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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 135

"Mellourne Letter." Zoning System Under Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 30 May 1946 · page 11

THOSE who found wartime bureaucracy insufferable are now getting occasional glimpses into the…

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Fire in City Store

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 3

Fire broke out early this morning on the second floor of David Jones's building at the cornet of George and Barrack Streets, city. Brigades from…

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Fire in David Jones'

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 3

AN automatic sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out early this morning on the second floor of David Jones' George St. store…

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Fire in David Jones'

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

AN automatic sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out early this morning on the second floor of David Jones' George St, store…

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Fire in David Jones'

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

AN automatic sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out early this morning on the second floor of David Jones' George St. store…

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Fire in David Jones'

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 5

AN automatic sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out early this morning on the second floor of David Jones' George St. store…

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Four Die in Freak Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 2

MADRAS, Friday.--Four were burned to death and 10 seriously burned in a fire here yesterday…

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Four Die in Freak Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

MADRAS, Friday.--Four were burned to death and 10 seriously burned in a fire here yesterday…

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Hindu Riots in Bombay Police Open Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 1

BOMBAY, May 30 (A.A.P.).— After clashes between caste Hindus and Untouchables in the Worli mill area of the city, police twice…

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Radio As Aid To Bushfire Fighters

The Land · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 2

THE Wireless Institute of Australia, representing amateur radio enthusiasts, has offered the services of its country members to the Bush…

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Radio For Control Of Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 May 1946 · page 2

FOLLOWING a demonstration of the use of radio in fighting bushfires at Young, the Burrangong Shire Clerk (Mr. T. H. Webster) has…

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Risked Life In Blaze For His Dog

The Sun · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 1

With a blanket wrapped around his body, a man dashed into his blazing home in Taronga-road,…

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Passengers Smoked Out By Wynyard Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

Smoke from smouldering rubbish filled Wynyard Station tunnels this morning and dozens of people left trams coughing and with tears streaming from their eves. IT took firemen from Headquarters…

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Passengers Smoked Out By Wynyard Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

Smoke from smouldering rubbish filled Wynyard Station funnels this morning and dozens of people left trams coughing and with fears streaming from their eyes. IT took firemen from Headquarters…

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Passengers Smoked Out By Wynyard Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

Smoke from smouldering rubbish filled Wynyord Station tunnels this morning and dozens of people left trams coughing and with tears streaming from their eyes. IT took firemen from Headquarters…

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Passengers Smoked Out By Wynyard Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

Smoke from smouldering rubbish filled Wynyard Station funnels this morning and dozens of people left trams coughing and with tears streaming from their eyes. IT took firemen from Headquarters…

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Passengers Smoked Out By Wynyard Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

Smoke from smouldering rubbish filled Wynyurd Station tunnels this morning and dozens of people left trams coughing and with tears streaming from their eyes. IT took firemen from Headquarters…

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Posers Like These Will Baffle Those Darned Quiz Kids Next time you attend one of those Quiz Kid sessions, fire a few of the following questions at the little brats. It's a fiver to a battered gooseberry they'll be stumped—unless, of course, they read "World's News."

The World's News · Saturday 1 June 1946 · page 2

HOW many descendants could one pair of rabbits have…

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Midnight Blaze Destroys Home

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 2

An ex-serviceman, his wife, and three young children are homeless following a fire which destroyed their home in Monie Avenue, East Hills, early this morning…

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Man Collapses After Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 3

A war pensioner, Thomas McMahon, 43, of Taronga Road. Terry Hill, near Narrabeen, collapsed on Friday night after his…

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