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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 135

£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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Pyjamas Caught Fire

The Sun · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

While playing near an open fire in the dining room of his home flames suddenly set alight to the pyjamas of Desmond…

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£7000 Machine Saved From Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

Prompt action by two probationary constables saved a machine valued at more than £7000 when fire broke out at Sydney Waste Industries, O'Riordan St., Alexandria, early this morning…

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£7000 Machine Saved From Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 3

Prompt action by two probationary constables saved a machine valued at more than £7000 when fire broke out at Sydney Waste Industries, O'Riordan St., Alexandria, early this morning…

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Child Burnt When Pyjamas Catch Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 2

THREE-YEARS-OLD Desmond Regusen was burnt on the right thigh when his pyjamas caught alight while he was playing near an open…

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Two Men Gaoled For Fire Looting

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two men were sent to gaol yesterday for two months for looting property saved from a £30,000 fire last. Weflnesrinv…

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Child Burnt When Pyjamas Catch Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 8

THREE-YEARS-OLD Desmond Regusen was burnt on the right thigh when his pyjamas caught alight while he was playing near an open…

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Two Men Gaoled For Fire Looting

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two men were sent to gaol yesterday for two months for looting property saved from a £30,000 fire last. Wednesday…

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Fire to Get Rid of Stepfather

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 12

PHOENIX (Arizona). -- Three children in Phoenix (Arizona) burned down their home to get rid of their step-father…

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Child Burnt When Pyjamas Catch Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 2

THREE-YEARS-OLD Desmond Regusen was burnt on the right thigh when his pyjamas caught alight while he was playing near an open…

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Garage Fire Threat To Petrol Pumps

The Sun · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 5

Ten petrol pumps containing more than 5000 gallons of petrol, were in danger of exploding when fire broke out in a car at…

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Two Men Gaoled For Fire Looting

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two men were sent to gaol yesterday for two months for looting property saved from a £30,000 fire last Wednesday…

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Two Men Gaoled For Fire Looting

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two men were sent to gaol yesterday for two months for looting property saved from a £30,000 fire last Wednesday…

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Two Men Gaoled For Fire Looting

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Two men were sent to gaol yesterday for two months for looting property saved from a £30,000 fire last Wednesday…

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Fire to Get Rid of Stepfather

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 August 1946 · page 12

PHOENIX (Arizona). -- Three children in Phoenix (Arizona) burned down their home to get rid of their step-father…

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1000 Watch Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 3

More than 1000 people, many wearing night attire, watched a spectacular lire shoot flames 100 ft. into the air as it…

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1000 Watch Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 3

More than 1000 people; many wearing night attire, watched a spectacular fire shoot flames 100 ft into the air as it…

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World Title Promoter Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 16

NEW YORK.--The folks over at the Twentieth Century sporting club, which of course is the long way of spelling Mike Jacobs, are…

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Midnight Fire In Factory At Canterbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 3

The premises of Andrew, Gabb and Bagnall, saddle-tree manufacturers, Canterbury Road, Canterbury, were completely gutted…

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Pyjama-Clad Crowd Of 1000 Sees Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 August 1946 · page 6

More than 1000 people, many wearing night attire, watched a spectacular fire shoot flames 100 ft. into the air as it destroyed a saddle-tree factory in Canterbury Rd., Canterbury, early today…

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