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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 122

£5000 Fire Damage Great Boulder Mine

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--A fire which broke cut in I the winding engine room of the Hamilton shaft of the Great…

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Cease-fire Farley of Jews and Arabs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

JEWISH and Arab officials talk over coffee and biscuits at a meeting in a schoolroom in Jerusalem on December 5…

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Cease-fire Parley of Jews and Arabs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

JEWISH and Arab officials talk over coffee and biscuits at a meeting in a schoolroom in Jerusalem on December 5…

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West Wyalong Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday.--A fire in the storeroom at the rear of a newsagent's shop in the main…

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Chinese Cease-Fire Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

NANKING, Tues.--The Control Yuan, the Chinese Nationalist Government's highest supervisory body, today unanimously decided to appeal for an immediate cease-fire in China. The Control Yuan issued…

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Fire destroys big store at Cowra

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

COWRA, Wednesday.--Fire destroyed the large general store of Squire and Pepper Pty. Ltd. (one of the biggest in the southwest) at Cowra this afternoon…

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Loss of £250,000 in Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

Damage estimated at about £250,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which gutted one of the biggest…

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Reds Agree To Cease Fire For Chinese City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday.--The Tientsin City Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24-hour cease-fire. IT is understood the Red…

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Reds Agree To Cease Fire For Chinese City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday,--The TientsinCity Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24-hour cease-fire IT is understood the Red…

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Communists Will Order Cease Fire 24-Hour Spell Granted To Tientsin Slaughter of Govt. Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- The Tientsin City Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24…

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Communists Will Order Cease Fire 24-Hour Spell Granted To Tientsin Slaughter of Govt. Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- The Tientsin City Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24…

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Communists Will Order Cease Fire 24-Hour Spell Granted To Tientsin Slaughter of Govt. Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- The Tientsin City Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24…

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Communists Will Order Cease Fire 24-Hour Spell Granted To Tientsin Slaughter of Govt. Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- The Tientsin Council peace mission is reported to have secured a Communist undertaking to declare a 24…

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Communists Will Order Cease Fire 24-Hour Spell Granted To Tientsin Slaughter of Govt. Troops

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- The Tientsin City Council peace mission is reported fro have secured a Communist undertaking fro declare a…

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£250,000 Damage in Store Fire Sea Of Flame Sweeps Building Wall Falls Into Street

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

DAMAGE estimated cat about £250,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which gutted orae of the biggest general stores m the western districts of N.S.W…

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£250,000 Damage in Store Fire Sea Of Flame Sweeps Building Wall Falls Into Street

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

DAMAGE estimated at about £250,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which gutted one of the biggest general stores in the western districts of N.S.W…

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Tribute To Volunteer Bushfire Fighters

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 1

No lives have been lost or homes damaged by bush fires in Baulkham Hills Shire since the Council introduced volunteer Bush Fire Brigades in 1940. The shire clerk, Mr. H. C…

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Raaf Fire Patrol

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

The RAAF fire patrol received its first call from the Victorian Forests Commission today. Two Dakota…

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Children Die in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

(A.A.p.).— Twelve children, their nurse, and an Englishwoman were burnt to death to-day when fire destroyed a…

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Desperate Act As Fire Nears

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A farmer frantically threw his wife and two children into a dam early today when a grass…

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