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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

2,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 113

"No Fire" Proposal Accepted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- Arab leaders have accepted a proposal that, from today, neither side in…

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"No Fire" Proposal Accepted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Arab leaders have accepted a proposal that, from today, neither side in…

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"No Fire" Proposal Accepted

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Arab leaders have accepted a proposal that, from today, neither side in…

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Plane Engine On Fire In Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 9

The wireless operator of a flying-boat was overcome by smoke and fell into the Harbor when he tried to extinguish a…

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Government Spending Under Fire Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Aug. 12.—The House of Commons Committee on Public Accounts yesterday issued a report criticising big…

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Clothing Destroyed in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The first floor of Lawrence Dry Cleaners, corner of Parramatta Rd. and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.,…

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Clothing Destroyed in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The first floor of Lawrence Dry Cleaners, corner of Parramatta Rd. and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.,…

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Clothing Destroyed in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The first floor of Lawrence Dry Cleaners, corner of Parramatta Rd. and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.,…

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Clothing Destroyed in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The first floor of Lawrence Dry Cleaners, corner of Parramatta Rd. and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.,…

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Clothing Destroyed in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The first floor of Lawrence Dry Cleaners, corner of Parramatta Rd. and Pyrmont Bridge Rd.,…

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Fire damages cleaning plant

The Sun · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

Sparks from a welding torch started a fire which swept through a dry-cleaning plant at Camperdown…

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Fire Brigade Man's Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George Shorthouse Grimm ond (77). late chief officer of…

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Fire Brigade Man's Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The death occurred yesterday of Mr, George Shorthouse Grimmond (77), a former chief officer…

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Fire Brigade Man's Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George Shorthouse Grimmond (77), a former chief officer…

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TB patients fight fire

The Sun · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

More than 200 people, including police and TB patients, are fighting a big bush fire in the King's Tableland…

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Fire Brigade Man's Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George Shorthouse Grimmond (77). a former chief officer…

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Fire Brigade Man's Death

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

The death occurred yesterday of Mr. George Shorthouse Grimmond (77). a former chief officer…

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Jews Will Not Hold Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

LONDON, August 13 (A.A.P.).—The UNO mediator in Palestine, Count Folke Bernadotte. who is on his…

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Veteran Fire Chief's Death

Truth · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 2

Former N.S.W. Fire Chief George Shorthouse Grimmond (77), who died on Friday, held the Fire…

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Bushfire on Mountains

Truth · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Saturday.—Patients and members of the staff of the Bodington Red Cross Sanatorium…

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