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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 135

Equipment to Fight Bushfires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 5

Bushfire fighting equipment valued at £600, part of a £716 order br Baulkham Hills Council, had been received and distributed…

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Wage Rise For Fire Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

Increased rates of pay for New South Wales Fire Brigades officers are provided in a judgment delivered yesterday by the Full Bench…

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Fire Bottes At Seaside

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

WHEN MIXED WITH water, oily black fluid, in these bottles found on Maroubra beach this morning, burst into flames and…

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Fire Fluid At Seaside

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

WHEN MIXED WITH water, oily black fluid, in these containers found on Maroubra beach this morning, burst into…

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Fire Bottles At Seaside

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

WHEN MIXED WITH water, oily black fluid, in these bottles found on Maroubra beach this morning, burst into flames and…

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Fire Fluid At Seaside

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

WHEN MIXED WITH water, oily black fluid, in these bottles found on Maroubra beach this morning, burst into flames and…

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Boys Say They Started Fires "Just for Fun"

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

Two Manly boys today admitted to the police that they had set fire to a home at Balgowlah and s tarted scrub fires near Forty Basket Beach, "just for fun." They were in bed when the…

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Fire Destroys 2 Cars, Garage

The Sun · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

Police are investigating a fire which destroyed two cars in a garage at the rear or Frank W. Newman's newsagency business,…

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Four Ships on Fire Police Investigating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, March 1 (A.A.P.).— Detectives are investigating whether mysterious fires which broke out in four ships at Liverpool within 12…

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Stop Press Liverpool Ship Fires

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 47

LONDON, Saturday.—Damage caused by the ship fires at Liverpool, where four vessels have been alight in the last 14 hours is…

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Ship Fires Believed Work of Saboteurs

Truth · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 29

LONDON, Saturday.—Detectives at Liverpool are investigating the fourth ship fire in the last 14 hours, and the seventh within a fortnight. They believe that the fires are the…

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Saboteurs suspected of causing ship fires

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Sat. -- Saboteurs are believed to be responsible for fires on ships at Liverpool docks. Fires have broken out on five ships in the past 24 hours…

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Mine Sealed to Stop Fire Fumes Perth

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 2

PART of the Collie mine has been sealed off to prevent the spread of fumes from a fire which broke out on Thursday…

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Flew over air base area Soviet Fires on U.S. Plane Washington

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 2

TWO Russian fighter planes fired on a United States naval plane which had flown over the Soviet…

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Son of Persia and favorite both saved from fire

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 16

SON OF PERSIA, who finished brilliantly to win, and Mumtazi, the favorite, who finished fourth, in the Moorefield Two-Year-Old Handicap yesterday, were both saved from…

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Army prisoners defy guards Rioters Set Fire to Gaol London

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 3

RIOTING military prisoners at Northallerton seized the roof of the main building and defended…

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£2,000,000 fire-5 ships alight: sabotage report LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1946 · page 3

DAMAGE caused by the fire which gutted the Empire Waveney at Liverpool is unofficially estimated at more than £2,000,000…

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Precautions at Docks Fire Sabotage On Ships

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

LONDON, March 3 (A.A.P.).— Urgent precaution's are being taken at London, Southampton, and other big ports following the growing…

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Sabotage in Britain 12 Vessels Set On Fire Luxury Liner Now Blazing

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--A sabotage campaign has been launched against British ships in port all over England. Fires have been started in at least 12 vessels in the past five weeks…

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Sabotage in Britain 12 Vessels Set On Fire Luxury Liner Now Blazing

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--A sabotage campaign has been launched against British ships in port all over England. Fires have been started in at least 12 vessels in the past five weeks…

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