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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 135

Fire

The Observer · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

Last Thursday night, the North Cronulla Dressing Sheds, leased to Mr. Eric Sebire, was badly damaged when a fire broke out there at 11.30 p.m…

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Fire In Brigade Headquarters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 5

CENTRAL DISTRICT Firs Brigade turned on a special fire at Headquarters yesterday to show a party of Legacy children…

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Committee Under Fire Labour Attack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

The Trades and Labour Council last night carried a resolution declaring any person associated with the recently-formed Citizens' Rights…

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Junior Legatees Learn How to Fight Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

Senior Fireman J. O'Hearn allowed seven-year-old Peter Wafford, of North Sydney to play a fire-extinguisher on a blaze when 50 junior Legatees of the Legacy Club visited fire headquarters yesterday…

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Speedboat Catches Fire And Sinks

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 12

COMPETING in the N.S.W. Unlimited Championship on Georges River this afternoon, The Brat (H. Taylor) caught fire and sank…

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Speedboat Catches Fire And Sinks

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 10

COMPETING in the N.S.W. Unlimited Championship on Georges River this afternoon, The Brat (H. Taylor) caught fire and sank…

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Seriously Burned by Fall in Fire

Truth · Sunday 19 May 1946 · page 32

Doctors are fighting to save the life of an elderly man who was rushed by Western Suburbs Ambulance to Lewisham Hospital last night, and…

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Fire Leaves 7 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Seven persons are homeless following a fire which burnt out a two-storey house in North…

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Fire Leaves 7 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Seven persons are homeless following a fire which burnt out a two-storey house in North…

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Man Dies After Fall Into Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 9

A man was fatally burned on Saturday night when he fell into an open fire in the lounge room of his home…

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Stop Press Fire Leaves 7 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Seven persons are homeless following a fire which burnt out a two-storey house in North Melbourne this…

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Guards Fire on Gaol Rioters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1946 · page 1

LONDON, May 20 (A.A.P.).— Guards at Mach gaol, 30 miles south of Quetta, fired on inmates who gained control of the gaol after a…

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Girls Escape; Cat Burns Film Studio Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 4

Fire last evening severely damaged a factory of two floors in Barcom Avenue, Rushcutter Bay, occupied by Wilken and Jones Pty. Ltd.,…

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£25,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE. Wednesday -- Damage estimated at about £25,000 was caused this morning by a fire which destroyed the furniture factory and…

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£25,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday -- Damage estimated at about £25,000 was caused this morning by a fire which destroyed the furniture factory and…

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£25,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday -- Damage estimated at about £25,000 was caused this morning by a fire which destroyed the furniture factory and…

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£25,000 Fire Damage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday -- Damage estimated at about £25,000 was caused this morning by a fire which destroyed the furniture factory and…

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Building Damaged By Fire, Water

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 9

A two-story building in Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst, was extensively damaged late yesterday afternoon by [?]re and water…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, May 22, 1946 Duntroon Under Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

The Royal Military College of Australia, more popularly known as Duntroon, has been under heavy fire. Its system and its graduates, who comprise…

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White Australia Under Fire

The Sun · Thursday 23 May 1946 · page 5

There may be a "terrible price to pay" for the White Australia policy, thinks the Congregational Union of Australia and New…

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