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Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 113

Lightning Brings Down Chimney, Causes Fire

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

During a violent thunderstorm over Sydney and surrounding areasyesterday afternoon…

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Demented Man Fires on Schoolboy Group

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Marke Merkevitch (65) opened fire yesterday with two guns on a group of schoolboys rehearsing for a St. Patrick's Day parade. He wounded four of them…

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Demented Man Fires on Schoolboy Group

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Marke Merkevitch (65) opened fire yesterday with two guns on a group of schoolboys rehearsing for a St. Patrick's Day parade. He wounded four of them…

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Demented Man Fires on Schoolboy Group

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Marke Merkevitch (65) opened fire yesterday with two guns on a group of schoolboys rehearsing for a St. Patrick's Day parade. He wounded four of them…

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Bush Fire Fighting Display at Show

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

POWERED bush fire fighting units will be features of a, display by the Bush Fire Advisory Committee at the…

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Police Fire on Mobs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Two Europeans were injured yesterday when police fired on mobs converging, on the Royal…

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£100,000 Fire in Hobart

Construction · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 6

Following close in the tragic fire in Adelaide— when the premises of Charles Moore were destroyed and damage estimated at over £500,000 caused— comes news of another serious fire, said to be the…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 11

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 11

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 11

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A.- Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 3

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 11

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Play Fire Scene Was Nearly Real

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 11

A burning kerosene lamp, which promised to add a touch of realism to the fire scene in the dramatic play "Night Must Fall" at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last night, caused the audience and players some uneasy…

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Fire Brigade Union Restive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday. -- Although virtually on strike, because of the alleged victimisation of their…

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Fire Brigade Union Restive

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday. -- Although virtually on strike, because of the alleged victimisation of their…

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Fire Guts Two Vic. Factories

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Two adjoining South Kensington factories were partly destroyed by fire early today…

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Bush fires Destroy Vic. Homes, Stock

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday -- Hundreds of firemen fought throughout last night to control bush fires sweeping many parts of southern Victoria, destroying houses, huts, sheep and cattle…

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Bush Fire Control; Show Exhibit

The Land · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 9

A FEATURE of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Show will be an exhibit of…

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Fire on Railway Bridge From Our Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday. —Train crews have discovered two attempts to wreck trains in north…

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Bushfires Menace Vic. Homes

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday,-- Bushfires are menacing hundreds of farms and homes in Victoria…

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