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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 135

Neighbors Rescue Man From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 2

Overcome by smoke a man was dragged to safety by two neighbors from a fire which gutted the upstairs portion Of a house in Hutchinson St., Surry Hills, early this morning…

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Grants Needed Now For Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

A permit must be obtained from local councils before residents can light fires on land tor clearing or other purposes…

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Tailor's Shop Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

A fire in a tailor's shop in Central Railway Square late last night did damage estimated at £250. Rolls of material and many made-up suits were…

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Party For Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 10

TIVOLI FIRE victim, Diana Hartt, will make her first public appearance since being discharged from hospital after her…

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Saved Neighbor From Fire Death

The Sun · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

DURING A FIRE in Hutchinson-streel, Darlinghurst, today. James Johns (left) ran in from his home next door…

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Woman Started Fire, Police Allege

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

NEW CASTLE, Friday.—Police witnesses told the Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, at the Coroner's Court to-day that a woman had admitted…

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Old Man Dies in Fire—youth Saved

The Sun · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

An old man was burnt to death when his house was gutted by fire, and a young man was rescued semi-conscious from his blazing home this morning. The dead man was Alexander Boyd…

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80 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday. -- Eighty persons were killed and 800 injured in Moslem League demonstrations in Calcutta yesterday…

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100 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA,Saturday.--At least 100 persons were killed and 300 injured in pitched street battles in Bombay yesterday…

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80 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday. -- Eighty persons were killed and 800 injured in Moslem League demonstrations in Calcutta yesterday…

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100 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--At least 100 persons were killed and 80C injured in pitched street battles in Bombay yesterday…

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100 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--At least 100 persons were killed! and 800 injured in pitched street battles in Bombay yesterday…

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100 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--At least 100 persons were killed and 800 injured in pitched street battles in Bombay yesterday…

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100 KILLED, 800 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Crowds

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Saturday.--At least 100 persons were killed and 800 Injured in pitched street battles in Calcutta yesterday…

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Big Bushfire Near Hornsby

The Sun · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

A fire in bush country a mile west of Hornsby railway station was brought under control by firemen and volunteers after a…

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Firemen save shops in city blaze

The Sun · Sunday 18 August 1946 · page 6

QUICK action by firemen saved three shop premises in George-street, City, late yesterday…

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Spectacular Blaze on Wharf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 4

Fire-engines from city stations were quickly on the scene to extinguish this fire in a watchman's cabin on No. 6 wharf, Circular Quay, late last night…

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Fire Regulations Are Renewed

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

Regulations prohibiting the lighting of fires in open places, have been renewed in N.S.W., the -Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Midnight Fire at Quay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

FIRE DESTROYED an empty shed on No 6 wharf. Circular Quay, shortly before midnight last night. Two fire brigades prevented the fire from reaching Royal Navy stores on the wharf. Fire is believed to have started when a kerosene heater overturned…

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Hotel, Three Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The Royal Hotel, a modern, two-storey brick structure, and "three shops, were destroyed by fire early this morning at…

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