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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 113

Fire at Airport

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Fire yesterday destroyed the 70-foot control tower of the Meteorological Communications…

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Fire at Airport

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Fire yesterday destroyed the 70-foot control tower of the Meteorological Communications…

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Fire at Airport

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.--Fire yesterday destroyed the 70-foot control tower of the Meteorological Communications…

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Candy Sure Fire Protection

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 11

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Candy Sure Fire Protection

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Candy Sure Fire Protection

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Seven Perish in Hospital Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 12

ASHEVILLE (Carolina), Friday.--Nine helpless women mental patients at Asheville Highland Hospital lost their…

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Houses Blaze in Palestine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.-- Arabs yesterday attacked with fire bombs and mortars the Maccabri quarter…

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Houses Blaze in Palestine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Arabs yesterday attacked with fire bombs and mortars the Maccabri quarter…

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Houses Blaze in Palestine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Arabs yesterday attacked with fire bombs and mortars the Maccabri quarter…

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Houses Blaze in Palestine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Arabs yesterday attacked with fire bombs and mortars the Maccabri quarter…

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Flats Emptied By Fumes Of Cafe Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 1

Stifling fumes from the burning kitchen of the California Cafe in King's Cross early this morning…

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Morning Fire in Night Club

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

A small fire, which caused little damage, broke out early today in the California Cafe, Darlinghurst…

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£200,000 Blaze At Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Sunday.--A fire on the Ocean Pier late this afternoon caused…

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Fire chief s own story of disastrous Hobart blaze 100ft. flamescause £250,000 damage

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 5

"Flames shot 100 feel high," said Hobart fire Chief Mr. N. A. Skinner, giving The Sun by telephone today a graphic story of last night's Wharf fire winch caused £250,000…

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Blaze in Hobart £100,000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

HOBART, Sunday.— Damage estimated at £100,000 has been caused in Hobart's worst…

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City's Peril in Big Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Monday.--A large area of Hobart was imperilled last night as the worst waterfront fire in the city's history threatened! to touch-off oil fuel…

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