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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 113

34 Patients Die In Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

ST. JOHNS, Wednesday. —At least 34 old and infirm patients were burned to death—four others are…

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Fire Brigades Officers, New Link

Tribune · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 6

BY 157 votes to 45, the Fire Brigades Officers’ Association has decided to amalgamate with the Fire Brigades’ Union…

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35 old folk die in fire

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Tuesday.--Death-roll in the fire which destroyed an old people's home here today…

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20 People Die in Home Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

MONTREAL, Tuesday. -- Twenty people were burned to death today in a fire which destroyed an Old People's Home…

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17 Old People Die in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (A.A.P.).—At least 17 persons were burned to death in a fire that destroyed an old people's…

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Spectacular Factory Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

The fire which destroyed the premises of Sniet's Products at Glebe Island photographed at its height last night…

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Fire Sweeps Near Towns

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fanned by a 40-mile an hour wind an extensive forest fire was bearing down on the two small country holiday resorts of Gembrook and Cockatoo at…

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All-night fire fight

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Answering emergency alarms when a big bushfire threatened to get out of control near…

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Grim Forest Fire Battle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Volunteers, firefighting equipment and bulldozers were rushed to Healesville from Melbourne and Warburton at three o'clock this morning to…

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Fire Sweeps Near Towns

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. Fanned by a 40-mile an hour wind an extensive forest fire was bearing down on the two small country holiday resorts of Gembrook and Cockatoo at…

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Grim Forest Fire Battle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Volunteers, firefighting equipment and bulldozers were rushed to Healesville from Melbourne and Warburton at three o'clock this morning to…

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Grim Forest Fire Battle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Volunteers, firefighting equipment and bulldozers were rushed to Healesville from Melbourne and Warburton at three o'clock this morning to…

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Grim Forest Fire Battle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Volunteers, firefighting equipment and bulldozers were rushed to Healesville from Melbourne and Warburton at three o'clock this morning to…

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Grim Forest Fire Battle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Volunteers, firefighting equipment and bulldozers were rushed to Healesville from Melbourne and Warburton at three o'clock this morning to…

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Fire Guts Factory at Rozelle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

GUTTED INTERIOR of 2-storey factory of Sniet's Products Pty. Ltd., Commercial Rd., Rozelle, near Glebe…

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Fire Stops City Bridge Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

Police last night stopped traffic from passing over Glebe Island bridge when a building in Commercial Road, Rozelle, caught fire…

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Fire Guts Factory at Rozelle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

GUTTED INTERIOR of 2-storey factory of Sniet's Products Pty. Ltd., Commercial Rd., Rozelle, near Glebe…

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Thousands See Fire On Glebe Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

A spectacular fire destroyed the factory of Sniet's Products, food manufacturers, at Glebe Island last night…

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Patrick shows old fire in workout

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 23

Australian lightweight champion, Vic. Patrick, showed all his old fire power in a workout yesterday for his bout with Mick Tollis…

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Bushfires In 15 Districts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Bushfires in 15 Victorian country districts today destroyed…

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