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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 122

Gas Main on Fire 3 Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 1

Firemen hosed a house in Punchbowl for more than three hours yesterday to save it from a…

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Two Men Injured in Ship's Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

TWO firemen were injured last night while fighting an outbreak in. the boiler room of S.S. Caradale. berthed at No…

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Two Men Injured in Ship's Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 14

TWO firemen were injured last night while fighting an outbreak in the boiler room of S.S. Caradale, berthed at No…

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Two Men Injured in Ship's Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 14

"TWO firemen were injured last night while fighting an outbreak in the boiler room of S.S. Caradale, berthed at No…

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Two Men Injured in Ship's Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

TWO firemen were injured last night while fighting an outbreak in the boiler room of S.S.Caradale, berthed at No…

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Two Men Injured in Ship's Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 14

TWO firemen were injured last night while fighting an outbreak in the boiler room of S.S. Caradale, berthed at No…

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Graziers' Attack on A.W.U. Convention Proposals Compulsory Unionism and Ante dated Contracts Under Fire General Secretary Dougherty Vindicates Convention Decisions "No Dispute" is Ruling of Conciliation Commissioner

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 2

When the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. J. R. Donovan) had completed the preliminary hearing on the A.W.U.'s claim for an increase of 22 1/2 per cent. on existing rates of pay for shearers, crutchers, shed hands, wool pressers, cooks and station hands, the…

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Broken Main Caused Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 21

Gas employees had underestimated the size of a gas leak which burned for more than three hours in Punchbowl on…

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Fire Had Short Life

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

WHEN a fire broke out in Fortuna House,. Castlereagh St., directly opposite fire headquarters, this…

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Fire Had Short Life

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

WHEN a fire broke out in Fortuna House, Castlereagh St., directly opposite fire headquarters, this…

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Firemen Dash Into Blaze, Save Man

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Firemen dashed Into a burning house at Pyrmont about midnight last night…

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Lift Motor on Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

A LIFT motor in the Bank of New Zealand, George St., City, caught fire today. Brigades from Headquarters…

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Worried After Fire: Theatre Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 1

Two years' worry after a fire which destroyed all her possessions is believed to have caused the death of…

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Man Saved From House Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

Firemen fought their way into a blazing house in Bowman Street, Pyrmont, last night to rescue…

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Winter Training, Keeps Victorian Fire-fighters Fit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 20

LOOKING ahead to the time when they will need every ounce of fitness and courage to fight probable bushfires, members of the Victorian…

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Whisky Was Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

EDINBURGH, Saturday.--A lire which broke out in a bonded store last night destroyed 125,000 gallons of…

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Whiskey Was Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

EDINBURGH, Saturday.-- A fire which broke out in a bonded store last night destroyed 125,000 gallons of…

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Whisky Was Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

EDINBURGH, Saturday.-- A fire which broke in a bonded store last night destroyed 125,000 gallons o[?] whisky…

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Whisky Was Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

EDINBURGH, Saturday.--A fire which broke out in a bonded store last night destroyed 125,000 gallons of…

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Whisky Was Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

EDINBURGH, Saturday. --A fire which broke out in a bonded store last night destroyed 125,000 gallons of…

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