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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 135

Stop Press Burning Truck Causes Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 24

A small bushfire was caused today by faming petrol when the tank of a R.N. truck exploded during a fire on the truck in Prince's…

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4 Minesweepers Blaze in Dock

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).--Four large British minesweepers caught fire in Dover Harbor (Kent[?] dock yesterday. Within a few minutes flames and…

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Twelve Die in Two U.s. Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--Eleven people have died and five have been injured in two fires in the last 24 hours. Five elderly women were burned to…

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Man Burned In Cotton Waste Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

William Morris, 59, of More-head-street, Redfern, was badly burned today while attempting to extinguish a fire of cotton…

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Petrol Explosion Starts Bushfire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 10

Exploding petrol on a large Royal Navy truck caused a roadside bushfire on Prince's Highway. Engadine, yesterday, and completely destroyed the…

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Bankrupt Blames Bushfire, Drought

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

A LAN THORPE GILES, of Narrabri, today in the Bankruptcy Court blamed a bushfire followed by a drought for his bankruptcy…

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Bankrupt Blames Bushfire, Drought

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

A LAN THORPE GILES, of Narrabri, today in the . Bankruptcy Court blamed a bushfire followed by a drought for his bankruptcy…

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Bankrupt Blames Bushfire, Drought

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

ALAN THORPE GILES, of Narrabri, today in the Bankruptcy Court blamed a bushfire followed by a drought for his bankruptcy…

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Blaze In City Store

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Fumes from a fire drove customers and staff from the electrical department of McDowells, Ltd., King-street, store this…

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Boy, 3, Rescued From Truck Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

A three-year-old boy was rescued from a blazing truck at a dairy in Aerial Ferry, Wentworthville, yesterday morning…

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Fire in Factory

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Damage to machinery and part of the building was caused by a fire at the factory of Australian Durex Products at Lidcombe last Wednesday…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 14

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three, students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 14

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 14

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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Police Fire on Crowds

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 14

CAIRO, Wednesday.--Three students were killed and 20 wounded when police fired on a large crowd during anti-British…

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City Store Fire Soon in Hand

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Shoppers rushed for safety when a fire broke out in the lower ground floor of McDowels' store, George and King…

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City Store Fire Soon in Hand

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Shoppers rushed for safety when a fire broke out in the lower ground floor of McDowels' store, George and King…

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City Store Fire Soon in Hand

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Shoppers rushed for safety when a fire broke out in the lower ground floor of McDowels' store, George and King…

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