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Fires & bushfires, 1946

2,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 135

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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Motel, Three Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

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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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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Hotel, Three Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

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

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Tivoli Pays £350 to Fire Victim's Father

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

Claim for £2000 damages by David Haynes, Short Street, Homebush against the Tivoli Theatre for' the loss of his daughter, Phyllis Haynes, one of the chorus girls burned to death in the Tivoli fire last year, has been settled…

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Tivoli" Pais £350 to Fire Victim's Father

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

Claim for £2000 damages by David Haynes, Short Street, Homebush, against the Tivoli Theatre for the loss of his daughter, Phyllis Haynes, one of the chorus girls burned to death in the Tivoli fire last year, has been settled…

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Tivoli Fays £350 to Fire Victim's Father

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

Claim for £2000 damages by David Haynes, Short Street, Homebush, against the Tivoli Theatre for the loss of his daughter, Phyllis Haynes, one of the chorus girls burned to death in the Tivoli fire last year, has been settled…

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Tivoli Pays £350 to Fire Victim's Father

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 3

Claim for £2000 damages by David Haynes, Short Street, Homebush, against the Tivoli Theatre for the loss of his daughter, Phyllis Haynes, one of the chorus girls burned to death in the Tivoli fire last year, has been settled…

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Australian Publicity Under Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. --A slashing attack on Australian publicity overseas, including that issued…

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Fire Risks In City Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

The premises occupied by the New Theatre League in Castlereagh Street would be a menace to life if fire broke out, the city building…

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City Buildings Called Fire-Traps

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 5

The City Council urgently needed power to force building owners to install fire escapes, said; Mr. J. Rankin yesterday…

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Timber Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 3

Stacks of timber were destroyed today in a fire at the yards of Frank G. O'Brien, Ltd., Waterloo…

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Fire on Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

A fire broke out on the port deck of the Port Paskoyac, moored at No. 7 wharf, Glebe Island, early this morning…

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£ 20,000 Threat by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 4

Patterns worth £20,000 and used in the manufacture of Avery scales were threatened by a fire which swept…

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£20,000 Threat by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 7

Patterns worth £20,000 and used in the manufacture of Avery scales were threatened by a fire which swept…

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£20,000 Threat by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 4

Patterns worth £20,000 and used in the manufacture of Avery scales were threatened by a fire which swept…

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£ 20,000 Threat by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 4

Patterns worth £20,000 and used in the manufacture of Avery scales were threatened by a fire which swept…

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The Fat Was In The Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 6

Parramatta Fire Brigade made a good save on Thursday when fat in the stove of a Church Street fish shop owned by Andre Mistilis, caught fire…

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Stop Press Scrub Fire at Hornsby

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 28

Hornsby Brigade have been called out to Pretoria Pde., Hornsby, where a large area of scrub has been reported alight…

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Stop Press Brigades Called to Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 28

Brigades from Waterloo, Redfern, and George St. West hurried to George O'Brien. and Co. Ltd., case manufacturers, George St.,…

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