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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 113

Refrigerator Plant Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

MR. J. H. TONKIN (left) and Mr. E. J. Hallstrom discussing the fire which gutted the cabinet packing…

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Refrigerator Plant Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

MR. J. H. TONKIN (left) and Mr. E. J. Hallstrom discussing the fire which gutted the cabinet packing…

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Refrigerator Plant Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

MR. J. H. TONKIN (left) and Mr. E. J. Hallstrom discussing the fire which gutted the cabinet packing…

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Refrigerator Plant Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

MR. J. H. TONKIN (left) and Mr. E. J. Hallstrom discussing the fire which gutted the cabinet packing…

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Ship's Fire Danger Over

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

THE fire on the American ship Cecil G. Sellers (7126 tons) is under control and the captain has cancelled the S.O.S…

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Spectacular fire at Willoughby

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

Awakened by explosions which could be heard a mile away, hundreds of Willoughby residents early today watched a spectacular blaze which did £4000 damage at E. J. Hallstrom's refrigerator…

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Chemical Fire in Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 7

Stanmore, Concord, and Burwood brigades, under District Officer Jappy, used foam extinguishers to put out a fire…

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Big Fire Loss at Willoughby

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

Damage estimated at £3000 to £4000 was caused by a fire which gutted the cabinet packing section at the refrigerator manufacturing plant of Hallstroms Fty. Ltd.,…

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Clothes on Fire Old Man, Youth Badly Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

A youth of 17 and a blind old-age pensioner of 80 were both badly burned when their…

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Ship's Fire Controlled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.—A message received to-day from the American ship Cecil G. Sellers stated that the fire on board had been…

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Reds Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wednesday. -- the Canadian Government is considering a ban on the entry of Communists from the United…

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Reds Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wednesday. --The " Canadian Government is considering a ban on the entry of Communists from the United…

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Reds Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

OTTAWA, Wednesday. --The w Canadian Government is considering a ban on the entry of Communists from the United…

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Reds Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

OTTAWA, Wednesday. -- The Canadian Government is 'considering a ban on the entry of Communists from the United…

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Refrigerators Lost in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

Four hundred refrigerators and a shed where 60 men worked were destroyed by fire at the factory of Hallstroms Pty. Ltd., in…

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£500,000 Fire in Adelaide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. --Damage estimated at more than £500,000 was done last night, when…

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Guerillas Fire On Greek City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, March 2 (A.A.P.).—Greek guerillas last night shelled the towns of Naousa and Soufli, 50 miles…

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Huge Fire Guts Store In Adelaide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. --Damage estimated at more than £500,000 was done last night, when…

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£500,000 Damage In Store Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Moore's Emporium, one of Adelaide's biggest stores, was burned to the ground tonight. Executives of the firm…

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Huge Fire Guts Store In Adelaide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. --Damage estimated at more than £500,000 was done last night, when…

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