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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 135

Guggenheim Art Treasures Lost In Fire

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- More than one million dollars (£312,500) worth of art objects, including two Titian paintings…

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Three Children Perish As Fire Destroys Home

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday. -- Three small children perished in a fire which destroyed their home at Hagen (North Dakota) yesterday…

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Three Children Perish As Fire Destroys Home

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday. -- Three small children perished in a fire which destroyed their home at Hagen (North Dakota) yesterday…

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Bushfire Threatening Bundeena

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

A bushfire in National Park is less than three miles from Bundeena township which may be…

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City's Temperature Above Century Fights With Bushfires Fresh National Park Outbreaks

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

SCORCHING' westerly winds today forced the temperature in the city above the century. At noon the tharmometer showed…

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City's Temperature Above Century Fights With Bushfires Fresh National Park Outbreaks

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

SCORCHING westerly winds today forced the temperature in the city above the century. At noon the thermometer showed…

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City's Temperature Above Century Fights With Bushfires Fresh National Park Outbreaks

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

SCORCHING westerly winds today forced the temperature in the city above the century. At noon the thermometer showed…

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Killara Homes Threatened By Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Fifty soldiers from a camp in French's Forest were rushed by truck to fight bushfires which threatened houses in Springdale…

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Bushfires on City's Outskirts: Spectacle at Killara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 1

A striking picture of a fire at Killara, one of the many bushfires which raged on the outskirts of Sydney yesterday…

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Bushfires Menace Suburban Homes While Temperature Exceeds 100

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 1

With the midday temperature in the city exceeding 100 degrees, bushfires raged yesterday in many North Shore suburbs. Fires broke out also in the Richmond-Penrith district, where two cottages were destroyed at Londonderry. Hot winds fanned the smouldering fires in National Park into new activity…

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Bushfires Threaten Many Homes

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

Bush fires flared up in Killara and East Lindfield this afternoon, threatening homes in an…

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Bush Blaze at Killara

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 50

A DRAMATIC PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN YESTERDAY during the fierce bush fires which raged at Killara. Exhausted, heat-choked firefighters, like the man shown here, fought desperately to prevent a further out-break in the smoke-filled gorge…

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High wind fans smouldering scrub More Killara Fires

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 3

FANNED by a strong north-easterly wind, fires which have been smouldering for many…

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Child Dies in Back Room Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sat.--A 26-months-old child was burned to death today in the backroom of a…

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Baby burnt to death in shop fire

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 2

A TODDLER was burnt to death yesterday when papers in a butcher's store-room caught fire…

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PATRICK KAYO's BURNS Made Amazing Recovery Out on Feet, Pulls Battle From Fire

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 12

With a right uppercut and a devastating left to the chin, Vic. Patrick (9.10) light and welter champion of Australia retained his welter title when he knocked out Tommy Burns (10.6) challenger at Rushcutter Bay Stadium last night…

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Bushfire at Night: French's Forest Fires Rage In 30 Square Miles Of Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

More than 30 square miles of bush in French's Forest was ablaze last night and a fresh westerh wind was sweeping the…

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Jitterbugs Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 16

WASHINGTON, Monday.--Dr. Paul H. Furfey, head, of the sociology department of the Catholic University, agrees with a member of the British House of Commons that…

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Man Escapes From Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

Awakened by smoke about 2 a.m. today and unable to find the door of the room at a house at 3 Inglethorpe Ave.,…

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Man Escapes From Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

Awakened by smoke about 2 a.m. today and unable to find the door of the room at a house at 3 Inglethorpe Ave…

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