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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 139

Child Dies In Kennel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Monday.--A three-year-old child was fatally burnt in a dog's kennel yesterday…

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No Bail Over Fire at P.o

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 5

Harold Thomas Godsell (52), postmaster, was refused bail at Manly Court today on a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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No Bail Over Fire at P.o

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 2

Harold Thomas Godsell (52), postmaster, was refused bail at Manly Court today on a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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No Bail Over Fire at P.0

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 5

Harold Thomas Godsell (52), postmaster, was refused bail at Manly Court today on a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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No Bail Over Fire at P.o

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 2

Harold Thomas Godsell (52), postmaster, was refused bail at Manly Court today oh a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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No Bail Over Fire at P.o

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 5

Harold Thomas Godsell (52), postmaster, was refused bail at Manly Court today on a charge of maliciously setting fire to…

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Escape From Fire Two Families Flee Auburn Blaze Spreads

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

TWO children and their parents had narrow escapes from burning when a fire badly damaged their…

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Escape From Fire Two Families Flee Auburn Blaze Spreads

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

TWO children and their parents had narrow escapes from burning when a fire badly damaged their…

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Reappointment at Fire Headquarters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

THE appointment of Mr. T. J. Smith as chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners has been renewed for an indefinite period…

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Reappointment at Fire Headquarters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 8

THE appointment of Mr. T. J. Smith as chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners has been renewed for an indefinite period…

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Plan for Fire Board

The Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1947 · page 2

Question of altering the constitution of the Board of Fire Commissioners of NSW. is under consideration said the Chief…

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Fire After Tram Crash

The Sun · Thursday 10 April 1947 · page 2

A crowded St. Peters-bound tram caught fire after colliding with a truck in Mitchell-road, Alexandria, early today…

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Blaze Destroys Shed

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

A FIRE early this morning "destroyed a small storage shed used by Thompson Bros, at 128 West Botany St., Arncliffe. The shed contained a…

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Blaze Destroys Shed

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

A FIRE early this morning destroyed a small storage shed used by Thompson Bros. at 128 West Botany St., Arncliffe. The shed contained a…

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Blaze Destroys Shed

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

A FIRE early this morning destroyed a small storage shed used by Thompson Bros. at 128 West Botany St., Amcliffe. The shed contained a…

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Water Bombs To Fight Fires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 17

A JOINT project of the United states Service and the Army Air Forces is the testing of drooping water bombs from the air on forest…

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£1,562,000 Loss in Naval Base Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

(International News Service) SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.--A huge fire which swept uncontrolled for three hours through the naval base on Treasure Island caused damage estimated at £1,562.000…

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Fire "Joke" Got Hotter

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

Awakened by his wife early this morning and told that a nearby galvanised-iron shed was ablaze, threatening…

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Big Fire in Naval Base

The Sun · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday. -- A great fire is raging unchecked in the naval installation on Treasure Island, in San…

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Tornado Leaves Texas Like Battlefield Fires Rage In Towns

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday. --Death roll in the Texas tornado may exceed 200 when search parties have completed of ruined towns and…

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