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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 122

Young Babies Die in Hospital Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Twelve newly-born babies were included among the victims of the tragic fire which converted St. Anthony's Hospital at Effingham, Illinois, into a flaming death trap…

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Cease-fire in China Peace Talks Open

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 3

NANKING, April 5 (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Reports from a number of the fighting fronts in China say that…

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Flying "Balls Of Fire" Create Stir In Utah

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday.--At least six bails of fire like "rockets with snowflakes for tails," scooted through the sky yesterday, exciting hundreds of northern Utah residents…

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Fire Sweeps U.S. HOSPITAL 56 Patients Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, April 5 (A.A.P.).— At least 56 patients perished and a score were seriously injured when fire destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital at…

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Flying "Balls Of Fire" Create Stir In Utah

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday.-- At least six balls of fire like "rockets with snowflakes for tails," scooted through the sky yesterday. exciting hundreds of northern Utah residents…

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Flying "Balls Of Fire" Create Stir In Utah

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday.-- At least sis balls of fire like "rockets with snowflakes for tails," scooted through the sky yesterday, exciting hundreds of northern Utah residents…

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Flying "Balls Of Fire" Create Stir In Utah

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday.-- At least six balls of fire like "rockets with snowflakes for tails," scooted through the sky yesterday, exciting hundreds of northern Utah residents…

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Flying "Balls Of Fire" Create Stir In Utah

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

SALT LAKE CITY, Wednesday.--At least six balls of fire like "rockets with snowflakes for tails," scooted through the sky yesterday, exciting hundreds of northern Utah residents…

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Mothers, Babes Perish in Fire Dead, Missing May Total 65

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Twelve newly-born babies were included among the victims of the tragic fire which converted St. Anthony's Hospital…

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Mothers, Babes Perish in Fire Dead, Missing May Total 65

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Twelve newly-born babies were included among the victims of the tragic fire which converted St. Anthony's Hospital…

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Mothers, Babes Perish in Fire Dead, Missing May Total 65

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 19

NEW YORK, Wednesday. -- Twelve newly-born babies were included among the victims of the tragic fire which converted St. Anthony's Hospital…

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Jay Walkers Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

The campaign to educate pedestrians against the dangers of jay-walking was continued in the City…

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St. Marys Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 6

Mr. T. W. Brooker, honorary secretary of St. Marys Municipal Fire Brigade, has informed Penrith Council that, owing to the amalgamation of…

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Jay Walkers Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

The campaign to educate pedestrians against the dangers of jay-walking was continued in the City…

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Jay Walkers Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

The campaign to educate pedestrians against the dangers of jay-walking was continued in the City…

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Jay Walkers Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 7

The campaign to educate pedestrians against the dangers of jay-walking was continued in the City…

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"Progressive" group was under fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 1

THE recent warning published by "Osservatore, Romano" against membership in the "United Movement of Progressive Christians," and a similar statement issued later by His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Suhard, Archbishop of…

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Claim for £300,000 Steamer Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.— Owners of the steamship Panamanian commenced a £300,000 law suit for…

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72 dead, missing in hospital fire

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

EFFINGHAM (Illinois), Wednesday.--Toll of known dead and reported missing in the St. Anthony's Hospital…

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Eighty Died in This Hospital Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

MRS. ARNOLD ALDERMAN, 24, in bed with her son who was born less than two hours after she jumped to safety from the fire-gutted St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham, Illinois (U.S.) on Tuesday. Mrs. Alderman was in labor when the fire began. Eighty people, including 13 new-born babies, died in the fire…

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