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Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 86

Tivoli Fire Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

The coroner's inquiry into the cause of the fire at the Tivoli Theatre on September 1. and the deaths of two ahow girls, Phyllis Haynes, 15, of…

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Fire-bomb Chemicals Enrich Cricket Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 October 1945 · page 28

LONDON, Sat. -- Famous St. Lawrence cricket ground, Canterbury, Kent, is now finding benefit from a new fertiliser -- German incendiary bombs. An extract from the club report states: "During the war about…

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In England even wet wood could start an industrial bushfire

The Sun · Sunday 14 October 1945 · page 1

A cargo of pit props lay in the hold of a ship at the port of Birkenhead. The props were wet; in wharflaborer's parlance, "dirty." The dockers--61 of them--claimed piece rates for discharging the cargo…

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Old Couple Perish in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

BALLARAT, Monday. -- An aged couple who lived alone in their home at Golden Point were burned to death when…

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Old Couple Perish in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

BALLARAT, Monday. -- An aged couple who lived alone in their home at Golden Point were burned to death when…

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Old Couple Perish in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

BALLARAT, Monday. -- An aged couple who lived alone in their home at Golden Point were burned to death when…

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Old Couple Perish in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

BALLARAT, Monday. -- An aged couple who lived alone in their home at Golden Point were burned to death when…

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Old Couple Perish in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

BALLARAT, Monday. -- An aged couple who lived alone in their home at Golden Point were burned to death when…

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£[?]0,000 Damage in Glen Davis Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

The community block of the War Workers' Hostel at Glen Davis was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday…

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Firemen Called To Fire Find Dead Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 3

The body of a young married woman, who is believed to have set fire to herself after soaking her clothing with methylated…

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Annamite Peace Bid Cease Fire If French Stop Sending Men

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 9

SAIGON, Tuesday.--An offer to withdraw to the interior and cease fighting has been made by Annamite leaders in Indo-China…

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New Drought Fears Feed Already Dying Off Bushfire Threat to State

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 7

"PRACTICALLY the whole State is now in urgent need of rain," the secretary of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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New Drought Fears Feed Already Dying Off Bushfire Threat to State

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 7

"PRACTICALLY the whole State is now in urgent need of rain," the secretary of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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New Drought Fears Feed Already Dying Bushfire Threat to State

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 7

PRACTICALLY the whole State is now in urgent need of rain," the secretary of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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New Drought Fears Feed Already Dying Bushfire Threat to State

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 7

"PRACTICALLY the whole State is now in urgent need of rain," the secretary of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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Township Hunting Fire Bug

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 6

A fire bug is worrying the 1000 residents of the township of Braidwood, 50 miles from Goulburn…

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Paddington Fire Hospital Premises

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 3

A fire destroyed a nine-roomed building known as the maids' quarters, and portion of a fiveroomed building adjoining,…

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Disbanded Now Volunteer Fire Brigade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 3

After 20 years of yeoman service to the district, Baulkham Hills Volunteer Fire Brigade has been disbanded…

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Fire Destroys Maids' Quarters At Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 7

Eight maids at the Royal Hospital for Women, Paddington, lost nearly all their belongings in a fire last night. The fire destroyed the maids'…

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Gwynn Nursery For Colts and Geldings—Fire Furlongs (4.30)

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 17 October 1945 · page 7

APEXIAN: First start. Hasn't yet shown anything of note in private trials. BRAVE LEADER: Showed up well in one…

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