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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 135

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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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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Fowlhouse Destroyed by Incubator Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5

MORE than 100 three-days-old chickens were burnt to death early today when a kerosene-heated incubator caught fire in a fowl-house…

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Fowlhouse Destroyed by Incubator Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5

MORE than 100 three-days-old chickens were burnt to death early today when a kerosene-heated incubator caught fire in a fowl-house…

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Fowlhouse Destroyed by Incubator Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 5

MORE than 100 three-days-old chickens were burnt to death early today when a kerosene-heated incubator caught fire in a fowl-house…

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Poultry Lost in Waitara Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1946 · page 4

More than 100 head of poultry were destroyed early this morning when all fire gutted a poultry shed at the rear of a cottage in Russell Street,…

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250 Oyster Trays Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 13

Fire yesterday destroyed about 250 oyster trays at Gawley Bay, Sylvania. The fire started when a tar tank became overheated and exploded…

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Lightning Fires Tanker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (A.A.P.).— Lightning struck the 10,000-ton tanker Homestead yesterday while she was unloading gasoline at…

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Fire Station Must Be Shifted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 12

The Board of Fire Commissioners will shortly have to vacate premises near Cabramatta Town Hall, used as a fire station…

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Fire in Railway Marshalling Yards

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 7

An iron shed at Enfield railway marshalling yards was slightly damaged by fire about 10.30 last night. Railway employees had the fire…

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Springwood District Bush Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 8

Dry weather continues and with the approach of spring, the danger of bush fires is in our midst, and no time can be lost for preparing and no…

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Fire at Como

The Sun · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 5

A fire which burned down a brick shed at the rear of a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. B Moore, in Warraba-street,…

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Hotel And Six Shops Go In Q'land Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

WINTON (Q.), Thursday. -- Guests at the North Gregory Hotel had to force their way through smoke and flame and…

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Hotel And Six Shops Go In Q'land Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

WINTON (Q.), Thursday. -- Guests at the North Gregory Hotel had to force their way through smoke and flame and…

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Narrow Escapes From Q'land Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Boarders at the leading hotel in Winton, Central Western Queensland, narrowly escaped the flames when fire today destroyed the hotel and seven other premises…

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£30,000 Damage in Winton Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE. Wednesday.—Damage estimated at more than £30.000 was caused by a fire which raged for three hours in the main business block in…

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Guns, Whistles, Fire Used In French Cricket-Plague

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 2

PARIS, Wednesday.--An invasion of crickets yesterday gave Bordeaux (south-east France) the noisiest day in its history. Bells clanged and factory whistles shrieked continuously. Rifle and shotgun owners fired thousands of rounds…

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£7000 Save From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 12

Prompt action by two probationary constables saved a machine valued at more than £7000 when fire broke out at…

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