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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 113

Fire Razes Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, June 21 (A.A.P.).— Castries, the capital of the British West Indies island of St. Lucia, was virtually destroyed by fire…

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Tar on Fire at Depot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 4

Firemen led by Station Officer Leech, of Kogarah, fought a tar fire for an hour yesterday at Rockdale Council's depot in…

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Fire Count Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 7

A charge against William Park (69), Elizabeth Street, City, of having set fire to a house while his brother…

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Fire Count Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 7

A charge against William Park (69), Elizabeth Street, City, of having set fire to a house while his brother…

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Fire Count Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 7

A charge against William Park (69), Elizabeth Street, City, of having set fire to a house while his brother…

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Fire charge against man dismissed

The Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1948 · page 3

There was no evidence to connect William Park, (59, with a fire which occurred in his brother's…

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£30,000 Fire at Clermont

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a…

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£30,000 Fire at Clermont

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 June 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a…

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Big Fire In Copra

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

Firemen fought a blaze among huge stores of copra on No. 10 wharf, Walsh Bay, late this…

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Big Fire In Copra

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

Firemen fought a blaze among huge stores of copra on No. 10 wharf, Walsh Bay, late this…

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Big Fire In Copra

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

Firemen fought a blaze among huge stores of copra on No. 10 wharf, Walsh Bay, late this afternoon…

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Stop Press Fierce Fire on Wharf

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 16

A cargo of copra on the wharf at No.10 Walsh Bay burst into fiames about 2.40 p.m. Bigades from headquarters and Circular Quay and a…

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All Rail Services Break Down People Stranded On Stations White Bay Depot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

ALL rail services in the metropolitan area were paralysed at 8.21 a.m. today when a fire broke out in the White Bay power house…

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All Rail Services Break Down People Stranded On Stations White Bay Depot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

ALL rail services in the metropolitan area were paralysed at 8.21 a.m. today when a fire broke out in the White Bay power house…

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All Rail Services Break Down People Stranded On Stations White Bay Depot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

ALL rail services in the metropolitan area were paralysed at 8.21 a.m. today when a fire broke oat in the White Bay power house…

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All Rail Services Break Down People Stranded On Stations White Bay Depot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

ALL rail services in the metropolitan area were paralysed at 8.21 a.m. today when a Fire broke but in the White Bay power house…

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All Rail Services Break Down People Stranded On Stations White Bay Depot Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 June 1948 · page 2

ALL rail services in the metropolitan area were paralysed at 8.21 a.m. today when a fire broke out in the White Bay power house…

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Trains Held Up in Peak Hour Fire Causes Power Failure

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 4

A breakdown caused by fire in White Bay powerhouse yesterday temporarily stopped metropolitan trains and disorganised industry in…

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Red Police Fire on Pressmen Tension Increasing In Berlin Statement in Commons

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 2

BERLIN, Saturday.--Russian police on Friday night opened fire on cars containing Allied Press correspondents for failing to stop at a sector boundary…

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Red Police Fire on Pressmen Increasing Tension In Germany Statement in Commons

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 June 1948 · page 2

BERLfiN, Saturday.--Russian police on Friday night opened fire on cars containing Allied Press correspondents for failing to stop at a setter boundary…

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