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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 113

Hurricane Lamp Starts Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 2

A HURRICANE lamp, believed to have been thrown by a gang of hoodlums, set fire to a stationary utility truck in Macleay St., Potts Point, early today. THE shattered lamp, which had been taken from a…

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Hurricane Lamp Stars Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 2

A HURRICANE lamp, believed to have been thrown by a gang of hoodlums, set fire to a stationary Utility truck in Macleay St.. Potts Point, early today. THE shattered lamp, which had been taken from a…

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Baby Saved From Blaze

Truth · Sunday 6 June 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—When Mrs. Maureen Nettheral opened the door of her bedroom at the Parade…

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Fire Guts Planes at Nhill

Truth · Sunday 6 June 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Three Avro Anson aircraft worth more than £15,000 were destroyed by a…

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Explosion hurls man from fire

The Sun · Sunday 6 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. THREE Avro-Anson planes were destroyed by fire in a hangar at…

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3 planes lost in drome fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 June 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Three Avro-Anson planes, valued at £15,000, were destroyed by a fire in a hangar on the Nhill…

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Planes Lost in Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— While he struggled to open a blazing hangar at the former R.A.A.F. airport at Nhill…

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Cafe Kitchen Fire

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

Smoke from fat burning in an electric stove forced customers and employees to leave the Churchill Cafe,…

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Cafe Fire Sends Customers Out

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

Dense clouds of smoke drove diners out of Churchill s Cafe, Pitt St., City, this morning when an electric stove caught fire. CAFE employees, who tried to…

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Fire in Cafe Drove Diners Into Street

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

DENSE clouds of smoke drove diners out of Churchill's Cafe, Pitt St., City, this morning, when an electric stove…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Stipulations Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire in Palestine is expected to be given today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Stipulations Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire in Palestine is expected to be given today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Stipulations Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire in Palestine is expected to be given today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Stipulations Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire in Palestine is expected to be given today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Stipulations Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire in Palestine is expected to be given today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Cease-fire Expected in Palestine Two Primary Conditions Likely Bans on Arms, Immigration

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.-- The cease-fire I in Palestine is expected to be given h today or tomorrow, according to Egyptian reports from Cairo…

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Valuable antiques destroyed; Edgecliff blaze

The Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 5

Valuable antique furniture, more than 300 years old, was lost when fire gutted half of a maisonette in Quambi-place, Edgecliff, early today…

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Fire Damage to Antiques

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Several pieces of antique furniture and valuable carpets were extensively damaged by a fire which…

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Fire Damage to Antiques

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Several pieces of antique furniture and valuable carpets were extensively damaged by a fire which…

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Fire Damage to Antiques

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

Several pieces of antique furniture and valuable carpets were extensively damaged by a fire which…

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