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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 135

Q’land Alp Govt. Under Fire on Meat Strike

Tribune · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 3

Discontent at the failure of the Queensland Government to intervene to end the Queensland meat strike, which now threatens a State-wide tie-up of essential industry, is growing among Labor Party…

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£100 Damage to Car in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 6

A FIRE which broke out early this morning in a sedan car in Bexley Rd., Campsie, caused damage estimated at more than £100…

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50 Die in Tornado Buildings Wrecked, Huge Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Canada's freak five-minute tornado, which is believed to have killed at least 50 people and injured hundreds, also--…

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Shock Victim Of Bedroom Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 19 June 1946 · page 2

Alexander McGeachie, 55, of Grove-street, Balmain, was taken to Balmain Hospital this afternoon suffering from shock,…

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Small Bowling Club and Factory Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 6

A FAULTY stove flue started a fire in the Victoria Park Bowling Club rooms, City Rd., this morning, and a tin of spirits caught alight…

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Small Bowling Club and Factory Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 6

A FAULTY stove flue started a fire in the Victoria Park Bowling Club rooms. City Rd., this morning, and a tin of spirits caught alight…

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Small Bowling Club and Factory Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 6

A FAULTY stove flue started a I fire in the Victoria Park Bowling Club rooms, City Rd., this morning, and a tin of spirits caught alight…

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Fire at Oatley

The Propeller · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

A nine-months-old baby was rescued from a blazing building in Marine Drive, Oatley, on June 12, by a woman who dushed into the flames, picked up the child…

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Fire Destroys German Cruiser

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

LAST OF THE CRACK GERMAN CRUISER, HIPPER. The former pride of the Nazi Navy caught fire in Kiel naval "graveyard" when being demolished by British workmen…

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Fire Destroys German Cruiser

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

LAST OF THE CRACK GERMAN CRUISER, HIPPER. The former pride of the Nazi Navy caught fire in Kiel naval "graveyard" when being demolished by British workmen…

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Fire Destroys German Cruiser

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 3

LAST OF THE CRACK GERMAN CRUISER, HIPPER. The former pride of the Nazi Navy caught fire in Kiel naval "graveyard" when being demolished by British workmen…

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Stop Press Small Bowling Club and Factory Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 24

A faulty stove flue started a are in the Victory Park Bowing Club rooms. City Rd., today, and a tin of spirits caught alight and set fire…

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Cockatoo Gave Fire Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 16

THIRROUL, Friday.--A pet cockatoo gave the alarm and saved a house from destruction when a fire started in the laundry of the…

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Beauty Before Fire and Smoke

The Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 1

Although smoke was billowing into a George-street hairdressing parlor today women having hairdos had to be ordered out by firemen…

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Mid-day Fire In City

The Sun · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

FIREMAN cleaning up remains of dolls and other toys destroyed today when a fire broke out in a…

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City Fire Caused by Spilt Liquid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

Dolls and other toys valued at more than £500 were destroyed in a fire which started when an employee dropped a bottle of acetone in a storeroom used by Walther and Stevenson Pty., Ltd., 389 George…

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City Fire Caused by Spilt Liquid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

Dolls and other toys valued at more than £500 were destroyed in a fire which started when an employee dropped a bottle of acetone in a storeroom used by Walther and Stevenson Pty., Ltd., 389 George…

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City Fire Caused by Spilt Liquid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

Dolls and other toys valued at more than £500 were destroyed on a fire which started vhen an employee dropped a bottle of acetone in a storeroom used by Walther and Stevenson Pty., Ltd., 389 George…

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City Fire Caused by Spilt Liquid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

Dolls and other boys valued at more than £500 were destroyed in a fire which started when an employee dropped a bottle of acetone in a storeroom used by Walther and Stevenson Pty., Ltd., 389 George…

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City Fire Caused by Spilt Liquid

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 June 1946 · page 3

Dolls and other toys valued at more than £500 were destroyed in a fire which started when an employee dropped a bottle of acetone in a storeroom used by Walther and Stevenson Pty., Ltd., 389 George…

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