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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 32

Rain Extinguishes Mountains Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 2

KATOOMBA: Light rain last night controlled a cliff-top bushfire at Katoomba. Four houses had…

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Big Damage in Italian Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 1

LONDON. Dec. 30 .A.A.P.—A fire which raged for several hours in a textile machinery plant last night caused…

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