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Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 122

Reds Agree to Cease Fire in China Peace Talks In Peiping Some Demands Broken Down

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

SHANGHAI, Wednesday.--A general cease fire in China has keen ordered, so that peace negotiations can. be carried out in Peiping with the…

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Fire Board Election

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

Blue Mountains City Council resolved to give its No. 1 vote to Aid. Lowry, of Wentworth Falls, in the election of country councils' representatives on…

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Fire Mask Saves Migrant

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 1

Dr. H. Shanly, surgeon of the liner Drina, saved a British migrant's life during the voyage from…

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Late News Electrical Fire in Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 April 1949 · page 1

Damage estimated at £250 was caused when fire broke out in the factory of Kent Remoulds Pty. Ltd. in…

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Men Burned In Cinema Blaze

Truth · Sunday 17 April 1949 · page 3

GOSFORD, Saturday.—Two operators had remarkable escapes from death when a fire destroyed the…

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Fire Becomes a Republic

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, April 16 (A.A.P.). —The Northern Ireland Government is taking large-scale precautions against possible disorder…

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Children in panic: £2000 theatre fire

The Sun · Sunday 17 April 1949 · page 2

SCREAMING children ran into the streets as flames gutted the projection room of the Valencia theatre, Gosford, yesterday afternoon…

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Fire In Theatre; Children Go Out Quietly

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 April 1949 · page 1

GOSFORD, Saturday. — Fire destroyed the projection room during a children's matinee at the Valencia Theatre, Gosford,…

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Baby Born After Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 7

Mrs. Arnold Aderman, happy with her son, born just after she was carried from the second floor of St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham, Illinois, when fire swept the building, incinerating more than 50 patients and nurses…

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Ship's Fire, Two Hurt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 6

Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel,, Kookaburra, were severely burned last night…

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Ship's Fire, Two Hurt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 6

Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel, Kookaburra, were severely burned last night…

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Ship's Fire, Two Hurt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 6

Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel, Kookaburra, were severely burned last night…

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Baby Born After Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 7

Mrs. Arnold Aderman, happy with her son, born just after she was carried from the second door of St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham, Illinois, when fire swept the building, incinerating more than 50 patients and nurses…

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Fire in Cargo Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 1

Erik Johansson, crew member of the Swedish cargo vessel Kookaburra, being attended by ambulance officers for burns suffered in a fire in the crew's quarters of the ship last night. The vessel is berthed at No. 1 Walsh Bay…

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Ship's Fire, Two Hurt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 6

Two members of the crew of the Swedish motor vessel, Kookaburra, were severely burned last night…

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Fire kills many on ship

The Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 11

GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Monday.--Fire destroyed the steamer Farahon, near Port Bolivia, killing many of its…

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Ship On Fire At Wharf: Men Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 1

Two Swedish seamen were severely burnt in a fire in the 4,913-ton motorship Kookaburra last night. Smoke was so dense in…

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Police Open Fire in East Berlin Riot

The Sun · Tuesday 19 April 1949 · page 7

BERLIN, Tuesday.--East sector police opened fire yesterday when a crowd of 30,000 people watching a cycle race ran amok, says the German news agency…

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Firemen Start Grass Fires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 5

SOUTH BEND (Indiana). -- The Centre Township volunteer fire department has several good reasons for the…

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Firemen Start Grass Fires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 April 1949 · page 5

SOUTH BEND (Indiana). -- The Centre Township volunteer fire department has several good reasons for the…

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