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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1989

36 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

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The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 4

SAVE YOURSELF and YOUR FAMILY You and Your family are the most important things…

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Fire [?]

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 6

I stood there, astonished by the big boll of fire. There were screams of people trapped by the fire. Suddenly, I could see through…

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Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 7

I stood there, confused how it oil started. Then I realised an ignorant person had started a fire. The sizzling flames surrounded me. I felt like I was trapped in an inferno. Smoke choked me…

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Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 5

I saw the bright, red fire, sparkling right behind me. I ran and ran to get away, but it was no use at all. The inferno was running like a cheetah, but it seemed as if I was running as rapidly as a turtle, when in reality…

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Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 15

The fire was roaring and burning, and I could hear it sizzling. I was terrified. It was coming…

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FIRE Are You Fire Prevention Wise?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 14

Q1. What would you do if your clothes caught on fire? Q2. How much does the charge to put out a fire?…

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In case of FIRE

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 6

If the door is hot, and You are dowonst airs, then go through the window DoN‘T BREAK The…

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My Local Fire Station

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 2

Near our home is o fire station. In the fire station are two red fire engines and the brave firemen. If there is a fire, people ring 000. A bell rings in the fire station and the firemen slide down a pole…

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YISIT The Fire Muscvm

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 12

Attention Teachers: You can take Your classes on a tour of the Fire Museum, Monday…

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Protect Your Home From Fire!

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 8

Help Your parents Keep grass short-both in Your Yard and on nature strips or Kerbs. Help Your parents take fallen leaves and grass cuttings…

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Fire Prevention Is Better Than Cure!

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 7

Tell Your parents to have fire drills in Your home. Everybody must…

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Follow These Basic Safety Rules and You Can Survinve a Bushfire! Don't [?]

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 8

IN A CAR: Tell Your parents not to drive into or through dense smoke. Tell Your parents to park where there's no vegetation. Tell Your parents to turn the headlights ON and the ignition…

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South Australian ALP secretary under fire

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1989 · page 3

The South Australian ALP faces increasing criticism from within the labor movement because of its inaction…

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Gov’t overspending under fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 24 February 1989 · page 7

Government overspending came under fire in the Knesset last week when Environment Minister Ronni Milo revealed that over NIS 85,000…

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The Community a plan to reform elementary schools has come under fire Can schools be ‘effective’?

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 31 March 1989 · page 18

SLIGHTLY OVER 20 years ago, our country was engaged in a fierce debate about its educational system. The immediate background to the…

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JNF fire brigade beefed up to fight intifada arson

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 April 1989 · page 5

The Jewish National Fund’s fire brigade last week received 10 new fire-engines in a ceremony at the Jerusalem Peace Forest. Three…

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Fighting fires and the intifada

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 24

When 150,000 dunams of forest were burned to the ground last year by intifada-related arson, JNF forestry department head Mordechai Ruah said he could hear the trees crying…

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Mad Turks get just desserts the Mad Turks— Tempers Fire (7) — Festival

Tharunka · Tuesday 4 July 1989 · page 31

THE Turks have finally been discovered festival after contributions to local Adelaide compilations for years. Talent…

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Infant killed after father opens fire Troops ‘not to blame’ in fatal shootout

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 18 August 1989 · page 3

Soldiers involved in an accidental shootout with a Jewish settler, in which an 18-month-old infant was killed, acted properly in returning…

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‘Days of Rage ’ under fire from local journalists

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 September 1989 · page 4

The controversial film Days of Rage, broadcast last week on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the U.S., was one-sided and bad…

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