Two Fires Traced to Children Crown Unable To Lay Charges; Report To MacKay
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 5
LITHGOW, Friday.--Police have discovered that three children, aged five, six, and seven years, last week started two Lithgow fires which caused damage estimated at £2500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H.p. Punters Get Fingers Burnt Aubanclarry Out of Place
Truth · Sunday 15 June 1947 · page 11
Punters eager to support crack galloper Aubanclarry had their fingers burnt when the champion ran unplaced in the Harold Park Stake last night. The race went to rants outsider…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Damages Goods in City Store
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 June 1947 · page 12
Electrical goods on the sixth floor of Murdoch's, in Park Street, City, were damaged yesterday afternoon when a fire broke out in the wireless…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 8
Paintings worth about £700 were destroyed last night in the fire which burnt out the P.M.G. transmission laboratories and…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 8
Paintings worth about £700 were destroyed last night in the fire which burnt out the P.M.G. transmission laboratories and…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 8
Paintings worth about £700 were destroyed last night in the fire which burnt out the P.M.G. transmission laboratories and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Artist Badly Hit By City Blaze
The Sun · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1
Severe loser from last night's fire, well-known painter, Mrs. George Duncan, smiled bravely through her tears today when surveying the wreckage of her studio and home in Morgan Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£150,000 Damage In Big Blaze In City
Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2
THE GUTTED INTERIOR of the P.M.G. building after firemen from nine city and suburban stations had fought a losing battle for nearly four hours, in constant danger from bulging walls, falling masonry live wires and explosions. All that remained of the former five…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2
THE GUTTED INTERIOR of the P.M.G. building after firemen from nine city and suburban stations had fought a losing battle for nearly four hours, in constant danger from bulging walls, falling masonry, live wires and explosions. All that remained of the former five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →150,000 Damage In Big Blaze In city
Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2
THE GUTTED INTERIOR of the P.M.G. building after firemen from nine city and suburban stations had fought a losing battle for nearly four hours, in constant danger from bulging walls, falling masonry, live wires and explosions. 'All that remained of the' former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£150,000 Damage In Big Blaze In City
Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2
THE GUTTED INTERIOR of the P.M.G. building after firemen from nine city and suburban stations had fought a losing battle for nearly four hours, in constant danger from bulging walls, falling masonry, live wires and explosions. All that remained of the former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£150,000 Damage In Big Blaze In City
Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 2
THE GUTTED INTERIOR of the P.M.G. building after firemen from nine city and suburban stations had fought a losing battle for nearly four hours, in constant danger from bulging walls, falling masonry, live wires and explosions. All that remained of the former five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sabotage Rumours Follow Fires, Crashes In Japan
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3
TOKYO, June 15 (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Rumours of sabotage in the B.C.O.F. area have been revived following the crash on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Start School Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 10
Police believe that children yesterday started a fire in the Dulwich Hill Domestic Science School Lewisham. Firemen from Petersham fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire Drew Sunday Night Crowds
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3
Large crowds gathered in the city to watch the fire which spread from Dalley Street into George Street, burning out two buildings. This was the scene on the Grosvenor Street side of George Street at the height of the fire. A fireman perched precariously on the top of a tall suspension ladder pouring a stream of water into the blaze…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3
LEFT: Huge sheet of flame leaping from a a building housing a trunk-line terminal in George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rosevear Heckled Waterside Act Under Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 4
The Federal Speaker, Mr. Rosevear, was violently heckled by delegates from the Waterside Workers' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trunk Phones Chaos Follows City Blaze P.M.G. Appeal For Urgent Calls Only
Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1
AT least 150 trunk telephone lines have been put out of order as a result of last night's big city fire, and P.M.G. officials are arranging improvised services. THIS was revealed today by the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1
A fire in George Street, City, last night caused of least £100,000 worth of damage, and cut off most telephone and telegraph communication with points north of Sydney…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 1
NO subscribers' telephone lines or automatic telephone equipment were damaged in last night's big city fire…
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