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Fires & bushfires, 1946

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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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Oil Plant on Fire: Two Die

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 10

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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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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Two Die in Huge Oil Plant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Two men have died and six others have been severely injured in a fire which is raging among oil tanks in a National Refining Go. field in Oklahoma…

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Tractors and Fires

The Land · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

IN a statement issued by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, it is advised that special care be given to…

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Big Gundagai Fire

The Land · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

Approximately 7,000 acres of good grasslands and heavily timbered country have been burnt out by a devastating fire, which swept Major…

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Chesty Bond Fire-Eater

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 8

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Fire Risk Lasts Until Mid-March

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 12

WE have received from the Victorian "Save the Forests"Campaign a very interesting and topical leafect, "Fire Prevention" written for…

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US Progressives Win Cease-Fire ln China

Tribune · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON.— In an editorial on the cease-fire agreement in China, the Daily Worker (Communist) says that the progressive movement in America…

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Yammatree Swept by Bushfire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 19

A DU[?] which swept through the Yammatree property of Major C. Ellsworth, Bethungra early this week destroyed thousands of…

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Airman Fights Cockpit Fire Drama at 27,000 Feet

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

LABUAN, Saturday. -- When the cockpit of an RAAF Mosquito caught fire after an explosion at 27,000 feet over Borneo this week, the navigator snatched off his oxygen mask and fought the blaze for five minutes before he got it under control…

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Bushfire Dangers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 2

Sir,—"Waratah's" recent warning regarding our out-of-date equipment for fighting bushfires and organisation against them, is very timely. But,…

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Fell While Watching Fire

The Sun · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 2

LISMORE, Monday. -- While watching a fire from the roof of the Hotel Gollan last night, Mrs. Mary Gertrude Sayers. 36…

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Woman Dies After Shop Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 5

Mrs. Edna Clarke, 50, who was severely burned in a fire at her dressmaking shop in New Canterbury Road, Huristone Park, on January 14…

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Matches In Mail Cause GPO Fires

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

Minor fires in the PMG Mail Branch recently have been traced to matches being enclosed in packages sent through the…

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A.l.p. Organ Under Fire From Trade Unionists

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

The Standard, ALP official organ, is being criticised by trade unionists, Labor party members and workshop committees for its attacks on the Teachers’ Federation and the Ironworkers’ Union…

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More Paid Bushfire Officers Needed

Tribune · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE. — Foreman of the Emerald Bushfire Brigade, Mr. Gus Ryberg, has warned that more trailer power pumps and more paid…

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Matches Cause Postal Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

Several recent fires in post-office premises have been traced to matches enclosed in packages sent through the post…

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Warning Of Fire Ignored

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Told by a passer-by that her house was on fire, Mrs. Ethel Roys (27), put her head out of an…

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Warning Of Fire Ignored

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Told by a passer-by that her house was on fire, Mrs. Ethel Roys (27), put her head out of an…

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