the Tivoli fire on September 1 and the deaths of two show girls will be held at the City Coroner's…

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Tivoli Fire Inquiry Fixed for Oct. 29

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

A DOUBLE inquiry into the cause of the Tivoli fire on September 1 and the deaths of two show girls will be held at the City Coroner's…

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Tivoli Fire Inquiry Fixed for Oct. 29

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 2

A DOUBLE inquiry into the cause of the Tivoli fire on September 1 and the deaths of two show girls will be held at the City Coroner's…

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Tivoli Fire Inquiry Fixed for Oct. 29

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 3

A DOUBLE inquiry into the cause of the Tivoli fire on September 1 and the deaths of two show girls win be held at the City Coroner's…

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Grim Warning On Bushfire Danger

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 October 1945 · page 5

FARMERS are reminded by the N.S.W. bush Fires Advisory Committee that the bushfire ceason has arrived Will the…

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