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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

1,715 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 86

Woman Fire Victim Dies in Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 4

MRS. DOROTHY MURRAY (50), Cleveland St., City, Who was severely burned on September 4 when a tin of benzol exploded at a…

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Man Killed May Have Caused Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 2

A man whose mutilated body was found on a railway line at Riverstone early on Saturday morning is believed…

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Man Killed May Have Caused Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 13

A man whose mutilated body was found on a railway line at Riverstone early on Saturday morning is believed…

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Boys Fight Bushfires Many Rescues On Surf Beaches

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 4

Scores of children yesterday afternoon helped Manly firemen fight a bushfire at Dobroyd Point. The flames swept through dense ti-tree scrub on…

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Bush Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 10

RATHER than count on the generosity of the R.A.A.F. or rely on the present haphazard methods of reporting bush fires, the Government…

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Bush Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 10

RATHER than count on the generosity of the R.A.A.F. or rely on the present haphazard methods of reporting bush fires, the Government…

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Bush Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 10

RATHER than count on the generosity of the R.A.A.F. or rely on the present haphazard methods of reporting bush fires, the Government…

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Bush Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 10

RATHER than count on the generosity of the R.A.A.F. or rely on the present haphazard methods of reporting bush fires, the Government…

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Bash Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 10

RATHER than count on the generosity of the R.A.A.F. or rely on the present haphazard methods of reporting bush fires, the Government…

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Sourabaya Menaced by Raging Fire Heart Of City Blazing Mass

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 November 1945 · page 1

BATAVlA. Tuesday. --Fired by retreating Indonesians or by British shells, the heart of Sourabaya is blazing, reports Daily Mirror…

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Bush Fire Menaces Ammunition Dump

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 4

A fierce bushfire approached to within 300 yards of an ammunition dump containing many thousands of tons of…

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2 Women Fight Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 3

With a bucket and a hose two women fought a fire which destroyed three garages, a shed and a car, then threatened a…

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 17

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 17

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 17

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 17

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley Back Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 17

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Electrical Plant Manufacturers Pty. Ltd. 797-801 Botany Rd., Waterloo, Sydney Rebuilt After Fire

Construction · Wednesday 14 November 1945 · page 4

Architects: D. T. Morrow & Gordon. Builders: Wm. Hughes 8C Co. Pty. Ltd. The damages of any important industrial undertaking by fire in wartime, when the whole…

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Cronulla Fire Brigade

The Propeller · Thursday 15 November 1945 · page 1

At the last meeting of Sutherland Council Mr. T. D. Match (shire representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners) attended for the purpose of explaining the…

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