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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 135

Author's Flaming Pen Ignited Fires of French Revolution

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 13

FRANCOIS MARIE De AROUET--known to 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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Spectacular £40,000 Fire at Petersham

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

ABOVE: Firemen at work in the ruins of the New South Wales Egg Board's depot at the Westgate Rollerdrome,…

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They Took The Fire To Water

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 18

Auburn fire brigade took a fire to water instead of water to the fire when a lorry loaded with factory refuse caught…

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90 City Firemen Fight Big Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 3

TURBULENT cloud of smoke rising from a big fire which gutted the Egg Board premises in Parramatta Road, Petersham, yesterday afternoon. FIREMAN Charles Quigley, who was overcome by…

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“Walkie-talkies” at Race Meetings and Fires

Construction · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 2

“Walkie-talkies”—portable transmitting and receiving radio sets—were used for the first time at a race meeting when British police controlled the Ascot traffic with their aid. Police officers on duty…

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Fire Engine In Crash, Men Hurt

The Sun · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 3

When a fire engine racing to answer a call hit a utility truck at Rozelle today force of the impact carried the, truck on to…

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The Fire Sprites

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 22

As I sat gazing dreamily at the fire, before which I was seated, the fire crackled, and the next instant several little fire sprites…

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Woman Dragged From Fire

The Sun · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

INVALID WOMAN, 81-year-old Mrs. Margaret Collins, of Garden-street, Mascot, who was dragged from her…

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Minimising Fire Risk In Planes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 19

GROUNDING in America of all Lockheed Constellation airliners, because of an undetailed "fire hazard,"…

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Minimising Fire Risk in Planes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 19

GROUNDING in America of all Lockheed Constellation airliners, because of an undetailed "fire hazard,"…

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Short-circuit May Have Caused Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- A short circuit of electric wires is believed to have caused the outbreak of fire in the Presbyterian Church Hall,…

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Short-circuit May Have Caused Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- A short circuit of electric wires is believed to have caused the outbreak of fire in the Presbyterian Church Hall…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot Bast night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from an adjoining…

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Dramatic Rescue From Fire Helpless Man Dragged Clear Swift Action by Neighbors

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 4

A MAN was dragged unconscious from a blazing cottage at Mascot last night, and an 81-years-old woman had to be carried from ah adjoining…

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