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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 113

Hundreds drenched by fire hoses

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 5

Hundreds of people who were watching a fire of Ultimo last night were drenched when firemen suddenly turned their hoses to attack another part…

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Bushfires screened in Britain LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 25

LONDON moviegoers are seeing Australian bush fires on the screen. They are featured in…

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Horse Gave Fire Alarm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Sunday.— Thrown from a bolting horse in South Yarra yesterday, Daphne Jeffries, 24, accidentally broke a…

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Convicts Help Fight Prison Farm Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

LINCOLN (Nebraska), Monday. -- Prisoners and prison officials co-operated to control a fire which swept through part…

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Blaze On 'Coffin' Ship

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- The United States Army transport, General R. Callan, made a dramatic…

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Uniform Tax Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday.-- Uniform taxation was blamed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Brooker) for Tasmania's estimated deficit of £527,318 in the present financial…

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Murder in Fire Alleged

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 7

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday. -- Lloyd Fleming, 39, laborer, was charged today with…

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Uniform Tax Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday.-- Uniform taxation was blamed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Brooker) for Tasmania's estimated deficit of £527,318 in the present financial…

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Uniform Tax Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday.-- Uniform taxation was blamed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Brooker) for Tasmania's estimated deficit of £527,318 in the present financial…

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Uniform Tax Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday.-- Uniform taxation was blamed yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Brooker) for Tasmania's estimated deficit of £527,318 in the present financial…

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Queer Fire Hazard

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

WABASH (Indiana).-- While inspecting the Wabash County infirmary the deputy fire marshal found a fire…

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Queer Fire Hazard

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 5

WABASH (Indiana).-- While inspecting the Wabash County infirmary the deputy fire marshal found a fire…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in the night attire, a…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire, a…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud ex- plosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion. which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire, a…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire, a…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire, a…

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Fire at Sub-station

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

FOLLOWING a loud explosion, which brought nearby residents out into the street in their night attire, a…

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Charge Of Murder After Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 9

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday. --Lloyd Fleming, 39, laborer, was today…

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