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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 113

£100,000 Loss in Factory Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the three-storied brick building of Meadows and Co. Glassworks, Lonsdale…

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Big Damage by Blaze in Vic. Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A fire which gutted the three storey-building of Meadows and Co., glass…

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Toy-maker Burned Celluloid Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 1

An invalid man who was making toys from celluloid was severely burned at Stanmore yesterday…

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Account of Duplicate Key, Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Using a duplicate key a woman had entered a home and started a fire, it was alleged at Parramatta…

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Account of Duplicate Key, Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Using a duplicate key a woman had entered a home and started a fire, it was alleged at Parramatta…

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Story Of Duplicate Key, Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Using a duplicate key a woman had entered a home and started a fire, it was alleged at Parramatta…

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Police Story of House Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 2

Using a duplicate key a woman had entered a home and started a fire, it was alleged at Parramatta Court today. Gwendoline Florence Wilkins (20), married,…

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City Block Imperilled in £100,000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the…

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Fire on Willesden

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

The British motorship Willesden returned to Adelaide on Saturday with a fire in No. 4 hold…

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Troops Fire on Rioters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

TRIPOLI, Wednesday.--British troops yesterday fired on anti-British demonstrators belonging to…

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Troops Fire on Rioters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

TRIPOLI, Wednesday.--British troops yesterday fired on anti-British demonstrators belonging to…

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Troops Fire on Rioters

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 5

TRIPOLI, Wednesday.--British troops yesterday fired on anti-British demonstrators belonging to…

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Tenants Of Housing Camp, Locked In, Fear Fire Outbreak

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 8

Residents of the Housing Commission camp in Centennial Park told the Tribune that from the time the park gates were locked at sundown until they reopened next morning they were in dangerous isolation. If a fire broke out in the camp or a doctor was urgently needed there would…

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Springwood Bush Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 8

At a general meeting of the Brigade held at the School of Arts, Springwood, on Thursday, February 12, the President, Mr. J. Thackray, regretfully…

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Libyan Arabs Riot U.K. Troops Fire On Tripoli Mob

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--British troops in Tripoli (Libya) had to open fire yesterday to disperse rioters stoning the offices of the…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts, Man Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

MICHAEL GROVENER (21), Baptist St., Redfern, received concussion and fractured ribs and a fractured finger…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts, Man Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

MTCHAEL GROVENER (21), Baptist St., Redfern, received concussion and fractured ribs and a fractured finger…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts, Man Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

MICHAEL GROVENER (21), Baptist St., Redfern, received concussion and fractured ribs and a fractured finger…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts Man Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

MICHAEL GROVENER (21), Baptist St., Redfern, received concussion and fractured ribs and a fractured finger…

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Fire Extinguisher Bursts, Man Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

MICHAEL GROVENER (21), Baptist St., Redfern, received concussion and fractured ribs and a fractured finger…

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