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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 113

Guerrillas Fire on Greek Leader

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 March 1948 · page 3

ATHENS, Sat. -- Guerrillas machine-gunned the car in which Greek Liberal leader Venizelos was travelling to…

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3 Homes Blaze At Woy Woy

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 2

Damage estimated at £1500 was caused by a fire which raced through three weatherboard cottages in…

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3 Homes Blaze At Woy Woy

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 2

Damage estimated at £1500 was caused by a fire which raced through three weatherboard cottages in…

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Three Cottages on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 1

An explosion in a spirits store at Woy Woy yesterday morning caused £2,000 worth of damage to three…

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Man lit fatal fire 'to drive away voices'

The Sun · Monday 22 March 1948 · page 3

A man who caused fires "to drive unseen voices away" and finally burned a golf club caretaker to death was found not guilty today of murder on the ground of insanity. The prisoner, Lloyd…

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Bushfire Exhibit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 2

A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be…

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Peg Shortage: Result Of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday. — Australia is likely to suffer an acute shortage of pegs as the result of a fire in the…

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£50,000 Loss in Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --More than 40,000 cases of apples and pears were destroyed in a fire which…

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£50,000 Loss in Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --More than 40,000 cases of apples and pears were destroyed in a fire which…

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Fire in City Shop Firemen Force Door

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 3

Firemen had to force open the front door of a shop in Pitt Street near Circular Quay last night to get to the seat of…

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Fire Destroys Fruit £50,000 Damage In Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Fire at the premises of Orchardists' Cool Stores Co. Ltd., Doncaster, to-day…

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Blaze in Lock -Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

GOULBURN, Monday. -- A fire brigade waggon was rushed to the police lockup at Goulburn at 3.30 a.m…

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Blaze in Lock -Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

GOULBURN, Monday. -- A fire brigade waggon was rushed to the police lockup at Goulburn at 3.30 a.m…

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Blaze in Lock-up

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

GOULBURN, Monday. -- A fire brigade waggon was rushed to the police lockup at Goulburn at 3.30 a.m…

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Blaze in Lock -Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

GOULBURN, Monday. -- A fire brigade waggon was rushed to the police lockup at Goulburn at 3.30 a.m…

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Fire Follows Shop Theft

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 5

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon in William C. Hageman's grocery, Northumberland Road, Auburn, about 14 hours…

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Fire, Theft at Grocer's Shop

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 1

AN Auburn grocer away enjoying the Easter holidays mad his store damaged by fire and broken into by thieves…

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Fire, Theft at Grocer's Shop

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 1

AN Auburn grocer away enjoying the Easter holidays had his store damaged by fire and broken into by thieves…

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Fire, Theft at Grocer's Shop

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 5

AN Auburn grocer away enjoying the Easter holidays had his store damaged by fire and broken into by thieves…

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Fire in Cell at Lock-up

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 3

GOULBURN, Monday. -- A fire brigade wagon was rushed to the police lock-up at Goulburn at 3.30 a.m. today, when a fire began in a cell occupied by a man…

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