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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 122

Fire Damages Oxford Library

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Fire last night damaged the Fellows' Library of Oriel College, one of the finest rooms in…

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Mine Fire Control Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 10

CESSNOCK, Tues. -- A large section of Ayrfield No. 3 colliery may be saved from the fire which broke…

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Fire Chief Divorced Wife's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 9

Mr. Justice Street granted a decree nisi to the wife of Thomas Januarius Smith, president of the Board of Fire…

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Colliery Fire Tunnel May Be Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. —The position at Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery, where a fire broke out on…

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Basement Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 26

WHEN mattresses and other materials caught fire in a basement of a residential in King's Cross Rd. today dense…

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Basement Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 26

WHEN mattresses and other materials caught fire in a basement of a residential in King's Cross Rd. today dense…

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Basement Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 26

WHEN mattresses and other materials caught fire in a basement of a residential in King's Cross Rd. today dense…

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Factory Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 7

A fire broke out last night in some bagging in a machine on the second floor of the factory of Foster Clark (Aust.) Ltd., in…

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Basement Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 26

WHEN mattresses and other materials caught fire in a basement of a residential in King's Cross Rd., today dense…

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Basement Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 26

WHEN mattresses and other materials caught fire in a basement of a residential in King's Cross Rd. today dense…

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Lugarno Fire District

The Propeller · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Hurstville Council at its last meeting that, following a review…

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Fire In Mine Threatens Plant

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 11

CESSNOCK, Wed. -- Safety men equipped with respirators will try to enter the burning No. 2 tunnel of Ayrfield No. 3…

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Fire In Hold Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

Wharf laborers fled at j 10.25 a.m. today when fire broke out in a hold of the Rhodesia Star, berthed at…

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Fire In Hold Of Ship

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

Wharf laborers fled at 10.25 a.m. today when fire broke out in a hold of the Rhodesia Star, berthed at…

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Wharfies face death blast in cargo ship fire

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 3

Fire among explosive chemicals end inflammable spirit in the ship Rhodesia Star at Glebe…

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Wharfies Face Blast Danger Nitrate Moved In Ship Fire Quick Work Down Hold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

FACING the danger of an explosion that would have wrecked the ship, wharflaborers aided by seamen worked feverishly today to unload sodium…

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Wharfies Face Blast Danger Nitrite Moved In Ship Fire Quick Work Down Hold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

FACING the danger of an explosion that would have wrecked the ship, wharflaborers aided by seamen worked feverishly today to unload sodium…

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Wharfies Face Blast Danger Nitrite Moved In Fire On Ship Quick Work Down Hold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

FACING the danger of an explosion that would have wrecked the ship, wharf laborers aided by seamen worked feverishly toddy to unload sodium…

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Wharfies Face Blast Danger Nitrite Moved In Fire On Ship Quick Work Down Hold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

FACING the danger of an explosion that would have wrecked the ship, wharflaborers aided by seamen worked feverishly today to unload sodium…

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Wharfies Face Blast Danger Nitrite Moved In Fire On Ship Quick Work Down Hold

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

FACING the danger of an explosion that would have wrecked the ship, wharflaborers aided by seamen worked feverishly today to unload sodium…

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