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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

203 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 11

[?]Fire Damages Parked Car

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

[?] sedan motor car owned by [?] W. A. Wright of 8 Smith [?] Wollongong, was [?]sly damaged by a fire on…

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Car Burnt Out On Bulli Pass

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1951 · page 1

A sedan car was completely a stroyed by fire early yesterday morning, after it backfired about 100 yards from the summit…

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Motor Cycle Damaged By Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 2

A motor cycle belonging, to Mr. Ken McCullah, of Port Kembla Hotel, Port Kembla was severely damaged when it…

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£150,000 Damage in Sydney Blaze

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Firemen battled unsuccessfully for nearly two hours tonight in an effort to save a huge warehouse garaging 28 carrier trucks…

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Horse Dies in Stable Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 16

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire which gutted four stalls at the stables of Canterbury horse trainer Alf Klings, today, burned…

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Fire Smouldering for Some Days!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 April 1951 · page 2

Wollongong fire brigade was called out yesterday afternoon to attended a fire which it is believed had been smouldering for…

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Baby Burned In Blackout Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 1

A young baby was severely burned about the face and hands when portion of the roof of a garage home caught…

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Wollongong's Most Unusual Fire!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 15

Wollongong fire brigade had an unusual call yesterday when phosphorous caught alight at the Wollongong Technical College, in Gladstone Avenue…

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Chemicals Fire At Teach College

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 3

Firemen fought for two hours in choking fumes to control a fire which broke out in a storeroom containing chemicals, at Wollongong Technical College, in Gladstone Avenue, yesterday…

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Hotel Guests Unaware of Fire, Ate on

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 1

Guests in the dining room of the Illawarra Hotel, Wollongong, continued to eat their dinner last night oblivious of a fire which broke out in a room in the second storey of the building. Firemen were able to confine…

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Fire Brigade Busy Again Yesterday

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

The Wollongong Fire Brigade had a busy time for the second successive day yesterday when it answered two alarms. Both were…

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Grass Fire at Coniston

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 5

Police believe a spark from a tram may have been the cause of a grass fire near the tinplate plant at Coniston yesterday…

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Many Grass Fires

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

Wollongong and Port Kembla fire brigades have had nine calls to bush and grass fires since last Thursday afternoon…

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Grass Fires Keep Brigades Busy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

Port Kembla Fire Brigade had a busy time over the week-end with grass fires. It had four on Saturday and…

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Fire During Blackout

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 9

During the electricity blackout on Friday morning a fire broke out in a Wollongong residence following the lighting…

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Brigade Called to Large Grass Fire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 9

Wollongong Fire Brigade was called out on Friday afternoon to attend a large grass fire…

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Police Fire on Rioters in India

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 11

COOCH (Behar, India), Sunday.—Police opened fire of 5000 rioting hunger marchers, killing, five, including one girl, and…

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98 Die in Japanese Train Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—At least 98 persons were burnt to death and another 200 were injured when they were…

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Town Burnt Out

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

TOKYO, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter) Fire last night destroyed almost the whole town of Atsum a hotspring resort in Nor berr…

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Fire Ship Dope Story "Mischievous"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday. — Sydney Sporting journalist, Lionel•Marsden, was reprimanded by the A.J.C. stewards today after…

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