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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 135

Color Blaze at First Henley Since 1939

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 16

LONDON, Thursday.-- The first Henley. Royal Regatta since 1939 opened yesterday in a blase of sunshine. IN midstream stretched a long line of punts filled with charming…

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Bush Fire At Collaroy

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

FOUR HOUSES were threatened by a bush fire which swept through more than 80 acres of scrub at Collaroy this morning…

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Bush Fire At Collaroy

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

FOUR HOUSES were threatened by a bush fire which swept through more than 80 acres of scrub at Collaroy this…

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Bush Fire Endangers Homes Farms

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 9

FOUR houses were endangered during a bush fire which broke out this morning along South Creek Rd., near Collaroy, destroying more than 80 acres of scrub and bracken…

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Bush Fire Endangers Homes, Farms

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 9

FOUR houses were endangered, during a bush fire which broke out this morning along South Creek Rd., near Collaroy, destroying more than 80 acres of scrub and bracken…

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Bush Fire Endangers Homes, Farms

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 9

FOUR houses were endangered during a bush fire which broke out this morning along South Creek Rd., near Collaroy, destroying more than 80 acres of scrub and bracken…

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Fire in Barracks

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

A FIRE which broke out in the canteen of the Dutch Naval barracks, Wolseley Rd., Point Piper, early this morning was extinguished by…

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Fire in Barracks

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

A FIRE which broke out in the canteen of the Dutch Naval barracks, Wolseley Rd., Point Piper, early this morning was extinguished by…

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Fire in Barracks

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

A FIRE which broke out in the canteen of the Dutch Naval barracks, Wolseley Rd., Point Piper, early this morning was extinguished by…

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Fire in Barracks

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

A FIRE which broke out in the canteen of the Dutch Naval barracks, Wolseley Rd., Point Piper, early this morning was extinguished by…

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Dog Set on Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.-- Pouring kerosene over a valuable sheep dog, Harry Milton Hearne, of Kent Town, set it alight in a…

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Old Couple Fight Fire

The Sun · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

Called from his sick bed, Walter Yeomans, 63, assisted firemen today to fight a scrub fire which had almost…

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Brush Fire At Collaroy

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

FOUR HOUSES were threatened by a bush fire which swept through more than 80 acres of scrub at Collaroy this morning…

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Woman Saved From Fire

The Sun · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 5

Bursting open a door, police last night dragged Mrs. Eva Williams, 65, from a smoke-filled room in a residential in…

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Dog Set on Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday.-- Pouring kerosene over a valuable sheep dog, Harry Milton Hearne, of Kent Town, set it alight in a…

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Fire Risk Reduced When Buildings Are Well Spaced

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 9

IT is not always possible to layout the farm on lines that will last all time, but if a definite plan is made in the first…

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Fire Fighters Lit Fires Just For Practice Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, July 5.—Firemen who started fires just to get practice tor their brigade were convicted of arson at Northallerton…

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Fire-alarm Maniac at King's Cross

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 4

NUMBER one ratbag at large in Sydney to-day has given 30 maliciously false fire alarms in the King's Cross…

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Mystery of the Week On the right tracks Fire in the Thatch, by E. C. R. Lorac. London: Crime Club

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 17

"IT is of course possible," observed Holmes, brooding over the confusing bicycle tracks on the Lower Gill Moor…

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Bushfire Near Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 6

Firemen yesterday fought a bushfire for three hours to save four houses in South Creek Road, Dee Why…

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