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Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 122

Couple Suffer Burns in Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

Early this morning a man and his wife were severely burned about the face and hands, and a family of four was almost overcome with choking smoke when a fire broke…

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"Couple Suffer Burns in Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

Early this morning a man and his wife were severely burned about the face and hands, and a family of four was almost overcome with choking smoke when a fire broke…

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Couple Suffer Burns in Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

Early this morning a man and his wife were severely burned about the face and hands, and a family of four was almost overcome with choking smoke when a fire broke…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Couple Suffer Burns in Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

Early this morning a man and his wife were severely burned about the face and hands, and a family of four was almost overcome with choking smoke when a fire broke…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Couple Suffer Burns in Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5

Early this morning a man and his wife were severely burned about the face and hands, and a family of four was almost overcome with choking smoke when a fire broke…

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Big Loss Of Paper in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

Sixty employees of a box factory in Abercrombie St., Redfern, formed a chain gang and carried 10…

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Big Loss Of Paper In Blaze

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 1

Sixty employees of a box factory in Abercrombie St., Redfern, formed a chain gang and carried 10…

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Fire Escapes

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 11

No further action will be taken against 250 city factory tenants on whom notices to quit have been served,…

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Peat Fires Not Easy To Check

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

LIKE most Australians, Victorians have always associated peat will [?] and Scotiand where the thrifty peasant tolk dig it from the…

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Fire-escape Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 9

Tenants of 250 factories in city buildings were liable to prosecution for failing to vacate premises…

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Fire-escape Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 9

Tenants of 250 factories in city buildings were liable to prosecution for failing to vacate premises…

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Fire-escape Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 9

Tenants of 250 factories in city buildings were liable to prosecution for failing to vacate premises…

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Fire-escape Warning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 9

Tenants of 250 factories in city buildings were liable to prosecution for failing to vacate premises…

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Heavy Damage in H Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

Firemen fighting a fire at the factory of P. J. Firth Pty. Ltd., Abercrombie St., Redfern, this afternoon…

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Warning on City Fire-escapes 250 Factory Tenants Liable Alterations to Be Made

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

TENANTS of 250 factories in city buildings were liable to prosecution for failing to vacate premises which had inadequate fire escapes, the Minister…

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Bushfire Fighting Retarded Because Of Three Needs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

WE have once again been mest fortunate that the weather, except for the Christmas season, has kept bushfros to a minimum. But we…

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Warning on Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

The Bushfires Advisory Committee last night warned that bushfires were likely over the week-end…

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Bushfire Danger Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 1

The Weather Bureau yesterday warned the Bush Fire Advisory Committee of the danger of bushfires during the weekend. Bureau officials expect Sydney's weather to be…

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Victorian Fears Over Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- With continued dry and hot conditions making the whole of Victoria like a tinder-box, a…

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Bushfire Warning

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 2

Heatwave conditions had increased the bushfire danger in New South Wales and Victoria, the…

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