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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 113

Women Panic in Tram Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

Screaming women leaped through flames to escape from a tram which caught fire in Alison Rd.,…

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Women Panic in Tram Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

Screaming women leaped through flames to escape from a tram which caught fire in Alison Rd., Randwick, this morning. FLAMES from beneath the…

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20 Leap From Fire in Tram

The Sun · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 8

Passengers scrambled for safety when a Coogee-City bound tram burst into flames near the Royal Hotel,…

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Trucks Saved In Factory Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 4

Mechanics and drivers at Peters' ice-cream factory in George Street, Redfern, saved 20 trucks when a fire broke out…

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Ice Men Rescue 20 Trucks From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 5

EMPLOYEES raced into a smoke -filled garage at Peters Ice Cream Pty., Ltd., George St., Red fern, last night…

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Ship Fires: Offer of £500 Reward

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Following the fifth mysterious fire in ten weeks on the 7000- ton freighter…

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Ship Fires: Offer of £500 Reward

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Following the fifth mysterious fire in ten weeks on the 7000- ton freighter…

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Ship Fires: Offer of £500 Reward

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Following the fifth mysterious fire in ten weeks on the 7000 -ton freighter…

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Lascar fanatic suspect in mystery ship fires

The Sun · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--An unknown fanatic in the Lascar crew is suspected of having started a fire in the 7000-ton British-India steamer Pemba this morning. It was the fifth mysterious…

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Ice Men Defy Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

Employees raced into a smoke -filled garage at Peters Ice Cream Pty., Ltd., George St., Red fern,…

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Lorries Worth £40,000 Saved In Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

Employees drove 20 trucks valued at £40,000 to safety when fire broke oui at Peters Ice Cream…

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Ship Again Set On Fire By Saboteurs

Truth · Sunday 16 May 1948 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Saboteurs fired the British-India steamer Pemba (7500 tons) for the fifth time at 3 a.m. today. The native crew is terrified…

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Explosions Start Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.). -- Two separate series of explosions in America yesterday caused…

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Explosion, Fire Risk

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

Although people living in some of the higher areas would find gas in their pipes there was a serious risk if…

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A.p.m. Fire Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 5

Estimated value of material lost by Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. by the fire recently at the Botany mills is £185,…

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Men Flee As Fire Destroys Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

MEN working in a small factory in Greville St., Chats- wood, had to flee for their lives from a fire which broke our at…

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Men Flee As Fire Destroys Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 5

MEN working in a small factory in Greville St., Chats- wood, had to flee for their lives from a fire which broke out at…

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Men Flee As Fire Destroys Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

MEN working in a small fac- tory in Greville St., Chatswood, had to flee for their lives from a fire which broke out at…

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Men Flee As Fire Destroys Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

MEN working in a small factory in Greville St., Chats-wood, had to flee for their lives from a fire which broke out at…

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Soviet Recognises New Jewish State Stir Over U.S. Move For Cease-Fire Paratroops Used by Jews

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday. --The Soviet Union has officially recognised the new Jewish State of Israel. Moscow radio says that Soviet…

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