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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 139

Police Fire Shots To Stop 2 Men

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 5

Police last night had to fire shots to arrest two men near Liverpool. Sergeant Rudge and…

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Fall Near Flames Peril In Paper Stack Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 1

A paper mill employee escaped injury after falling deep into a burning stack of paper at Botany last night…

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Man Rips Pants Off, Fights Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The proprietor of a dry cleaning service, who was today badly burned when cleaning-fluid exploded, tore off his trousers, and helped fight the fire which…

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Baby Saved in Fire Man's Clothes Alight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— After a man whose clothing was alight had dashed from a building at Hamilton to-day…

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Small Fire in City Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 4

A small fire behind the screen at the Plaza Theatre early last night filled the theatre with smoke, and several hundred patrons left…

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Police Fire Shots Men with Stolen Car

The Biz · Thursday 10 July 1947 · page 2

Police had to [?] last Monday night to arrest two men near Cabramatta. [?]geant Rudge and constables Rames…

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Blaze In Copra Pile

The Sun · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

Firemen had to wear gasmasks to fight a fire in g 500-ton stack of copra at the premises of Vegetable Oils Pty., Ltd…

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Mascot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

EMERGING from dense smoke into the sunlight, a mashed' fireman, carrying a bag of cattle meal, leads a colleague…

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Copra in Big Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 2

Five hundred tons of copra caught fire at the premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., 52 Gardner's Rd., Mascot, shortly…

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Dense Fumes in Sacks' Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The staff was smoked out of the two-storied premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., Gardener's Rd., Mascot, this…

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Dense Fumes in Sacks' Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The staff was smoked out of the two-storied premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., Gardener's Rd., Mascot, this…

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Dense Fumes in Sacks' Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The staff was smoked out of the two-[?]oried premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., Gardener's Rd., Mascot, this…

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Dense Fumes in Sacks' Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The staff was smoked out of the two-storied premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., Gardener's Rd.t Mascot, this…

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Dense Fumes in Sacks' Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 3

The staff was smoked out of the two-storied premises of Vegetable Oils Pty. Ltd., Gardener's Rd., Mascot, this…

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Children Saved In Tent Blaze

The Sun · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

A woman at Caringbah last night held up the blazing remains of a tent while her husband crawled underneath and rescued two children. Although severely burnt on the…

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Fire Damages Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 1

A two-storey factory building, occupied by H. S. Lewis Manufacturing Co., in Surry Hills, was partly destroyed by fire and heat…

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Surry Hills Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

A two-storey factory in Mary St., Surry Hills, was gutted by fire last night. THE factory, owned by Mr. H. S…

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Surry Hills Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

A two-storey factory in Mary St., Surry Hills, was gutted by fire last night. THE factory, owned by Mr H. S…

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Surry Hills Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

A two-storey factory in Mary St., Surry Hills, was gutted by Are last night. THE factory, owned by Mr. H. S…

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Surry Hills Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 July 1947 · page 3

A two-storey factory in Mary St., Surry Hills, was gutted by fire last night. THE factory, owned by Mr H. S…

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