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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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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 tire, 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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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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G.P.O. Mail Fires Traced To Matches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 6

Recent small fires in the mails branch at Sydney G.P.O. had been traced to matches in packages sent through the post, the Director of Posts…

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£15 Fine For Fire In Scrub

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 2

For failing to extinguish thoroughly a fire he had lit in the open air at Mortdale, Walter Bowman, of Scott-street,…

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"Owe a Deep Debt to Bushfire Brigades"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 5

Many small outbreaks of fire, some, of them with dangerous potentialities if allowed to get out of hand, have been…

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PRESS Left Under Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 8

The recent break with Communism and return to the Church of Louis Budenz, former American Communist editor, is viewed…

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To Protect His Goahs Lit a Fire and Was Fined

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 1

The danger of bush fires was referred to by Mr. J. S. Hart, P.M., in a case that came before him at Penrith Police Court on Thursday, 17th inst., in which…

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Letters To The Editor The Fire Stick An Ally Of Erosion

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 12

"ANTI-FIRE" writes: We are again in the midst of drought conditions, and wherever farmers meet the question of bushfires arises…

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Tractor Care To Lessen Bushfire Risk

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 20

IN a survey of bush fires and their caues by the N.S.W. Bush Fires Advisory Committee, it was noted that numerous firce…

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Fire Torture Used by Gestapo

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

NUREMBERG, Friday.--Members of the Gestapo burned the feet of French youths with wads of blazing oil-soaked cloth, it…

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Stand on Fire at Racecourse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 2

A fire which broke out in one of the stands at the Rosebery racecourse this afternoon, caused considerable damage to…

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Fire In Stand At Rosebery

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

Fanned by a gusty wind, a fire which threatened to destroy the Leger grandstand at Rosebery racecourse this afternoon was…

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Stand on Fire at Racecourse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 2

A fire which broke out in one of the stands at the Rosebery racecourse this afternoon, caused considerable damage to…

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Heavy Fire Loss At Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 4

Premises and equipment valued al between £5,000 and £10,000 were destroyed in a fire which broke out late yesterday in the…

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£3000 Damage at Steel Factory Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 17

A fire in Industrial Steel, Ltd.'s, factory, Lidcombe, yesterday caused damage estimated at £3000. The pattern store was burned out…

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Fresh Violence in Bombay Police Fire On Mobs Looting Shops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

BOMBAY, January 25 (A.A.P,).—In fresh outbursts of violence here to-day, crowds smashed their way into a number of shops, looted the stocks and threw heavy…

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Planes spotting fires in country

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 10

R.A.A.F. aircraft are spotting bushfires in five danger zones in New South Wales, a spokesman for the Forestry Commission said yesterday…

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Fire destroys grandstand

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 8

A concrete and timber single - tier grandstand at Rosebery Park racecourse was gutted by fire yesterday…

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