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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 135

Spectacular Rink Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

FLAMES leaping into the air at this afternoon's fire, which gutted the Westgate Rollerdrome, Parramatta Rd.,…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Man, Escaping From Fire, Electrocuted

The Sun · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

AUCKLAND Monday -- When a house at Panmure caught fire early yesterday. Tamiti Simon, 21. single, ran outside and…

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Stop Press Truck on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 24

Newtown Fire Brigade received a call shortly after 4.30 p.m. to a truck on fire at the corner of Cowper St. and Prince's Highway…

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Fire Disturbs Girl in Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fife last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Fire Disturbs Girl In Bath

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 3

The ceiling of a bathroom in a house in, Kings Rd., Vaucluse, caught fire last night while a young woman was in the bath…

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Stop Press Truck on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 24

Newton Fire [?] received a call shortly after 4.30 p.m. to a truck on fire at the corner of Corner St. and prince's Highway…

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Girls Flee for Lives in Petersham Fire Flames 60 Feet Through Roof

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 1

MANY workers, including seven girls, fled for their lives from o fire which burnt out the Westgate Rollerdrome and Skating Rink at Petersham today. A major traffic problem confronted police as firemen…

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Big City Blaze Rollerdrome Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 1

A fire which destroyed Westgate Rollerdrome, Parramatta Road, Petersham, yesterday, caused damage estimated at £40,000…

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£30,000 Blaze Guts Big Building Police Check Story Of Delayed Fire-Brigade Call

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 5

A fire which gutted Westgate Rollerdrome, Parramatta Road, Petersham, and spread to four other buildings, yesterday afternoon, caused £30,000 damage…

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Fire Destroys Surf Equipment

The Sun · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 2

Fire, believed to have been started by a carelessly-thrown cigarette butt on the roof, broke out in a storage shed adjoining…

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Author's Flaming Pen Ignited Fires of French Revolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANCOIS MARIE De AROUET -- known to the world as Voltaire -- French genius of literature, libel and liberality, spent much of his life in exile. Yet he was one of the driving powers which awakened the oppressed French people to the degeneracy and…

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Author's Flaming Pen Ignited Fires of French Resolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANCOIS MARIE De AROUET--known to the world as Voltaire--French genius of literature libel and liberality, spent much of his life in exile. Yet he was one of the driving powers which awakened the oppressed French people to the degeneracy and…

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Author's Flaming Pen Igniter Fires of French Revolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANC0IS MARIE De AROUET -- known to the world as Voltaire -- French genius of literature, libel and liberality, spent much of his life in exile. Yet he was one of the driving powers which awakened the oppressed French, people to the degeneracy and…

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Author's Flaming Pen Ignited Fires of French Revolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANCOIS MARIE De AROUET--known to the world as Voltaire--French genius of literature, libel and liberality, spent much of his life in exile. Yet he was one of the driving powers which awakened the oppressed French people to the degeneracy and…

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Author's Flaming Pen Ignited Fires of French Revolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANCOIS MARIE De AROUET--known to the world as Voltaire--French genius of literature, libel and liberality, spent much of his life in exile, Yet he was one of the driving powers which awakened the oppressed French people to the degeneracy and…

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