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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 139

Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 4

Two elderly women and a 13-years-old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their weatherboard Kogarah…

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Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 4

Two elderly women and a 13-years-old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their weatherboard Kogarah…

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Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 8

Two elderly women and a 13- years -old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their weatherboard Kogarah…

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Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 8

Two elderly women and a 13- "years -old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their weatherboard Kogarah…

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Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 2

Two elderly women and a 13- years -old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their -weatherboard Kogarah…

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Women and Girl Escape House Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 4

Two elderly women and a 13-years-old girl had narrow escapes from being burned when their weatherboard Kogarah…

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Jet- bomber caused fire alarms

The Sun · Sunday 29 June 1947 · page 1

America's new XB- 48 bomber, powered by six jets, completed its first test- flight this week. Despite its weight (58,500lb…

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Hollywood's Lack Of Morals Under Fire Film News and Gossip

Truth · Sunday 29 June 1947 · page 59

THROUGHOUT America and in other parts of the world, protests are being made against Hollywood immorality, and in some quarters the impression is held that Hollywood has become a bad influence on millions of young…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags of Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable part…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags of Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable' part…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags 01 Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable pari…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags of Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable part…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags ol Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable part…

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Fire-damaged Mail Here From England

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 26

A VEHICLE carrying 170 bags of Australian letter mail from Liverpool (England) post office to the docks caught fire, and a considerable part…

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Sydenham Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

Residents awakened by a fire in Shirlow Street, Sydenham, early this morning fought the flames with hoses until firemen arrived…

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Harborside in Danger of Big Petrol Blaze Leak In Pipe From Tanker

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

PART of the Baimasn waterfront near Mart's Dock was endangered this afternoon, when hundreds of gallons of motor spirit poured into the harbor from a break in the pipeline of the Swedish tanker Dovrefjell, which was…

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Harborside in Danger of Big Petrol Blaze Leak In Pipe From Tanker

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

PART of the Balmain waterfront near Mort's Dock.was endangered this afternoon, when hundreds of gallons of motor spirit poured into the harbor from a break in the pipeline of the Swedish tanker Dovrefjell, which was…

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Harborside in Danger of Big Petrol Blaze Leak In Pipe From Tanker

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

PART of the Balmain waterfront near Mort's Dock was endangered this afternoon, when hundreds of gallons of motor spirit poured into the harbor from a break in the pipeline of a Swedish tanker discharging its cargo…

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Harborside in Danger of Big Petrol Blaze Leak In Pipe From Tanker

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

PART of the Balmain waterfront near Mort's Dock was endangered this afternoon, when hundreds of gallons of motor spirit poured into the harbor from a break in the pipeline of the Swedish tanker Dovrefjell, which was…

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Baby Saved From Fire By Mother

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 4

A young mother rescued her baby from a fire in a house in View Street, Annandale, this afternoon…

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