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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Woman's Face Put In Fire, Police Allege

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Following an attack upon a woman who was alleged to have been battered on the head and body…

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Woman's Face Put In Fire, Police Allege

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Following an attack upon a woman who was alleged to have been battered on the head and body,…

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Pitch Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 8

Fire brigades were called to extinguish a fire in the premises of Welham Fimmell and Co., roofing manufacturers, of Young Street Annandale, early last…

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£700 Damage In Dee Why Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 3

More than £700 worth of furniture and wedding presents were destroyed early today when fire gutted a fibre storage room in…

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Dog Knocks Lamp, Starts £500 Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 7

A fire caused by a dog knocking over a kerosene lamp in a shed at the rear of a house at 137 Pacific Pde., Dee Why. early…

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Dog Knocks Lamp, Starts £500 Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 7

A fire caused by a dog knocking over a kerosene lamp in a shed at the rear of a house at 137 Pacific Pde., Dee Why, early…

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Dog Knocks Lamp, Starts £500 Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 7

A fire caused by a dog knocking over a kerosene lamp in a shed at the rear of a house at 137 Pacific Pde., Dee Why, early…

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Huge Fires In Naples, Grim Street Battles

The Sun · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 1

ROME, Wednesday.--Huge street fires were burning in Naples early this morning as monarchist crowds from behind barricades of tramcars fought a gun-battle against armored cars and police. Twelve are dead and 100…

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Saved Baby From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 5

MRS. ELSIE HIGGINS and 11-months-old Jim Matthews, whom she rescued from his pram when his parents' home in Marine Drive, Oatley, caught fire today, and was burned to the ground…

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Rescue Of Baby From Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 3

Risking her life, a woman went into a blazing homo at Oatley today to save a year-old baby boy…

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Woman Runs Into Fire to Save Baby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 5

An 11-months-old baby was rescued from a blazing cottage in Marine Drive, Oatley, today by a woman who dashed into the flames, picked up the child from the pram in which it was sleeping, and escaped just as the house collapsed…

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Woman Runs Into Fire to Save Baby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 5

A nine-months-old baby was rescued from a blazing shanty in Marine Pde., Oatley, today by a woman who dashed into the flames, picked up the child from the pram in which it was sleeping, and escaped just as the house collapsed…

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Woman Runs Into Fire to Save Baby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 June 1946 · page 5

An 11-months-old baby was rescued from a blazing cottage in Marine Drive, Oatley, today by a woman who dashed into the flames, picked up the child from the pram in which it was sleeping, and escaped just as the house collapsed…

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Fire Destroys Oatley Home

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 7

WITH HELP of seven-year-old neighbor. Joan Higgins, Mrs. C. Matthews salvages some of her belongings from the charred wreckage of her home in Marine Drive, Oatley. While she was shopping yesterday, fire broke out in a kitchen adjoining a…

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Fire at Factory

The Sun · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 7

Using chemical extinguishers, 12 employees of Hicks Bros. Pty., Ltd., root manufacturers, Botany-rd., Mascot, put but a blaze…

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Slaughtering Methods Under Fire Million A Year Loss British Expert Criticises Australian Hides

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 June 1946 · page 2

MR. H. W. RUSSELL, a member of the Advisory Committee to the British Leather Controller, who is at present in Sydney, said on Wednesday that Australia was losing a minimum of £1,000,000 annually through spoilt…

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Huge Forest Fires Rage in Newfoundland

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Huge forest fires are raging in western Newfoundland. Hundreds of fire- fighters are out trying to save valuable…

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Fire in City Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 3

A fire in a two-storey building in Goulburn Street last night was confined by firemen to the rear of the two floors…

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City Fire Goods Lost

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 8

A fire in a two-storey building in Goulburn St., last night was quickly extinguished by firemen before much damage…

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City Fire; Goods Lost

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 8

A fire in a two- storey building in Goulburn St., last night was quickly extinguished by firemen before much damage…

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