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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

391 stories in Riverina's papers · page 20 of 20

£500 fire at The Rock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

THE ROCK, Tues.: Volun­teer firemen fought for two hours tonight to extinguish a fire which broke out in…

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Hotel Fire at the Rock

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

THE ROCK, Wednesday—Voluntary fireman fought for two hours last night to estingu[?]sh a fire which broke out…

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Blaze at Gundagai Railway Station

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

A fire caused serious damage to the Gundagai Railway Station last night. The fire broke out at 11 p.m…

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Damage by fire at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

A fire caused serious damage to the Gundagai Railway Station last night. The fire broke out at 11…

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Fire Races in Pitt St. Theatre

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: City theatregoers rushed frantically through flames to safety when a fire swept through the Variety Theatre, Pitt Street, today…

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Fire in Sydney Theatre Many Taken to Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday — City theatregoers rushed frantically through flames to safety when a…

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£400,000 damage by fires

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Three large fires in the Sydney metropolitan ares in the last four days caused…

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£10,000 Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE Sunday: A saw mill was totally destroyed by fire at Dean's Marsh on Christmas night…

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Home lost in fire at Lockhart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 1

LOCKHART, Sunday: People of Lockhart and district bare rallied to the help of a New Australian…

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Abandoned Ship on Fire Singapore, Sunday (A.A.P.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 December 1954 · page 3

Huge clouds of dense black oily smoke rose into the sky today off Singapore as the hulk of the Danish ship' Lexa Maerak burned 20 hours after the…

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Yanco Power House to the Rescue In Tuesday Night's Blackout Transmission Line Broke and Caused Bushfire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 2

Leeton in common with the rest of the M.I.A. and Narrandera was plunged into darkness about 8.15 o'clock…

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25 Trucks Destroyed in Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1954 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday: Twenty-five trucks, including five semi-trailers, were destroyed when a fire burnt out…

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