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Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Fire in Rosebery Leger stand

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 9

Firemen pouring wafer onto a fire which damaged tile St. Leger stand at Rosebery racecourse yesterday afternoon…

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Police fire on crowds in Bombay BOMBAY

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 5

CROWDS which were looting grain stores and shops and starling bonfires in the city were fired on…

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20 Deaths In Big U.S. Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 13

NEW YORK, Monday. -- When a sudden cold wave swept the nation, sending temperatures to 21 degrees below zero, firemen…

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Fire Chat's Saddle Shifts

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 10

Fire Chat's saddle shifted during the running of the Phillip Handicap at Randwick today. This was disclosed when the…

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Six Grass, Scrub Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

SIX outbreaks of grass and scrub fires occurred in the metropolitan area today. Fires were at Curl Curl (two), Chatswood, Balgowlah,…

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Six Grass, Scrub Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

SIX outbreaks of grass and scrub fires occurred in the metropolitan area today. Fires were at Curl Curl (two), Chatswood, Balgowlah,…

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Fires Gut Two Big N.y. Piers

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Roaring fires whipped by a brisk wind last night gutted Pier 5 on the northern…

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Fire Razes £8000 Homestead

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

Bilabula homestead, one of the show places in the Young district, was destroyed by fire yesterday…

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Fire Destroys Old Homestead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

The old homestead of Billabula sheep station, 17 miles from Young, owned by Mr. Eric Campbell, was destroyed by fire yesterday, the…

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Eight Killed by Fire in Hangar

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A fire raged through the 15-acre Army Air Depot hangar at Oklahoma City yesterday,…

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Eight Killed by Fire in Hangar

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A fire raged through the 15 -acre Army Air Depot hangar at Oklahoma City yesterday,…

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Eight Killed by Fire in Hangar

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A fire raged through the 15-acre Army Air Depot hangar at Oklahoma City yesterday…

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White Races Advocated Scheme Of Professor Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 17

THE Australian Natives' Association regarded as "profound heresy" statements by Professor Elkin on his…

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White Races Advocated Scheme Of Professor Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 17

THE Australian Natives' Association regarded as "profound heresy" statements by Professor Elkin on his…

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White Races Advocated Scheme Of Professor Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 17

THE Australian Natives' Association regarded as "profound heresy" statements by Professor Elkin on his…

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Troops Fire Camp, Strike Over Java From the Tribune’s London Correspondent LONDON.—

Tribune · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

I learn from British troops just returned home that they burnt down their camp in Burma when they learnt that shipping intended to transport them home had been diverted to carry interventionary troops…

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Backyard Fire Made Big Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

A backyard fire which was left unattended for a few moments developed into a raging bushfire covering six…

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Started 22 Town Fires Just For Excitement

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 1

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--A man who liked to see fire brigades and crowds had admitted…

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Fire Destroys Two Aeroplanes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 15

Two small aeroplanes were destroyed by a fire which broke out in a garage in which they were stored in Frederick St., Ashfield. yesterday…

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10 Die in Hangar Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 15

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Ten are now dead as a result of the fire which raged through the 15-acre Army Air Depot hangar at Oklahoma…

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