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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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Fires Shine In Woolloomooloo

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 1

NEW YEAR'S EVE celebrations got out of hand in Woolloomooloo last night. Revellers started a…

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Brodie Mack Fires Model Gun

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 January 1950 · page 10

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) today took further action under the Bush Fires Act to prohibit the…

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) today took further action under the Bush Fires Act to prohibit the…

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) today took further action under the Bush Fires Act to prohibit the…

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) today took further action under the Bush Fires Act to prohibit the…

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) today took further action under the Bush Fires Act to prohibit the…

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Fire, Wind Adds to Qld. Heat Wave

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.--Fires and severe windstorms are adding to the trials of residents of…

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Bushfires Sweep Wide Area Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

Bush fires are sweeping hundreds of square miles of northwest New South Wales as the eight-day…

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Bushfires in West break out again: Govt. action

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 3

Fanned by a north- westerly, bushfires again broke out 20 miles north- west of Brewarrina today and additional men, equipment and water trucks have been…

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Police Ready to Go to Bushfire Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

All Sydney police last night were prepared for a state of emergency in N.S.W. bushfire areas and large numbers were available to be sent at a moment's notice…

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Dramatic Bid to Save Stock Menaced by Fire Blaze Out Of Control

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

THOUSANDS of head of stock are menaced by a bushfire in the Wyandra district of Western Queensland, and desperate efforts are being made…

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Dramatic Bid to Save Stock Menaced by Fire Blaze Out Of Control

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

THOUSANDS of head of stock are menaced by a bushfire in the Wyandra district of Western Queensland, and desperate efforts are being made…

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Dramatic Bid to Save Stock Menaced by Fire Blaze Out Of Control

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

THOUSANDS of head of stock are menaced by a bushfire in the Wyandra district of Western Queensland, and desperate efforts are being made…

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Cooler Inland, Fires Out

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 7

The inland heat wave eased further today, and bushfires in the north-west had almost completely…

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Fires Ring Towns In Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday. — Four station families last night prepared to evacuate their homes when fires on a 25-mile…

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Town Turns Out to Fight Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Mon.--Every man in the little town of Adavale--except the postmaster--is fighting…

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Fire Escapes in New Hotels

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

REGULATIONS providing for ample fire escapes in new hotels and guest houses have been gazetted, the Minister for…

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No relief from heatwave likely today Huge Grass Fires Out

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 5

The week-old heatwave in inland New South Wales eased slightly yesterday, but is likely to intensify today. Fire-fighters at Brewarring and Walgett…

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Police Fire on Bombay Strikers: Four Killed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

BOMBAY, Tuesday. -- Four people were killed and 26 injured when police fired on strikers in the city yesterday, according to the central office of the Socialist Party…

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