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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 139

Fires In Two City Buildings

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 14

Brigades were called to two city buildings early today when fire destroyed a switch board and severely damaged an…

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Fires In Two City Buildings

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 14

Brigades were called to two city buildings early today when fire destroyed a switch board and severely damaged an…

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Premonition Saves Children From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 7

A MOTHER'S premonition probably saved the lives of two of her five children last night, when their home in Ridgewell St., Lakemba, was badly damaged by fire. MRS. CHARLES CURRY, who was…

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Fire Brigades, Police, Ambulances Hoaxed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 9

Police are searching for a man and a woman who have hoaxed police, ambulances, and fire brigades in the Parramatta-Liverpool district in the past fortnight. The hoaxers have used public…

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Premonition Saves Children From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 7

A MOTHER'S premonition probably saved the lives of two of her five children lost night, when their home in Ridgewell St., Lakemba, was badly damaged by fire. MRS. CHARLES CURRY, who was…

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Premonition Saves Children From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 7

A MOTHER'S premonition probably saved the lives of two of her five children last night, when their home in Ridgewell St., Lakemba, was badly damaged by fire. MRS. CHARLES CURRY, who was…

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Premonition Saves Children From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 7

A MOTHER'S premonition probably saved the lives of two of her five children last night, when their home in RidgeweBi St., Lakemba, was badly damaged by fire. MRS. CHARLES CURRY, who was…

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Premonition Saves Children From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 7

A MOTHER'S premonition probably saved the lives of two of her five children last night, when their home in Ridgewell St., Lakemba, was badly damaged by fire. MRS. CHARLES CURRY, who was…

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Children Saved From House Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 5

Waking to find their weatherboard house at Lakemba afire last night, a man and woman rushed…

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Housewives Save Blackout, But Neons Still Blaze On

The Sun · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 2

Sydney was saved from an electricity blackout today partly because housewives responded to urgent radio appeals to economise on power…

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U.s. City Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Nearly £500,000 damage has been caused by a fire which is raging along the waterfront of…

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U.s. City Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Nearly £500,000 damage has been caused by a fire which is raging along the waterfront of…

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U.s. City Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Nearly £500,000 damage has been caused by a fire which is raging along the waterfront of…

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U. S. City Menaced by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Nearly £500,000 damage has been caused by a fire which is raging along, the waterfront of…

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Bon-fires Still Illegal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1947 · page 1

The Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Griffith, said last night that it was illegal for bon-fires to be lit, even in the backyards of homes…

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Vanguard Damaged By Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- Britain's giant battleship, H.M.S. Vanguard, in which the British Royal Family travelled to and…

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Fire On Vanguard In S. Africa

The Sun · Saturday 24 May 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--An Admiralty statement discloses that a fire occurred on the battleship Vanguard…

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Officers Killed in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 7

TOKIO, Monday. -- Two British officers were killed when a fire destroyed the officers' mess at the British Commonwealth air group…

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Officers Killed in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 8

TOKIO, Monday. -- Two British officers were killed when a fire destroyed the officers' mess at the British Commonwealth air group…

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Officers Killed in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 May 1947 · page 7

TOKIO, Monday. -- Two British officers were killed when a fire destroyed the officers' mess at the British Commonwealth air group…

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