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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 139

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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Braved Fire To Rescue Her Baby

The Sun · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

Mrs. Marie Hamill today braved flames and thick smoke to rescue her 18-months-old daughter,…

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£35,000 Fire Damage at Dodge Factory

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 27

DETROIT, Thursday.--A fire, origin, of which is not known, raged for two hours in the Dodge main plant yesterday before it was broueht…

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£35,000 Fire Damage at Dodge Factory

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 27

DETROIT, Thursday.--A fire, origin of which is not. known, raged for two hours in the Dodge main plant yesterday before it was brought…

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£35,000 Fire Damage at Dodge Factory

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 27

DETROIT, Thursday.--A fire, origin of which is not known, raged for two hours in the Dodge main plant yesterday before it was brought…

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Harbor Fire Hazard Oil Gushes From Ship Big Liner in Danger

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 3

TWO fire boats were rushed today to Waterview Bay, near Mort's Dock, Where hundreds of gallons of petrol spilt into the water from a loose valve…

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A Bushfire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 22

It was one hot January evening, and the sun had just set beyond the crimson horizon, sending its golden rays out to strike…

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Police Fire On Indian Rioters

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--Aman was killed and three injured when police opened fire on rioters in Bombay yesterday…

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Preventing Petrol Fire on Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

Fire floats Hydra and Pluvius went into action in Waterview Bay, Balmain, yesterday to avert a fire after a iarge quantity of petrol had leaked from a tanker and spread far over the water…

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Police Fire On Indian Rioters

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.-- Aman was killed and three injured when police opened fire on rioters in Bombay yesterday…

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Petrol Over Harbour Fire Risk Checked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

Petrol which escaped from a broken pipe leading from the works of Caltex, Ltd., Ballast Point, Balmain, covered…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Women in Daring Fire Save

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 2

Two women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge-room of his house early this morning…

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Four Perish in New Zealand Alpine Fire Rescuers Helpless

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.-- Four girls, including two sisters, were burnt to death this morning. They perished when an annexe…

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Women Make Daring Rescue From Fire Drag Man To Safety

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

TWO women struggled desperately to drag a man from the blazing lounge room of his house early this morning…

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Four Girls Burned To Death In New Zealand Hostel Tragedy Two Sisters Among Victims of N.Z. FIRE

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 July 1947 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--Four girls were burned to death when an annexe of the Franz Josef Glacier Hostel, at Waiho, West Coast of New Zealand, was destroyed by fire early this morning. TWO other women and a man were…

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