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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

2,769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 139

Major Battle in Java Rubber Estates On Fire All-out Assault Begun by Dutch

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 3

BATAVIA, Tuesday.--Dutch and Indonesian troops are reported to be locked in a major conflict west of Java. The Republican Radio says fierce fighting is raging east and west of Soekaboemi. and that vast quantities of rubber and other…

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Fire Follows Garage Explosion Car Destroyed, Estimated Damage £2000 Roof Blown Off by Sudden Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 5

AN explosion blew off the roof of two lock-up garages in a row of three in Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, early this morning…

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Fire Follows Garage Explosion Car Destroyed, Estimated Damage £2000 Roof Blown Off by Sudden Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 5

AN explosion blew off the roof of two lock-up garages in a row of three in Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, early this morning…

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Fire Follows Garage Explosion Car Destroyed, Estimated Damage £2000 Roof Blown Off by Sudden Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 5

AN explosion blew off the roof of two lock-up garages in a row of three in Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, early this morning…

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Fire Follows Garage Explosion Car Destroyed, Estimated Damage £2000 Roof Blown Off by Sudden Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 5

AN explosion blew off the roof of two lock-up garages in a row of three in Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, early this morning. AN EXPLOSION started a fire which gutted these three garages at the rear of premises at 893 Old South…

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Fire Follows Garage Explosion Car Destroyed, Estimated Damage £2000 Roof Blown Off by Sudden Blast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 5

AN explosion blew off the roof of two lock-up garages in a row of three in Old South Head Road, Rose Bay, early this morning…

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Gunmen In RangoonFire On Sentries

The Sun · Wednesday 23 July 1947 · page 8

RANGOON, Wednesday.--Three men in a jeep opened fire on armed sentries yesterday at the gate of the Jubilee Hall, Rangoon, where the remains of Burmese leaders murdered last Saturday are lying in state…

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Tar on Fire Causes Blackout in Street

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

DENSE, black clouds of smoke, blotted out portion of Norton St., Leichhardt, this, afternoon when a vat and two 44 gallon drums of tar…

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Tar on Fire Causes Blackout in Street

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 2

DENSE, black clouds of smoke blotted out portion of Norton St., Leichhardt, this afternoon when a vat and two 44 gallon drums of tar…

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Stop Press Tar on Fire Causes Blackout in Street

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 32

Dense black clouds of smoke blotted out portion of nation St, Leichhartd this afternoon when a vat and two 44 gallon drums of tar…

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Tin Button Scraped On Concrete To Make Spark Starts Fire In Albury Cell Escapee Burns Hole In Door of Lock-up

The Sun · Thursday 24 July 1947 · page 3

A well-known interstate criminal escaped from Albury lock-up today by burning a hole in the bottom of the wooden cell door, which is two inches thick. He started the fire by scraping a tin button on the concrete…

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Fire Bomb Found

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

BERLIN, Friday.--A homemade incendiary bomb was discovered by police in an office containing security documents at British…

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Fire Bomb Found

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

BERLIN, Friday.--A homemade incendiary bomb was discovered by police in an office containing security documents at British…

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Fire Bomb Found

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

BERLIN, Friday.--A homemade incendiary bomb was discovered by police in an office containing security documents at British…

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Fire Bomb Found

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 6

BERLIN, Frida.--A homemade incendiary bomb was discovered by police in an office containing security documents at British…

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Men in Nightclothes Fight Fire on Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 1

Men in nightclothes ran from their houses last night to help throw burning boxes off a lorry as it drove along Albion Street, Surry Hills. The lorry left a trail of…

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Fire Bomb Found in British Army Office

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 July 1947 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday.--A homemade incendiary bomb was discovered by police in an office containing security documents at British…

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Lucky Find After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK.--Looking over the ashes, after her home had been heavily damaged by fire, Mrs. Arch Ball, of Heppner (Oregon) found her…

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Lucky Find After Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 6

NEW YORK.--Looking over the ashes, after her home had been heavily damaged by fire, Mrs. Arch Ball, of Heppner (Oregon) found her…

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Fireman Gets Shock At Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 July 1947 · page 7

A fireman received an electric shock when he touched a live wire while fighting a fire at a furniture factory in King Street,…

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