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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 113

Bushfire Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 5

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, last night emphasised that there was a serious danger of bushfires in most western parts…

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Govt. Price Control Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Price control, as it now operated, simply encouraged the inefficient…

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Govt. Price Control Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Price control, as it now operated, simply encouraged the inefficient…

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Govt. Price Control Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Price control, as it now operated, simply encouraged the inefficient…

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Search for Money After Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

KEMPSEY, Wednesday. — Cheques, bank notes, and silver worth £500 are believed to have been lost in a fire at Kew, north…

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Govt. Price Control Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Price control, as it now operated, simply encouraged the inefficient…

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Govt. Price Control Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Price control, as it now operated, simply encouraged the inefficient…

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Fire Warning Not Heeded, Says Witness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuters). —A witness before the Royal Commission inquiring into the…

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Cloudbursts, Bushfires, In Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Cloudbursts, electrical storms, and bushfires were features of the weather in country areas of…

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Higher Fire Cost Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 7

Fire protection would cost 10 per cent more this year, the secretary of the Fire Board (Mr. A. L. Stark) said yesterday…

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Prevention of Bushfires Assistance Sought To the Editor of the "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

Sir,—Some publicity has recently been given to bushfire prevention—a subject which generally stirs the sluggish mind of…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom. Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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£6000 County Council Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 3

Fire caused damage estimated at £6000 in the Sydney County Council's showroom, Burwood Rd., Burwood, last night. THE outbreak began soon…

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Fire brings walls down

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

Firemen who fought a blaze in the County Council building in Burwood-road, Burwood, last night, had to flee…

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