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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 113

Snowafter Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Snow is expected on the Victorian Alps and the highlands, over parts of…

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Car Fire Patrols

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- Representatives of the New South Wales Fire Brigade today…

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Big save of cotton from Customs fire

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1948 · page 5

Salvage experts expect to save a big percentage of the cotton damaged in the £750,000 lire at a Customs store at Waterloo recently. Workmen have also [?]…

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Furniture Destroyed By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

Large quantities of furniture and high-grade timber were destroyed by a fire which almost…

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Furniture Destroyed By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

Large quantities of furniture and high-grade timber were destroyed by a fire which almost…

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Furniture Destroyed By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 4

Large quantities of furniture and high-grade timber were destroyed by a fire which almost…

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Casta Rica Cease Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday-- he armistice in the civil war in Costa Rica, arranged by a group of diplomats, was being…

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Kerosene mystery in fire

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 6

Police who were called to investigate a fire at a Botany tannery last night found kerosene-soaked…

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Factory on Fire Furniture Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 1

Fire practically destroyed the Glebe Cabinet Works in Susan Street, Annandale, late last night…

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Boy, 12, Gives Fire Alarm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 7

A 12-year-old boy gave the fire alarm last night when he saw smoke, coming from a furniture factory at Annandaie…

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Big Cotton Saving Fire Salvage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 5

Commonwealth salvage officials expect that about 80 per cent, of the 16,000 bales of raw cotton in the Waterloo…

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6 People In City Lift Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

A lift carrying six people was enveloped in flames while between floors at Mansion House, Elizabeth…

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Cease-fire Ordered Revolution In Costa Rica

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 14 (A A.P).—Both sides in the civil war in Costa Rica, Central America, issued cease-fire…

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Peril of fire in city hotel lift

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 7

Flames burst from a lift in which six people were travelling at the Mansion House Private Hotel, Elizabeth-street, city, today. Lift-driver Miss Trixie…

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Champion Terrier Set on Fire Man's Fiendish Action Magistrate Orders Fine

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

ACTION of a man who poured kerosene over a dog while his wife held it, then set alight to it, was described as "fiendish" by Mr. Sargeson, S.M.,…

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Champion Terrier Set on Fire Man's Fiendish Action Magistrate Orders Fine

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

ACTION of a man who poured kerosene over a dog while his wife held if, then set alight to it, was described as "fiendish" by Mr. Sargeson, S.M.,…

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Champion Terrier Set on Fire Man's Fiendish Action Magistrate Orders Fine

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

ACTION of a man who poured kerosene over a dog while his wife held it, then set alight to it, was described as "fiendish" by Mr. Sargeson, S.M.,…

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Passengers Caught in Lift Fire Seven Storey Descent Praise for Calm Driver

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

A lift carrying six people was enveloped in flames while between floors at Mansion House, Elizabeth St., City, this morning…

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Champion Terrier Set on Fire Man's Fiendish Action to Pay £37 Fine, Costs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

ACTION of a man who poured kerosene over a dog while his wife held it, then set alight to it, was described as "fiendish" by Mr. Sargeson, S.M.,…

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Champion Terrier Set on Fire Man's Fiendish Action to Pay £37 Fine, Costs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1948 · page 2

ACTION of a man who poured kerosene over a dog while his wife held it, then set alight to it, was described as "fiendish" by Mr. Sargeson, S.M.,…

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