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Fires & bushfires, 1946

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27 Perish in Ship Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 13

RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday. -- At least 27 persons perished in the fire which swept the Brazilian steamer Duque de Caixas…

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27 Perish in Ship Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday. -- At least 27 persons perished in the fire which swept the Brazilian steamer Duque de Caixas…

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27 Perish in Ship Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday. -- At least 27 persons perished in the fire which swept the Brazilian steamer Duque de Caixas…

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27 Perish in Ship Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 3

RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday. -- At least 27 persons perished in the fire which swept the Brazilian steamer Duque de Caixas…

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Fire, but no smokes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 8

SIR,--I was amused to read that the August tobacco supply is being increased another 5 per cent…

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Towns Lose Food In Train Fire

The Sun · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Kingoonya, on the East-West line, and stations nearby, are short of food following a spectacular fire…

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Fire In Lounge On Unruly Brideship, Radio To Police

The Sun · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 1

Defectives were called to meet the liner Orbita when she berthed at Sydney today, following the discovery of a fire in a lounge as the ship was steaming up the coast early yesterday…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port- side of the promenade deck of the Orbit® (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 forts) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Suspicious Fire on Passenger Ship Police Called, Then Sent Away Orbita Safe at Circular Quay

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2

FIRE broke out in suspicious circumstances in a lounge on the port side of the promenade deck of the Orbita (15,495 tons) when she was steaming…

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Baby Saved In Cot Blaze

Truth · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 31

Darrell Lane (2), Ocean St., Woollanra, was severely burned on both legs when his cot caught fire early last night…

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Firemen Row Out to Quell Blaze

Truth · Sunday 4 August 1946 · page 35

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Firemen had to be rowed out in a dinghy with 400ft. of hose, attached to a fire plug, before they could extinguish…

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Houses Menaced By Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 9

Fighting side by side, firemen and residents saved five houses which were threatened by a bushfire in Chisholm Ave.,…

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Houses Menaced By Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 2

Fighting side by side, firemen and residents saved five houses which were threatened by a bushfire in Chisholm Ave.,…

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Houses Menaced By Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 9

Fighting side by side, firemen and residents saved five houses which were threatened by a bushfire in Chisholm Ave.,…

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Fire Kills 100 Chicks

The Sun · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5

A kerosene brooder which became overheated is believed to have caused a fire which destroyed more than 100 day-old…

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