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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 139

Fire Prevention

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 16

FOLLOWING reports that 'probable" short circuits may have caused fires…

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Three Fires in City Workmen Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

Three fires occurred in the metropolitan area last night, injuring three people in one instance, and causing severe…

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Fire Sweeps Two Rooms

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

ONE OF THE ROOMS destroyed by fire in the upper storey of a draper's shop in Queen St., Woollahra, last night. An aged woman, her two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, were on the premises when the fire broke out. They all escaped…

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Fire Sweeps Two Rooms

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

ONE OF THE ROOMS destroyed by fire in the upper storey of a draper's shop in Queen St., Woollahra, last night. An aged woman, her two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, were on the premises when the fire broke out. They all escaped…

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Fire Sweeps Two Rooms

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

ONE OF THE ROOMS destroyed by fire in the upper storey of a draper's shop in Queen St., Woollahra, last night. An aged Woman, her two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, were on the premises when the fire broke out. They all escaped…

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Fire Sweeps Two Rooms

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

ONE OF THE ROOMS destroyed by fire in the upper storey of a draper's shop in Queen St., Woollahra, last night. An aged woman, her two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, were on the premises when the fire broke out. They all escaped…

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Mother Saves Baby From Fire

The Sun · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

A sleeping baby girl was saved by her mother from a blazing apartment in Woollahra last night, a few…

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Men Save Factory From Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 10

Although severely burned in a paint fire last night three men fought the blaze and saved a factory worth thousands of…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Three Injured in Factory Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 28

Three people were injured last night in a factory fire at Camellia, near Rosehill racecourse. The fire followed an explosion at…

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Russians Fire On Swedish Relief Car, Kill Driver LONDON, June 12 (A.A.P.).—

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

Russian troops near Vienna last night [?]red on a Swedish Relief Agency car, killing the driver. The Chief of the Agency's…

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Boys Of Five, Six, And Seven Blamed For Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 1

LITHGOW, Friday.—After an inquiry into fires which caused £2,500 damage, Lithgow police have detained three…

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Fire Suspects Too Young to Be Charged

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.--A wave of juvenile crime in which arson and robbery figured prominently was climaxed…

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Fire Suspects Too Young to Be Charged

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday. --A wave of juvenile crime in which arson and robbery figured prominently, was climaxed…

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Fire Suspects Too Young to Be Charged

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 6

LITHGOW, Saturday. --A wave of juvenile crime in which arson and robbery figured prominently, was climaxed…

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