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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 139

Air Bombs For Bushfires In Victorian Tests

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 18

AS part of R.A.A.F. experiments' In anti-bushfire measures, a fire was recently dive-bombed with four chemical bombs, by two…

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Baptism of Fire

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

With a voice of wonder Mister Bill McKell Mutters: "Is that thunder Booming Out like hell?"…

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White Aust. Policy Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- In an A.B.C. talk last night William Winter, the Jewish American news commentator, said…

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Fire Destroys £15,000 Club

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fire today destroyed most of the Corio Club, Geelong. Club officials estimate damage at…

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White Aust. Policy Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- In an A.B.C. talk last night William Winter, the Jewish American news commentator, said…

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Star Stops Plane Fire with Furs

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

SALT LAKE CITY, Monday. -- Film actress, Veronica Lake used her mink coat to put out a fire in the private plane…

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Star Stops Plane Fire with Furs

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

SALT LAKE CITY. Monday. -- Film actress, Veronica Lake used her mink coat to put out a fire in the private plane,…

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Star Stops Plane Fire with Furs

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

SALT LAKE CITY, Monday. -- Film actress, Veronica Lake used her mink coat to put out a fire in the private Plane…

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Fire Causes £100 Damage to Car

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 10

Fire caused extensive damage to a sports car in Old South Head Road, Bellevue Hill, about 10 a.m. yesterday. The car was parked outside the home…

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Passenger Puts Out Plane Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--A curtain caught fire in the cabin of an ANA airliner flying from…

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Three Die As Fire Guts Residentials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

MONTREAL, Wednesday. -- Three people are dead, 10 in hospital and more than 200 homeless as a result of a fire…

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Three Die As Fire Guts Residentidts

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

MONTREAL,, Wednesday. -- Three people are dead, 10 in hospital and more than 200 homeless as a result of a fire…

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Three Die As Fire Guts Residentials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

MONTREAL, Wednesday. -- Three people are dead, 10 in hospital and more than 200 homeless as a result of a fire…

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Whisky, Beer Explode in Lounge Bar Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON,-- Noises beneath His bedroom sent landlord Turtle, of the Black Horse, King's Lynn, Norfolk, creeping downstairs in search of…

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Whisky Beer Explode in Lounge Bar Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON.-- Noises beneath his bedroom sent landlord Turtle, of the Black Horse, King's Lynn, Norfolk, creeping downstairs in search of…

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Wide U.s. Interest in Society Church Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--The story of a 72-year-old pastor charged with having set fire to his fashionable church in…

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Passenger Put Out Fire While Plane Was Flying

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--While a plane was flying from Sydney to Canberra this morning a passenger in a rear seat put out a fire with his bare hands. The 15 passengers in the plane…

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"Flying Squad" Alert 24 Hours Each Day Club To See Fire Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 1

Fire Brigade authorities are very pleased about the comparatively few bush-fire alarms in and around the metropolitan area this summer. They think it is due to the public becoming…

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Blaze in Basement of Cabinet Works Checked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 5

FIREMEN checked a fire early this morning in the basement of Travail's cabinet manufacturing works, Harris St., Ultimo, before it could…

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Blaze in Basement of Cabinet Works Checked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 February 1947 · page 12

FIREMEN checked a fire early this morning in the basement of Travail's cabinet manufacturing works, Harris St., Ultimo, before it could…

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