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Illawarra · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

203 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 11

Cease-Fire Negotiations

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP).—Robt. Lovett, Deputy Secretary of Defence, announced today that…

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Early Morning Fire

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 2

Wollongong fire brigade received a call at 3,26 a.m., this morning to a residence at the rear of shops at 349 Crown…

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Woonona-clifton Fire District!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 6

The sumu of £10,816 has been allotted for the use of the Illawarra Fire District (Woonona to Clifton) in the 1951 Fire…

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Stop Press Cease-fire Agreement

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sim. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Peking Radio announced in Mandarin tonight that the North Korean and…

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Reds Silent on Cease Fire Talks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—United Nations officials said last night they thought it…

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Shop Proprietor Suspects Fire Was Started Deliberately

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 3

A Yugoslav fish shop proprietor, who carried his wife and children from the blazing bedroom of their Wollongong home…

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Envoys to Discuss Cease Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Tuesday. (AAP-Reuter).— General Ridgway told the Communists today he would send envoys to Kaesong…

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Reds Ready for Cease Fire Talks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Wed. (AAP-Reuter).—Peking radio announced today the Communists were ready to take part in the cease…

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Cease-fire Talks Start

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 2

TOKIO, Thursday (A.A.P. Reuter).—Supreme Allied Commander General Matthew Ridgway today broadcast his…

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3m. Dollar Blaze On U.S. Waterfront

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 2

NEWARK (N.J.), Sunday (AAP).—At least 12 persons were injured and three million dollars worth of damage done…

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Cease-fire Eve Fighting Ini Korea

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 2

TOKYO, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Eighth army patrols and artillery barrages continued, to jab and hammer at…

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Dispute Over Press Delays Cease-Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Korean peace negotiations broke down indefinitely today on the question of…

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Cease Fire Talks Resume

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

TOKYO, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—U.N. and Communist Armistice delegations resumed their interrupted talks in…

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Progress in Cease-fire Talks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter). — The United Nations' Eighth Army Commander (Lt.-General Van Fleet) might head…

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Progress in Cease-fire Talks

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Tuesday (AAP.Reuter).—The United Nations' Eighth Army Commander (Lt. General Van Fleet) might head…

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Grass Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 7

The Wollongong Fire Brigade received a call to the lower portion of the Wollongong Golf Club. A small area of dense…

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Scrub Fire Halts Traffic

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

A bush fire which had sprung up just dusk on Saturday halted traffic for more than half an hour on the Mount…

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Grass Fire In Bulli Cemetery

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

Thirroul firemen yesterday afternoon were called to Bulli Cemetery where a grass fire was being swept over more than four…

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Cease-fire Prospect Improved?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Korean cease-fire talks at Kaesong are "back on the track" according to United Press…

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£250,000 Damage in Sydney Factory Fire

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 2

SIDNEY, Wednesday.—Fire caused more than £253,000 damage to a large, electrical heavy equipment, factory at Alexandria…

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