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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 139

Fire Sweeps China Resort

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Saturday.--Kuling, China's summer capital, was virtually destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Fire Sweeps China Resort

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Saturday.--Kuling, China's summer capital, was virtually destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Fire Sweeps China Resort

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Saturday.--Kuling, China's summer capital, was virtually destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Fire Sweeps China Resort

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Saturday.--Kuling, China's summer capital, was virtually destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Fire Sweeps China Resort

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 1

NANKING, Saturday.-- Ruling, China's summer capital, was virtually destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Real-Life Romance Of Mayor Parry His Life a Blaze of Success

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 5

THERE'S no doubt that Australia is a land of opportunity. It has been for Mr. Stanley Evan Parry, M.L.C. From the time he held a…

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Mercy Flight by Plane After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- T. Burgess (60) and his daughter Margaret (14) were flown to Launceston by an…

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Mercy Flight by Plane After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- T. Burgess (60) and his daughter Margaret (14) were flown to Launceston by an…

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Mercy Flight by Plane After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- T. Burgess (60) and his daughter Margaret (14) were flown to Launceston by an…

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Mercy Flight by Plane After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- T. Burgess (60) and his daughter Margaret (14) were flown to Launceston by an…

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Mercy Flight by Plane After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--T. Burgess (60) and his daughter Margaret (14) were flown to Launceston by an…

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Fires' Toll Mounting Near Record At Texas City Rescue Bid Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Losses in the Texas City disaster on Wednesday may be the second highest in the history of the United States…

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Fires' Toll Mounting Near Record At Texas City Rescue Bid Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Losses in the Texas City disaster on Wednesday may be the second highest in the history of the United States…

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Fires' Toll Mounting Near Record At Texas City Rescue Bid Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saiurday.--Losses in the Texas City disaster on Wednesday may be the second highest in the history of the United States…

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Fires' Toll Mounting Near Record At Texas City Rescue Bid Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Losses in the Texas City disaster on Wednesday may be the second highest in the history of the United States…

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Fires' Toll Mounting Near Record At Texas City Rescue Bid Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Losses in the Texas City disaster on Wednesday may be the second highest in the history of the United States…

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Blind woman saved from blaze

The Sun · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 1

Totally-blind Mrs. Helen Doyle. 62. of Brooklyn, New York. is carried down a ladder (left) as smoke pours…

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Fires Gut 1500 Homes

Truth · Sunday 20 April 1947 · page 33

TOKIO, Saturday. — Japanese despatches reaching Tokio have reported that 1500 dwellings were destroyed by fires which…

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Tim O'hara Between Two Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 19

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Tim O'hara Between Two Fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 19

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