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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 139

Fire Leaves 21 Without Home Tenants Run Into Burning Residential To Rescue Invalid

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1947 · page 7

A fire which destroyed a two-story residential at West Ryde yesterday left 21 people homeless. They lost nearly all their possessions…

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Girls In Hysterics After Escaping Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 9

Girl employees at a Balmain chemical factory which was gutted by fire yesterday afternoon became hysterical after they had escaped from the building. One of the girls, Miss Merle…

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Chemical Factory Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

Residents of the adjoining homes moved their furniture to the street when the Stromac chemical works in Balmain was destroyed by fire yesterday…

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Big Fire in Factory Perilous Fight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 3

The lives of firemen were endangered in a spectacular fire which did about £10,000 worth of damage at Balmain…

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Four Men, Under Fire, Worked Blissfully On

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 4

While flames leapt from the top floor of a two-storey building in Stanley Lane last night, four men working on the ground floor knew…

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Fire at a Hundred Yards! This tale of a meeting between a pirate ship and the brig "Sandfly," won first prize in our recent short story competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 9

THE captain of the brig "Sandfly" watched the approaching sloop anxiously. Suddenly a hollow boom rang…

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Heavy Loss in Tannery Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a fire in the engine room of E. M. Farleigh, chrome tanners, Coward St., Mascot…

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Heavy Loss in Tannery Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a fire in the engine room of E. M. Farleigh, chrome fanners, Coward St., Mascot…

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Heavy Loss in Tannery Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused, by a fire in the engine room . of. E. M. Farleigh, chrome tanners, Coward St., Mascot,…

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Heavy Loss in Tannery Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a fire in the engine room of E. M. Farleigh, chrome tanners, Coward St., Mascot…

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Heavy Loss in Tannery Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a lire in the engine room of E. M. Farleigh, chrome tanners, Coward St., Mascot…

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Explosion, Fire Damage At Mascot

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 7

A mystery explosion, followed by a brief but devastating fire, caused more than £10,000 worth…

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£100,000 Loss in Melb. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at almost £100,000 was caused in a spectacular fire which gutted a three-storey city building during heavy rainstorms early today. THE building in William St. was…

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£100,000 Loss in Melb. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at almost £100,000 was caused in a spectacular fire which gutted a three-storey city building during heavy rainstorms early today. THE building in William St. was…

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£100,000 Loss in Melb. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at almost £100,000 was caused in a spectacular fire which gutted a three-storey city building during heavy rainstorms early today THE building in William St. was…

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£100,000 Loss in Melb. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at almost £100,000 was caused in a spectacular fire which gutted a three-storey city building during heavy rainstorms early today. THE building in William St. was…

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Sutherland Fire District. Permanent Brigade Wanted

The Propeller · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 1

The Jannali Progress Association approached the Board of Fire Commissioners recently and asked that consideration be given to the…

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£100,000 Loss in Melb. Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Damage estimated at almost £100,000 was caused in a spectacular fire which gutted a three-storey city building during heavy rainstorms early today THE building in William St. was…

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Haifa Bomb Outrages Grenades And Gun Fire Army Guarding Govt. Buildings

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 12

LONDON, Thursday.--More bomb attacks in the last 24 hours have been reported from Haifa, but no casualties have occurred. A strict military censorship has been applied…

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No Falls, Fires in Soviet Mines

Tribune · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 2

MOSCOW.—Not a Single accident was caused by fire or falling coal in any Soviet coalmine last year. This is disclosed in the All Union…

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