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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Two Dead In Big Qld. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- An elderly man and a middle-aged woman were burned to death in a fire in a two-storeyed wooden…

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Two Dead in Big Qld. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- All elderly man and a middle-aged woman were burned to death in a fire in a two-storeyed, wooden…

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No Cease Fire in China Agreed Yet

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 9

CHUNGKING, Thursday. -- The meeting of Nationalist and Communist representatives with Gen. George Marshall, U.S…

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Two Dead in Big Residential Fire Man Returned For Clothes Woman Failed to Get Out Window

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- An elderly man and a middle-aged woman were burned to death in a fire in a two-storeyed, wooden residential at…

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Ten Bushfires In Victoria

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--With the city temperature 103.6 at 3 pm. 10 fires are burning in various parts of the State…

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Tasmanian Bush Fires

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

HOBART, Friday. -- For the second time in a fortnight bush fires are leaving a trail of destruction in Tasmania…

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Fierce Fires in Tasmania

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 14

HOBART, Friday. -- Following the hot weather that has prevailed during the past week fierce bush fires have again…

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Fire in Cafe

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

Believed to have been caused by an electric griller, a fire in the dining-room of the Bouquet Cafe, at The Corso. Manly,…

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Fire in Cafe at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 7

A fire broke out last night at the rear of the Boquet Cafe, in The Corso, Manly. It is believed to have originated from a cooking range…

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Bushfire Danger; Public Conscience Being Awakened

The Land · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 11

ISSUING a further appeal to the public to exercise the utmost care in order to prevent bushfires, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said…

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Aircraft watch For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

While a north-easterly breeze has swept away the heat-wave which was descending on Sydney, the rest of the State is…

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Aircraft Watch For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

While a north-easterly breeze has swept away the heat-wave which was descending on Sydney, the rest of the State is…

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Aircraft Watch For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

While a north-easterly breeze [?]as swept away the heat-wave [?]hich was descending on Syd[?]ey, the rest of the State is…

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Aircraft Watch For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 3

While a north-easterly breeze has swept away the heat-wave which, was descending on Sydney, the rest of the State is…

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Tense Battle To Save Township Ringed By Fires

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 3

A desperate struggle to save the village of Wolumla, 14 miles from Bega, from destruction by bushfires which encircle it, is being waged by 200 people. The entire adult population of 150 is fighting the flames,…

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Little Bush Town Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

An unceasing fight has been maintained for several days to save the hamlet of Wolumla, 10 miles from Bega, from bushfires sweeping down from the Black Range mountains…

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Little Bush Town Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

An unceasing fight has been maintained for several days to save the hamlet of Wolumia, 10 miles from Bega, from bushfires sweeping down from the Black Range mountains…

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Little Bush Town Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

An unceasing fight has been maintained for several days to save the hamlet of Wolumla, 10 miles from Bega, from bushfires sweeping down from the Black Range mountains…

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Little Bush Town Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

An unceasing fight has been maintained for several days to save the hamlet of Wolumla, 10 miles from Bega, from bushfires sweeping down from the Black Range mountains…

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Little Bush Town Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

An unceasing fight has been maintained for several days to save the hamlet of Wolumia, 10 miles from Bega, from bushfires sweeping down from the Black Range mountains…

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