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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Blaze On Motor Ship

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 6

Fire gutted the bridge of the 3020 tons Adelaide Steamship Company's motorship, Momba, berthed at Waterview Wharf,…

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Priest Fires at Altar Vandals

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 14

MONTREAL, Tuesday.--Scared by the ringing of a burglar alarm, two youths who had defaced the altar at the Church of Our Lady of the…

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Fire Commissioners Elected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

The following have been elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales:- Mr. T. J. Smith, president, appointed…

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Match Cause of Big Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

Fire which yesterday destroyed the joinery and timber works of J. H. Cornish and Co., Leichhardt, valued at £5,000, and set…

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Fires On Ships In Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 16

Fire broke but yesterday in two vessels lying at Sydney wharves. The ships are the Adelaide…

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Fire Destroys Hall

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 3

Damage estimated at £2500 was done by n fire which destroyed the Revesby Public Hall and cinema equipment…

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Woman Saves Girl Trapped by Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 3

Attracted by screams, a 32-year-old woman today rescued a girl trapped in a blazing, smoke-filled residential at Redfern…

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£300 Fishing Gear Destroyed In Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

Fire destroyed fishing tackle worth £300 yesterday afternoon after a gas stove exploded on the top floor of a two-storied house in Tudor Street…

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Sabotage in Britain Queen Elizabeth On Fire

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 6

Police investigating the fire which broke out in the 85,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth last week in [?] Southampton dock are convinced…

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Writ Follows Tivoli Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Jollie Smith and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of Mrs. Florence May Meyer, of Leichliardt, have issued a Supreme…

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Writ Follows Tivoli Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Jollie Smith and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of Mrs. Florence May Meyer, of Leichhardt, have issued a Supreme…

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Writ Follows Tivoli Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Jollie Smith and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of Mrs. Florence May Meyer, of Leichhardt. have issued a Supreme…

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Writ Follows Tivoli Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

Jollie Smith and Co., solicitors, acting on behalf of Mrs. Florence May Meyer, of Leichhardt. have issued a Supreme…

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Sunny Side Up Fire-Eating By Numbers

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

"WHAT are you up to now?" asked the Bren Gunner. "Getting ready for the…

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Greek Crisis Nears Persia Move Fans Fires E.A.M. Gives Ultimatum

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

ATHENS, Thursday.--The position in Greece is deteriorating rapidly and the country is now trembling on the brink of civil war…

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Greek Crisis Nears Persia More Fans Fires E.A.M. Gives Ultimatum

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

ATHENS, Thursday.--The position in Greece is deteriorating rapidly and the country is now trembling on the brink of civil war…

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Greek Crisis Nears Persia Move Fans Fires E.A.M. Gives Ultimatum

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

ATHENS, Thursday.--The position in Greece is deteriorating rapidly and the country is now trembling on the brink of civil war…

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Greek Crisis Nears Persia Move Fans Fires E.A.M. Gives Ultimatum

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 3

ATHENS, Thursday.--The position in Greece is deteriorating rapidly and the country is now trembling on the brink of civil war…

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Complaint of Fire Phone Call Explanations of Abrupt Action

The Biz · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 4

H. Dawson, of 57 King Street, wrote to Cabra-Valc Council complaining regarding a telephone call to UB 1653 with reference to an clectric light poic…

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Dedman's Training Scheme Under Fire

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 4

COUNTRY PARTY Leader Fadden predicts a nation-wide revolt of jobless ex-servicemen unless the Federal Government does something without…

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