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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 135

Fire Damage At Pyrmont

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 3

A fireman plays a small hose on smouldering wood after a…

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Fire Damage At Pyrmont

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

An early morning fire severely damaged the third floor and roof of the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Works. Harris St…

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Fire Damage At Pyrmont

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

An early morning fire severely damaged the third floor and roof of the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Works. Harris St.,…

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Brigades Put Out Skip Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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Brigades Put Out Ship Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 16

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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Brigades Put Out Ship Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 6

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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Welding on Ships Fire Precautions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 10

A new Port of Sydney regulation prohibits gas or electric cutting on any vessel in port, unless the ship's fire hydrant and hose system are in good…

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Brigades Put Out Ship Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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Brigades Put Out Ship Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 16

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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Brigades Put Out Ship Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 6

A fire which broke out in the engine room of the steamer Moamoa, berthed at 13 Darling Harbor, today, was put out by…

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U.S. Warships Will Fire On "Atom Intruders"

The Sun · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 9

BIKINI ATOLL, Wednesday.--Any unauthorised ships or planes at the atom bomb test on Monday will be shot down. This was announced today by Vice-Admiral W. P. Blandy,…

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Fire, Explosion Kill Three, Injure 40 In Ferry Disaster

The Sun · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--At least three people were killed, 40 injured, and two million dollars damage caused in a spectacular fire which swept the ferry terminal at Staten Island, across lower New York Harbor today. A thick haze of smoke from…

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Many Deaths Feared in New York Fire Flames Engulf Ferry Building

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Several people are believed to have perished when an oil-fed fore engulfed the two-storey Staten Island ferry terminal on New York Harbor…

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Many Deaths Feared in New York Fire Flames Engulf Ferry Building

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Several people are believed to have perished when on oil-fed fire engulfed the two-storey Stoten Island ferry terminal on New York Harbor…

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Many Deaths Feared in New York Fire Flames Engulf Ferry Building

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Several people are believed to have perished when an oil-fed fire engulfed the two-storey Staten Island ferry terminal on New York Harbor…

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Many Deaths Feared in New York Fire Flames Engulf Ferry Building

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Several people are believed to have perished when an oil-fed fire engulfed the two-storey Staten Island ferry terminal on New York Harbor…

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Fire Chiefs' "Exit" Leave Talks For Big Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 26 (A.A.P.). —Members of the Eastern Association of Fire Chiefs, in conference here, rushed from the…

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Fire Soon Extinguished

The Biz · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 7

Liverpool Fire Brigade attended a fire in a shed used as a storeroom at the [?]ear of Mr. Burt's shop in Macquaric Street, Liverpool, on Wednesday, 19th. The fire…

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Food Spoilt in Big Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 5

Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire at the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Works in Harris Street, Pyrmont,…

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Woman Awakes to Find Bed on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 21

A woman awoke last night to find her bed blazing. She is Miss Vera Daniel, of Regent's Court, Springfield Avenue, King's…

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