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Fires & bushfires, 1947

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

Valiant Stand for England Attack Held Up By Ikin And Yardley Fighting Effort to Pull Match Out of the Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two Nortihcountrymen--Ikin (Lancashire) and Yardley (Yorkshire)--halted the onward march of successspurred Australian bowlers in a virile stand at a critical period today. EDRICH (85) and Washbrook (54)…

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Valiant Stand for England Attack Held Up By Ikin And Yardley Fighting Effort to Pull Match Out of the Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two Northcountrymen--Ikin (Lancashire) and Yardley (Yorkshire)--halted the onward march of successspurred Australian bowlers in a virile stand at a critical period today. EDRICH (85) and Washbrook (54)…

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Valiant Stand for England Attack Held Up By Ikin And Yardley Fighting Effort to Pull Match Out of the Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two Northcountrymen--Ikin (Lancashire) and Yardley (Yorkshire)--halted the onward march of successspurred Australian bowlers in a virile stand at a critical period today. EDRICH (85) and Washbrook (54)…

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Japanese Homes Go in Big Blaze at Toyama

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

TOKIO, Saturday.--More than 1600 residents of Toyama lost their homes during a fire which destroyed 365 houses yesterday. There were no…

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Japanese Homes Go in Big Blaze at Toyama

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 5

TOKIO, Saturday.--More than 1600 A residents of Toyama lost their homes during a fire which destroyed 365 houses yesterday. There were no…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld. Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro - baiting representative from Mississippi, was challenged when the…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro - baiting represent from ' Mississippi, was challenged when the…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro - baiting representative from Mississippi, was challenged when the…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro-baiting representative from Mississippi was challenged when the…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro - baiting representative from Mississippi, was challenged when the…

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Negro-baiter Barred Oath Of Office Withheld Sen. Bilbo Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 January 1947 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Swearing-in of Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, negro - baiting representative from Mississippi, was challenged when the…

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Huge Loss in Fire

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 28

BOSTON, Saturday.—Six firemen were injured in a general-alarm fire which destroyed a six-story industrial building on the waterfront,…

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3 attempts to fire synagogues

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 40

LONDON, Sat. -- An attempt was made last night to set the Bristol, Gloucester, Synagogue on fire…

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Snipers fire on French minister PARIS

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 2

SNIPERS' bullets whistled round Colonial Minister Moutet as he walked across the hospital…

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Fire breaks out in new liner LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 2

FIRE broke out in the liner Corinthic, nearing completion at the Cammell Laird Shipyard,…

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Fire Sweeps Through Japanese City Ruined by Earthquake, Tidal Wave

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1947 · page 1

Fire sweeps through Shingu City, Wakayama Prefecture, southern Japan, after the devastating earthquake and…

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Risks Life In Fire For Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 7

CHOKING with smoke fumes and severely burned, a man whose home was ablaze, yesterday, risked his life to save his dog…

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Short Circuit As Cause of Liner Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- The blaze in the new British liner Coronthic is believed to have started through a temporary wiring short circuit…

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Short Circuit As Cause of Liner Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

LONDON, Monday. -- The blaze in the new British liner Goronthic is believed to have started through a temporary wiring short circuit…

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Short Circuit As Cause of Liner Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- The blaze in the new British liner Coroutine is believed to have started through a temporary wiring short circuit…

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