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Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 139

Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 11

BRIGADES from headquarters, George St. West, Redfern, Waterloo and Darlinghurst attended when a quantity of wax caught fire at the…

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Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 5

BRIGADES from headquarters, George St. West, Redfern, Waterloo and Darlinghurst attended when a quantity of wax caught fire at the…

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Plane Crashes, Takes Fire: Crew Escapes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 1

A Douglas DC3 airliner crashed near Schofields aerodrome yesterday after it had been flying on one engine…

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Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 11

BRIGADES from headquarters. George St. West, Redfern, Waterloo and Darlinghurst attended when a quantity of wax caught fire at the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 11

BRIGADES from headquarters, George St. West, Redfern, Waterloo and Darlinghurst attended when a quantity of wax caught fire at the…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 11

BRIGADES from headquarters, George St. West, Redfern, Waterloo and Darlinghurst attended when a quantity of wax caught fire at the…

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Sprinklers End Fire in Battery Factory

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 June 1947 · page 5

BRIGADES from headquarters, George St. West, Redfern, Water[?]o and Darlinghurst attended when quantity of wax caught fire at…

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EDITORIAL The Bureaucracy Under Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 4

WHILST we are fully aware that it is a foolish and reckless step to claim the role of the prophet, wise before the event, we do feel that it is reasonable to contend that observations made by this paper at the time of the 1944 Powers Referendum, particularly those…

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Woman Fell Into Fire, Found Dead

The Sun · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Awakened by smoke early today, Mr. T. R. Guest, of Malvern-road, Toorak, found the body of his…

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Fire in Dust Chutes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 18

THREE engines from headquarters attended a fire which broke out in dust chutes at the premises of Parsons Bros, and Co., manufacturers…

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Fire in Dust Chutes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 18

THREE engines from headquarters attended a fire which broke out in dust chutes at the premises of Parsons Bros, and Co., manufacturers…

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Fire in Dust Chutes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 18

THREE engines from headquarters attended a fire which broke out in dust chutes at the premises of Parsons Bros. and Co., manufacturers…

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Oats Damaged by Fire and Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 5

Fire and water damaged about 100 tons of oats last night at the premises of Parsons Brothers Co. Pty. Ltd., Kent Street, city…

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Fire in Dust Chutes of Factory in City

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 13

THREE engines from headquarters attended a fire which broke out in dust chutes at the premises of Parsons Bros, and Co., manufacturers…

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Fire in Dust Chutes of Factory in City

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 13

THREE engines from headquarters attended a fire which broke out in dust chutes at the premises of Parsons Bros, and Co., manufacturers…

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Two Lithgow Fires Cause £1600 Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow last night caused damage estimated at £1600…

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Two Lithgow Fires Cause £1600 Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow last night caused damage estimated at £1600…

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Two Lithg0w Fires Cause £1600 Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow last night caused damage estimated at £1600…

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Two Lithgow Fires Cause £1600 Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow last night caused damage estimated at £1600…

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Two Lithgow Fires Cause £1600 Damage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which raged fiercely in Lithgow last night caused damage estimated at £1600…

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