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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 135

Big Beer Loss in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 4

EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…

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Big Beer Loss in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 4

EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…

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Big Beer Loss in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 4

EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…

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Big Beer Loss in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 4

EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…

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Fire Damaged Mine to Be Inspected Soon

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

AN inspection would be made before work was recommenced in the remaining workable section of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, which was…

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Fire Damaged Mine to Be Inspected Soon

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

AN inspection would be made before work was recommenced in the remaining workable section of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, which was…

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Five Casualties in Persian Riot Police Fire On Workers' Bus People Welcome Freedom Mission

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 5

TEHERAN, Monday.--Two people were killed and five wounded when a serious riot broke out in Teheran during the welcome to the People's Party mission from the northern…

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Five Casualties in Persian Riot Police Fire On Workers' Bus People Welcome Freedom Mission

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 5

TEHERAN, Monday.--Two people were killed and five wounded when a serious riot broke out in Teheran during the welcome to the People's Party mission from the northern…

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Canberra's Trees Blaze In Their Autumn Glory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 2

CANBERRA'S lustrous autumn leaves are at their best. In Goulburn, Crookwell, and Moss Vale they also make a vivid show…

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Woman Rescued From Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 4

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. — Mrs. Teresa Wood, 65, was severely burned in a fire in a bedroom at the Paris Cafe, Katoomba Street, Katoomba,…

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Motor-cycle on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 9

James Stevenson Wood (53). of Dalley Street, Lidcombe, was seriously burned when his motor-cycle caught fire while he was riding it in…

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Fire on Ship at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 8

FIREMEN GOING BELOW decks during a blaze which broke out among ropes and paints in a locker of the Fort Rosalie at Circular Quay this morning. The fire, thought to have been started by sparks from an oxy-welding iorch, was quickly under control. The…

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Fire on Ship at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 8

FIREMEN GOING BELOW decks during a blaze which broke out among ropes and paints in a locker of the Fort Rosalie at Circular Quay this morning. The fire, thought to have been started by sparks from an oxy-welding torch, was quickly under control. The…

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Fire on Ship at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 8

FIREMEN GOING BELOW decks during a blaze which broke out among ropes and paints in a locker of the Fort Rosalie at Circular Quay this morning. The fire, thought to have been started by sparks from an oxy-welding torch, was quickly under control. The…

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Parramatta 1946 Combine Appeal Motor-cycle on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 9

That Auburn Council should go ahead with a full plan for the town under the Cumberland County Council scheme, is the…

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Fire KILLS 20 RACEHORSES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 1

CHICAGO, May 2 (A.A.P.).— More than 20 racehorses, valued at half a million dollars, and owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, who…

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Newspapers Under Fire by Labor Cl

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 14

Union and party papers as well as three of Sydney's four daily newspapers were attacked by speakers at the Trades and Labor Council last night, during a debate on the question of…

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Newspapers Under Fire by Labor Cl

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

Union and party papers as well as three of Sydney's four daily newspapers were attacked by speakers at the Trades and Labor Council last night, during a debate on the question of…

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Fire Kills Horses Of U.S. Cosmetic Queen

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 6

CHICAGO, Friday.-- Twenty-five valuable racehorses owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Arden Graham, well-known cosmetic manufacturer, were burned to death in a fire at Arlington Park racetrack yesterday. SEVEN other horses were rescued…

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Fire In Old Coal Mine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.-- A railway employee said yesterday that he saw flames 60 feet high coming from the disused…

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