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Fires & bushfires, 1946

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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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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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Police Fire on Mob

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

DELHI, Tuesday.--One man was killed and many injured when police fired on a rioting mob of 4000 at Cheyvar, 90 miles…

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Fire on Liner Extinguished

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, March 4 (A.A.P.).— The fire which gutted the 16,757-ton luxury liner Empire Waveney from end to end, was extinguished last…

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Another Bid To Fire Liner

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Strong patrols guarded the luxury liner Reina del Pacifico (17,702 tons), at Liverpool docks last night after…

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Fire Brigade's New Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 9

The New South Wales Industrial Commission yesterday granted an all round increase of ten shillings a week to members of the Fire Brigade…

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More Rioting in Egypt British Fire When Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

CAIRO, March 5 (A.A.P.).— Riots yesterday in Alexandria on the day of mourning for those killed in the Cairo disturbances on…

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Fascists Blamed For Ship Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.--A Fascist gang is blamed for starting fires on 13 ships at British docks in the past fortnight. Detectives and military intelligence…

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Late News Naval Patrols Fire at Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

Naval patrolmen fired shots at two men who had broken into a naval magazine at Newington, on the Parramatta River, early this morning…

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No. 1 Barrier Draw Favors Fire Chat Craftsman Is Early Fancy for Edensor

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 21

FIRE CHAT'S number one at the barrier should enable him to win tomorrow's Edensor Park Handicap at Randwick. Although Craftsman is topweight for the seven furlong…

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No. 1 Barrier Draw Favors Fire Chat Craftsman Is Early Fancy for Edensor

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 21

FIRE CHATS number one at the barrier should enable him to win tomorrow's Edensor Park Handicap at Randwick. Although Craftsman is topweight for the seven furlong…

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No. 1 Barrier Draw Favors Fire Chat Craftsman Is Early Fancy for Edensor

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 21

FIRE CHAT'S number one at the barrier should enable him to win tomorrow's Edensor Park Handicap at Randwick. Although Craftsman is topweight for the seven furlong…

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No. 1 Barrier Draw Favors Fire Chat Craftsman Is Early Fancy for Edensor

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 21

FIRE CHAT'S number one at the barrier should enable him to win tomorrow's Edensor Park Handicap at Randwick. Although Craftsman is topweight for the seven furlong…

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No. 1 Barrier Draw Favors Fire Chat Craftsman Is Early Fancy for Edensor

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 21

FIRE CHAT'S number one at the barrier should enable him to win tomorrow's Edensor Park Handicap at Randwick. Although Craftsman is topweight for the seven furlong…

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Reader Explains His Stand On Bushfire Brigades

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

MR. R.G. McKillop, Buddah, Narromine writes: In a recent issue of "The Farmer and Settler" a report on a meeting of the local branch…

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Constable Fires Shot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

A newly-recruited police constable fired a shot over the head of a man he saw running from a shop in Newtown early this…

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Constable Fires Shot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

A newly-recruited police constable fired a shot over the head of a man he saw running from a shop in Newtown early this…

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Constable Fires Shot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

A newly-recruited police constable fired a shot over the head of a man he saw running from a shop in Newtown early this…

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Constable Fires Shot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

A newly-recruited police constable fired a shot over the head of a man he saw running from a shop in Newtown early this…

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