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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 113

£3000 Loss in Cottage Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 6

DAMAGE estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire' which destroyed a weatherboard cottage at Black town today…

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Dr.'s Burns In Surgery Fire Fatal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 3

A Darling Point doctor was fatally burned on the night of June 5 while putting out a fire caused by…

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Dr.'s Burns In Surgery Fire Fatal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 7

A Darling Point doctor was fatally burned on the night of June 5 while putting out a fire caused by…

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Judge Warns of Fire Peril

The Sun · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 2

Results would be "calamitous" if fire broke out in city "death trap" areas during a threatened strike of firemen, Mr. Justice Kinsella said today. A compulsory Industrial…

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Fire-fighters To Ignore Galls To Homes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

If Fire Brigade employees hold stop-work meetings on Monday skeleton patrols will be allowed to remain at fire…

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Big Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

SMOKE POURS from burning oil and petrol tanks at Aetna Oil Company plant at Louisville (Kentucky) where…

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Furniture Lost in £5000 Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 7

Fire last night gutted the [?]exandria store of Jarvi and [?]oy Pty., Ltd., furniture manufacturers…

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£20,000 Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

DAMAGE estimated at £20,000 was caused by fire at the factory of John Cooper and Sons, agricultural implement…

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£20,000 Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 7

DAMAGE estimated at £20,000 was caused by fire at the factory of John Cooper and Sons, agricultural implement makers, Doody St., Alexandria, last night…

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Warning to firms by fire chief

The Sun · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 5

Proprietors of buildings were warned by the Chief Fire Officer (Mr. E. J. Griffiths) today to take especial…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peters (early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peters early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peter's early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peters early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peters early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing nut in St. Peters early, today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Aged Man Dies in Hut Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 2

Trapped in a tiny, blazing hut in St. Peters early today, an 85-years-old man was burnt to death. HE was Charles Burgess, an…

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Warning On Fire Protection

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 5

The Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Griffiths) last night urged Sydney firms to…

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Appeal For Anti-Fire Squads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 July 1948 · page 3

The N.S.W. Chief Fire Officer, Mr. E. J. Griffiths, yesterday appealed to all big establishments to organise…

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No fire protection for Sydney homes tomorrow

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 July 1948 · page 2

Householders and business firms in Sydney will be without protection from fire for some hours from 8 a.m. tomorrow…

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