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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 139

Short Circuit As Cause of Liner Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 9

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 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 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 2

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

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Man Risks Life in Fire to Save Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

Choking with smoke fumes, and severely burned, a man, whose home was ablaze yesterday, risked his life to save a dog who was trapped in his burning home…

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Man Risks Life in Fire to Save Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

Choking with smoke fumes, and severely burned, a man, whose home was ablaze yesterday, risked his life to save a dog who was trapped in his burning home…

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Fire on Liner at Shipyard New Vessel For Empire Run

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 5 (A.A.P.).— Fire broke out early yesterday morning on the 15,000-ton liner Corinthic, which is nearing…

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Fire After Storm Destroys Sawmill

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

WAUCHOPE, Tuesday.-- Hornsby sawmill was totally destroyed by fire today, due to a shortcircuit caused by the storm…

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Cause of Fire on New Liner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.).—A short-circuit in temporary wiring for light was probably the cause of the fire on the new 15,000-ton liner…

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Blum Under Fire Over Indo-China

Tribune · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 8

PARIS. — M. Blum’s all-Socialist cabinet is under fire from the Communists and other Left parties for its handling of the Indo-Chinese…

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Suspicion of Arson in U.s. Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday.-- Police and fire officials have questioned a Chinese merchant seaman, suspected of starting…

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Arson Suspected £62,500 Fire In 'Frisco Sailor Taken for "Quizzing"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 9

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. -- Police and fire officials have questioned a Chinese merchant seaman, suspected of starting a fire which gutted a city…

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Arson Suspected £62,500 Fire In 'Frisco Sailor Taken for "Quizzing"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 9

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. -- Police and fire officials have questioned a Chinese merchant seaman, suspected of starting a fire which gutted a city…

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Research Into Fire Dangers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

Fifteen hundred lives are lost in fires in Britain every year and damage to the extent of £ 10,000,000 is done by them. In an attempt, to save these lives, and…

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Groceries Damaged by Shop Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 10

Water and smoke damaged groceries last night when a fire broke out at Goodland's in Oxford Street, Paddington…

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Fire on Corinthic. Damaged at British Shipyard

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 1

The new fifteen thousand ton liner Corinthic, now nearing completion at Cammel Laird's shipyard, at Birken…

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Lure of the Camp-fire No. 2.—Camp Cooking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

Hiking will give you a hearty appetite. If your camping holiday is to be a success you will need to pay careful attention to preparing and cooking your meals. Here are a few hints which may be useful…

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Britain Declares War on Fire Menace. Plan to Save 1,500 Lives and £10,000,006 Damage Per Annum

Construction · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 3

Fifteen hundred lives are lost in fires in Britain every year and damage to the extent of £10,000,000 is done by them. In an attempt to save these lives and prevent this damage, the British C.S.I.R…

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To Prevent Bush Fires Observe These Primary Precautions

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 4

Nine out of ten bush fires are man-made, points out the New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee. Most of them are caused by carelessness,…

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