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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 139

Showground Wine Pavilion Blaze

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 5

Fire caused more than £300 damage, in Penfold's wine Pavillion at the Showground last night…

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Drought Relief Still Hangs Fire

The Land · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 31

THERE have been no further developments in the proposals for payment of adequate drought relief to…

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Boy Fined for Setting Fire to Stray Cat

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 17-years-old boy, who had sprinkled petrol on a stray cat and set it alight because it had been worrying his pet birds, was fined the maximum penalty…

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Boy Fined for Setting Fire to Stray Cat

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 17-years-old boy, who had sprinkled petrol on a stray cat and set it alight because it had been worrying his pet birds, was fined the maximum penalty of £10 in Prahran Court today…

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Boy Fined for Setting Fire to Stray Cat

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A 17-years-old boy, who had sprinkled petrol on a stray cat and set it alight because it had been worrying his pet birds, was fined the maximum penalty…

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Fire Is Best Insurance Risk

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 3

While most property owners have taken the precaution of insuring against damage by fire, few consider that the…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at several thousand pounds last night at Battery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St., Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at, several thousand pounds last night at Battery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St., Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at several thousand pounds last night at Battery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St., Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at several thousand pounds last night at aBttery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St., Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at several thousand pounds last night at Battery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St., Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Scarce Goods Go in Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 4

Fire destroyed 50,000 battery plates and electric motors valued at several thousand pounds last night at Battery Equipment Supply Co., Allen St.,. Waterloo. THE fire was confined to the rear…

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Fumes Overpower Three Men In Waterloo Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 1

Three firemen were overcome by sulphuric acid fumes early this morning when a fire broke out in the rear of a building occupied by…

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The Executive An ACTU bluff missed fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 February 1947 · page 26

Among public characters whose prestige took a knock last week were members of the full executive of the ACTU…

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Old Home Gutted By Fire

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 7

A picturesque old building on the Bundanoon grazing property of Mr. W. A. MacKay was gutted by fire early…

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Man Burned In City Fire

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 3

William Ray McRitchle, 38. of West-street, Hurstville, was badly burned when trying to smother flames after a fire had broken out on the second floor…

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Fifty Feared Dead Big Berlin Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 1

BERLIN, Feb. 9 (A.A.P.).— More than 50 persons, including four British soldiers, are feared dead in a big fire last night at an…

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100 May Have Died In Fire

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 1

BERLIN. Monday.--About 100 people are thought to have died in a fire at a dance hall at Spandau's. in the…

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£50,000 Worth of Relief Goods Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 14

MANILA, Monday.-- About £50,000 worth of food and clothing intended for Philippines relief was destroyed last night when a fire razed…

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100 Perish in Dance Hall Fire Troops And Women Trapped Tragedy Hits British Zone of Occupation

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--More than 100 persons are reported to have been burned to death when fire destroyed a dance hall in the British zone of occupation in Germany on Saturday night. VICTIMS included six British…

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