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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 113

Fire Destroys Arcadia Home

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 4

PARRAMATTA Police are trying to find a family whose home at Arcadia was destroyed by fire during their absence…

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Last Minute News Fire in Nursery

The Sun · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 24

Firemen put out fire in bathroom of Dowling-street Day Nursery Hundred children aged 2 to 6 interested…

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Showground Fire

The Land · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 27

A fire at the Sydney Showgrounds this week destroyed a cattle pavilion and caused damage to the value of £100,000. Large stocks of raw rubber…

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Fire Guts Big Store

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 4

The main store of solomon Cohen & Co. Ltd., Cootamundra, was gutted by a fire which raced…

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Fire Destroys Country Store

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

The main store of Solomon Cohen & Co. Ltd., Cootamundra, was gutted by a fire which raced through the building shortly after 4 a.m. today…

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Fire Guts Big Store

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 4

The main store of Solomon Cohen & Co. Ltd., Cootamundra, was gutted, by a fire which raced…

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Fire Guts Big Store

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 4

The main store of Solomon Cohen & Co. Ltd., Cootamundra, was gutted by a fire which raced…

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Fire Destroys Cattle Pavilion On Sydney Showground

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 2

A DAIRY cattle pavilion at the Sydney showground was completely gutted by fire on Monday night last…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in-Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Firemen Quell Brewery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

THE three-storeyed British Brewery building in Parramatta Rd., Petersham, was threatened by a fire which…

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Wood Fires for Locos

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 4

WHEN COAL supplies ran out on Thursday, Victorian railway engine crews used wood to keep locomotive fires going. Picture shows a fireman loading wood at North Melbourne goods yard…

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Fire Guts Station

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday-- Auchenflower railway station, on the Ipswich-Brisbane line, was destroyed…

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Fire Guts Station

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Auchenflower railway station, on the Ipswich-Brisbane line, was destroyed…

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Fire Guts Station

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- Auchenflower railway station, on the Ipswich-Brisbane line, was destroyed…

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Fire Damage To Brewery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 3

Fire broke out early this morning in the engine-room of British Breweries, Parramatta Road, Taverner's Hill…

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