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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Newcastle Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- A fire which started in a waste paper salvage depot and spread to a small foundry owned by Henry Lane Pty…

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Newcastle Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- A fire which started in a waste paper salvage depot and spread to a small foundry owned by Henry Lane Pty…

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Fire Disaster At Pithead

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

WRECKED workshops at the pithead of the Waratah Colliery (Newcastle), where a fire on Saturday…

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Pails Outclasses Kirkby in Final Miss Fitch Pulls Title Out Off Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 13

Dinny Pails, although he made errors edrly, outclassed Noel Kirkby to win the County of Cumberland Men's Singles Championship at Pratten Park today, 6-4, 6-0…

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Pails Outclasses Kirkby in Final Miss Fitch Pulls Title Out Off Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 13

Dinny Pails, although he made errors early, outclassed Noel Kirkby to win the County of Cumberland Men's Singles Championship at Pratten Park today, 6-4, 6-0…

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Pails Outclasses Kirkby in Final Miss Fitch Pulls Title Out Off Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 13

Dinny Pails, although he made errors early, outlassed Noel Kirkby to win the County of Cumberland Men's Singles Championship at Pratten Park today, 6-4, 6-0…

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Theatre Fire Law Promised

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 13

Legislation to ensure protection against fire in theatres and public halls will be introduced during the next…

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Theatre Fire Law Promised

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 13

Legislation to ensure protection against fire in theatres and public halls will be introduced during the next…

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Theatre Fire Law Premised

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Legislation to ensure protection against fire in theatres and public halls will be introduced during the next…

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Theatre Fire Law Promised

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 13

Legislation to ensure protection against fire in theatres and public halls will be introduced during the next…

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Many False Fire Alarms In 1945

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 16

Of 5870 calls to fire brigades in the city and suburbs during 1945, nearly a quarter were false alarms…

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Mother, Children Roused In Time To Escape Blaze

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

A mother and her three children escaped in the nick of time from a blazing flat in Springwood early today, but lost all their clothing. The fire completely destroyed Jasper Hall, a block of three…

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Councils and Fire Levies

The Propeller · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

A considerable amount of discussion ensued at the last meeting of Kogarah Council, when a letter was read from the Board of Fire…

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Fire Risk From Gas Producers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

Gas-producer cars were a menace in the wheat country, said the senior agricultural instructor for south-eastern Riverina, Mr. G. C. Bartlett,…

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"Playing With Fire" In Middle East

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday. -- Russia is accused by the "Daily Mail" of playing with fire in a "war of nerves" against Persia and Turkey. It says that the circumstances…

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Bushfire Misses Pastures

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

WAGGA, Thursday.-- Ten thousand acres in the Tumbarumba district have been swept by a bushfire which has…

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Bushfire Misses Pastures

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

WAGGA, Thursday.-- Ten thousand acres in the Tumbarumba district have been swept by a bushfire which has…

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Bushfire Misses Pastures

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

WAGGA, Thursday.-- Ten thousand acres in the Tumbarumba district have been swept by a bushfire which has…

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Bushfire Misses Pastures

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

WAGGA, Thursday.-- Ten thousand acres in the Tumbarumba district have been swept by a bushfire which has…

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"Russia Playing with Fire"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 3 (A.A.P.).— "Russia is playing with fire when she stretches the nerves of the Middle East countries," says the…

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