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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 113

Two Burnt In Aerodrome Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Two workmen were seriously burnt when they were trapped in a blazing office in the…

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R.L. Junior Body Under Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 6

N.S.W. Rugby League general committee" last night passed a motion of censure on officials of…

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Blackout in Big City Hospital Fire Destroys Power Switchboard Panic When Lights Fail

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

PATIENTS and visitors panicked when the King George V Maternity Hospital, the second largest in, Sydney, was plunged into darkness just after 7.30…

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Blackout in Big City Hospital Fire Destroys Power Switchboard Panic When Lights Fail

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 2

PATIENTS and visitors panicked when the King George V Maternity Hospital, the second largest in Sydney, was plunged into darkness just after 7.30…

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"Red" policy under fire

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 2

Failure of the McGirr Government to face up to the peril of Communism, will be emphasised by the Leader of…

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Fire again in salvaged cotton

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 3

Fire broke out today among [?]ales of raw cotton salvaged from a £650,000 blaze at a Customs store in Botany-road,…

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Evatt Under Fire Over Aust. Policy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A complete overhaul of Australia's foreign policy and immediate…

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Evatt Under Fire Over Aust. Policy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A complete overhaul of Australia's foreign policy and immediate…

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Fire Board Told To Get Itself Some Land

The Biz · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

Upon the motion of Aid. Adams, Cabra-Vale Council will remind the Fire Board that it is over eight months since conucil gave the Board six months to…

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Palestine Plan Under Fire No British Troops From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 21.—Britain, for one, would not provide troops to enforce the American trusteeship plan for Palestine, a British…

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Enormous Damage Caused by Fire at Paper Factory Acres Alight In Terrifying Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept paper and wood pulp stacks at the Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., McCauley St., Matraville, early this morning…

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Enormous Damage Caused by Fire at Paper Factory Acres Alight In Terrifying Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept paper and wood pulp stacks at the Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., McCauley St., Matraville, early this morning…

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Enormous Damage Caused by Fire at Paper Factory Acres Alight In Terrifying Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept paper and wood pulp stacks at the Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., McCauley St., Matraville, early this morning…

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Enormous Damage Caused by Fire at Paper Factory Acres Alight In Terrifying Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire which swept paper and wood pulp stacks at the Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., McCauley St., Matraville, early this morning…

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Brigades Check Big Paper Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

Eight brigades early today isolated a fire which began in paper dumps on vacant land outside Australian Paper Manufacturers, Ltd., McCauley Street, Botany…

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Blaze at Mills Big Stacks Of Paper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 1

Fire early this morning swept through big stacks of paper and wood for half a mile outside the mills of…

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Scene Of Fire Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

THE SHELL OF THE DEE WHY HOUSE in which Miss Louise Gapes, deaf, and aged 83, was burned to death last night. Firemen were unable to rescue Miss Gapes, who lived alone…

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Scene Of Fire Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

THE SHELL OF THE DEE WHY HOUSE in which Miss Louise Gapes, deaf, and aged 83, was burned to death last night. Firemen were unable to rescue Miss Gapes, who lived alone…

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Scene Of Fire Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

THE SHELL OF THE DEE WHY HOUSE in which Miss Louise Gapes, deaf, and aged 83, was burned to death last night. Firemen were unable to rescue Miss Gapes, who lived alone…

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Scene Of Fire Tragedy

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 April 1948 · page 2

THE SHELL OF THE DEE WHY HOUSE in which Miss Louise Gapes, deaf, and aged 83, was burned to death last night. Firemen were unable to rescue Miss Gapes, who lived alone…

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