Fire-scarred Toys, Ashes of Cot, Sad Relics of the Dead Babies
The Sun · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 1
Tragedy: 1 Pretty little girl Barbara Findley, who was incinerated with her baby brother in last night's tragic fire at Fairfield. 2 Charred rocker which escaped destruction. 3-Ruins of home. 4 Child's "dinky," which was outside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Prepares for Sweltering Day Early Crowds Throng Beaches Brigades Ready for Bushfires
Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 2
SYDNEY prepared itself this morning for what promises to be the hottest day since last summer. With the sun shining in a cloudless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Prepares for Sweltering Day Early Crowds Throng Beaches Brigades Ready for Bushfires
Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 2
SYDNEY prepared itself this morning for what promises to be the hottest day since last summer. With the sun shining in a cloudless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Henpecked Fire-Eater
Truth · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 19
HIDEKI TOJO, Jap military midget and would-be World Dictator, is in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Funeral of Fire Victims Tomorrow
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 7
The funeral of the two children burnt to death in a house in Dawson Street, Fairfield, will be held on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →150 Fires in City Heat-wave Water supply fails; five homes lost
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 1
More than 150 fires broke out yesterday in the city and suburbs. Five houses, stocks of limber, fencing, outhouses, and hundreds of acres of grass and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victims Of Tivoli Fire Tragedy Court Told How Girls Died
Truth · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 14
HOW a tiny dressingroom at the Tivoli Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →TODAY: Court Dramas Girls on fire ran screaming for help
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 25
ON stage, at the Tivoli Theatre, on Saturday night, September 1, scene-shifters set the stage for the toothsome comedy act of Mo and his foil, Mike Connors…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Thousands Fight Coast-long Bushfires Racing Flames Raze Many Homes
Truth · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 1
THOUSANDS of police, servicemen and civilians fought shoulder to shoulder with firemen yesterday and last night to hold back sweeping bushfires which sprang up in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds fight for Sydney homes imperilled by raging bushfires
The Sun · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 1
A BIG bushfire destroyed a two-story house in Cobbitee-street, George's Heights, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire survey shows menace this summer worst for many years
The Sun · Sunday 4 November 1945 · page 9
A SURVEY carried out by the Chief Country Valuer of the Rural Bank shows that in many parts of NSW there is growing danger of destructive bush fires. In some parts of the State the menace is greater than it has been for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press Bus Fires at Heathoote
Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 20
Fierce bushfires sweeping towards Healthcote are threatening many homes in the district according to a police message received…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →180 Weekend Fires But Danger Past
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 4
Thirty grass fires and bushfires occurred in the metropolitan area yesterday, making a record total of 180 fires during the weekend. Firemen said yesterday that the immediate danger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire and Water
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 2
This week-end's outbreak of fires is but a foretaste of what the summer holds in store if rains do not relieve the present dry conditions. Exceptional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Through Fire and No Water
Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 10
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Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 10
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Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 10
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Daily Mirror · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 10
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Continued on Trove, page 10 →Scene of Fatal Fire in Pharmacy
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 1
The shop in Auburn Road, Auburn, where Mr. Alfred King, 69, chemist, was burned to death early yesterday morning. His…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Ho No Clothes For Children
The Sun · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 3
When a bushfire destroyed a home at Menai at the week-end, five children were left with only bathing costumes to wear. Sparks set alight to the home…
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