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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Showered With Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 5

A woman was critically burned and a fireman injured following the explosion of a primus stove in a small shop in New Canterbury Rd…

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Showered with Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 5

A woman was critically burned and a fireman injured following the explosion of a primus stove in a small shop in New Canterbury Rd…

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Fire Brigades' Board Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 7

Nominations for election to the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales are:- Sydney and suburban councils: L…

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Two Hurt in Shop Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 1

A woman was severely burnt and a fireman was injured last night when a shop in New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, caught fire…

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Fire Ashes Sifted In Search For Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Police investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Bridget Guy (52), today sifted the ashes at the scene of a large fire and took possession of what appeared to be a bony substance…

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Fire Ashes Sifted In Search For Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Police investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Bridget Guy (52), today sifted the ashes at the scene of a large fire and took possession of what appeared to be a bony substance…

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Fire Ashes Sifted In Search For Woman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Police investigating the disappearance of Mrs. Bridget Guy (52), today sifted the ashes at the scene of a large fire and took possession of what appeared to be a bony substance…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Woman's Clothes on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 16

With her clothes on fire a woman last night ran out of a second-hand shop in New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, screaming for help…

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Big Bushfire At Bethungra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 12

JUNEE, Tuesday.--Since 10.30 a.m. yesterday all available manpower in the Bethungra area near Junee, has been…

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Big Bushfire At Bethungra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 12

JUNEE, Tuesday.--Since 10.30 a.m. yesterday all available manpower in the Bethungra area near Junee, has been…

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Big Bushfire At Bethungra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 12

JUNEE, Tuesday.--Since 10.30 a.m. yesterday all available manpower in the Bethungra area near Junee, has been…

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Big Bushfire At Bethungra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 12

JUNEE, Tuesday.--Since 10.30 a.m. yesterday all available manpower in the Bethungra area near Junee, has been…

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Fire Sweeps Big Area Near Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 4

Thousands of acres of heavilytimbered and grass country have been swept by a bushfire at Yamatree, the property of Major…

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"Fallen Down on Job" Hospitals Commission Under Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

"Year by year the Hospitals Commission has been kidding us on. For the last three years they have been…

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Fire Destroys 90 Tons of Hay on Cowra Farm

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 3

COWRA, Wednesday.--A fire which broke out on the Cowra Experimental Farm today destroyed a large, shea containing 90 tons of hay…

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Springwood District Bush Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 6

Mr. H. Tate, hon. secretary of the Eush Fire Brigade, reports very satisfactory progress with regard to the campaign to raise sufficient funds to…

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Children Fight Fire

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

Women and children were among fire fighters who were called out to beat back a big bush fife at Lane Cove this…

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Stop Press Fire at Dundas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 24

Firemen are fighting to save a large building used for hatching chickers which in caught fire at Birdden Rd.. Dundas today The…

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Chickens, Incubators Destroyed By Fire

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

Breeders, incubators and dozens of chickens were destroyed by a fire which gutted a weatherboard building in…

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Oil Plant on Fire: Two Die

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Two men have died and six others have been severely injured in a fire which is. raging' among oil…

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