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Fires & bushfires, 1947

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Test Umpire Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 29

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Sydney Daily Mirror's comments yesterday on the big cricket controversy were displayed on the front page of…

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Test Umpire Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 29

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Sydney Daily Mirror's comments yesterday on the big cricket controversy were displayed on the front page of…

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Test Umpire Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 29

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Sydney Daily Mirror's comments yesterday on the big cricket controversy were displayed on the front page of…

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Test Umpire Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 29

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Sydney Daily Mirror's comments yesterday on the big cricket controversy were displayed on the front page of…

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Test Umpire Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 29

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Sydney Daily Mirror's comments yesterday on the big cricket controversy were displayed on the front page of…

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Bcof Has Third Fire in Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 3

TOKYO, July 28 (A.A.P.-Reuter). —The third fire in a week at B.C.O.F. headquarters, southern Japan, de stroyed a partially-built three-storied…

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Explosions Set Fire to French Port Brest Witnesses Tragic Scene Blast on Freighter Ignites Gasworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.—The Atlantic port and naval fortress of Brest (population 90,000) is ablaze following two terrific explosions yesterday which rocked the countryside for miles…

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Explosions Set Fire to French Port Brest Witnesses Tragic Scene Blast on Freighter Ignites Gasworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.—The Atlantic port and naval fortress of Brest (population 90,000) is ablaze following two terrific explosions yesterday which rocked the countryside for miles…

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Explosions Set Fire to French Port Brest Witnesses Terror, Scenes Blast on Freighter Ignites Gasworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.--The Atlantic port and naval fortress of Brest (population 90,000) is ablaze following two terrific explosions yesterday which rocked the countryside for miles…

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Explosions Set Fire to French Port Brest Witnesses Tragic Scene Blast on Freighter Ignites Gasworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.--The Atlantic port and naval fortress of Brest (population 90,000) is ablaze following two terrific explosions yesterday which rocked the countryside for miles…

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Explosions Set Fire to French Port Brest Witnesses Terror Scenes Blast on Freighter Ignites Gasworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 July 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Tuesday.--The Atlantic port and naval fortress of Brest (population 90,000) is ablaze following two terrific explosions yesterday which rocked the countryside for miles…

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3 Women Fight Fire In Salon

The Sun · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 7

When a towel-dryer and its contents burst into flames in a women's hairdressing salon today, three women kept the blaze…

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Abbie An' Slats Kindling the Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 27

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Abbie An' Slats Kindling the Fire

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Fire-branding "Cruel"; N.z. Champion Out of the Cups

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Because the owner of Beau le Havre condemns fire-branding as cruel, the crack New Zealand racehorse will not visit Australia this Spring. Those who have backed Beau le Havre, either straight out for the Cups, or in doubles, have already lost their money…

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Fire-branding "Cruel"; N.z. Champion Out of the Cups

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 July 1947 · page 31

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Because the owner of Beau le Havre condemns fire-branding as cruel, the crack New Zealand racehorse will not visit Australia this Spring. Those who have backed Beau le Havre, either straight out for the Cups, or m doubles, have already lost their money…

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