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Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 122

Screams From Baby Save Family From Fire

The Sun · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 8

Screams from their nine-months-old baby enabled a husband and wife to rush their five young children from their blazing Leura home early today. Shortly after 2 am Mrs…

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Air Force Tower Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F station, Schofields, early this morning. THE control tower, a…

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Air Force Tower Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station, Schofields, early this morning. THE control tower, a…

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Air Force Tower Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station, Schofields, early this morning. THE control tower, a…

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Air Force Tower Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station, Schofields, early this morning. THE control tower, a…

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Air Force Tower Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station, Schofields, early this morning. THE control tower, a…

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Big blaze at airfield destroys control tower

The Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

Navigation aids, radio-telephone sets and irreplaceable air maps were destroyed early today when a fire gutted the control building at Schofields RAAF station. Arson Squad detectives and…

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Late News Aerodrome Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

Blacktown voluntary fire brigade was called to a fire at the R.A.A.F. aerodrome at Schofields early this…

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Fire Research. Exploratory Conference Held

Construction · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 6

On March 29th a conference was called at the request of the Commonwealth Experimental Building Station to consider whether Fire Testing and Fire Research should be undertaken at the…

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£20,000 Damage in College Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tues.--Fire destroyed the three main science laboratories at Roseworthy Agricultural College today…

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Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. TOWER Early Morning Outbreak At Schofields Radar Gear Total Loss

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station,…

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Fire Destroys R.A.A.F. TOWER Early Morning Outbreak At Schofields Radar Gear Total Loss

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused by mysterious fire which destroyed the flying control tower at the R.A.A.F. station,…

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Fire Guts Tower R.A.A.F. Drome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 4

Fire destroyed the control tower and operational block early yesterday at Schofields aerodrome, the base of…

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£8,000 Fire at R.a.a.f. 'Drome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 3

A fire which gutted this control building at Schofields R.A.A.F. aerodrome early yesterday, caused damage estimated at £8,000. Maps and radar and electrical instruments were destroyed. The C.O., Squadron-Leader R. Rayson, said he did not suspect sabotage…

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"Maliciously Set Fire to Premises" Open Verdict in Duration Cottages Case Kerosene About

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

THAT the premises were damaged by fire and that some person or persons unknown to him maliciously set fire to the premises was…

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Control of Bush Fires; Show Exhibit

The Land · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 26

A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Show will be an exhibit of several powered pumping…

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Big Brisbane Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday. -- More than £40,000 worth of damage : was caused at Woolloon- gabba last night, when fire…

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Big Brisbane Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday. -- More than £40,000 worth of damage was caused at Woolloon- gabba last night, when fire…

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news in Brief Bank Fire Aftermath

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

Grafton, Friday.-- A years-old youth who was found…

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Big Fire in Brisbane Three Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday.— More than £40,000 damage was caused when a spectacular fire to-night burnt out a…

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