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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 131

35 die in fires in US, Canada

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thirty-five persons perished in fires today on the North American continent…

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£20,000 fire in factory

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Fire at the factory of F. Radin and Sons, sailmakers, Flinders Lane, last night caused…

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Mardi Gras Crowd Sees Fiat Blaze

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 2

Thousands of people left Manly Mardi Gras attractions last night to watch firemen fight a spectatcular blaze which broke out in an upper flat of a three-storey block of flats on the Manly Corso…

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Drowned in Fire Perth

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 5

RESCUERS who threw buckets of water over a burning truck at Wundowie, apparently drowned the driver, who was trapped in the telescoped cabin. Doctors said this at the…

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Actors Suspicious After Fire Burns Apartments

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 1

After a fire burnt out two flats in a building on The Corso, Manly, last night, stage actors asked detectives to investigate the blaze. Mrs. Violet Hart, an…

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Tenant says thieves set fire to flat

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 48

POLICE are investigating allegations that thieves set fire to a Manly flat to cover their robbery. The flat on the top of Exeter…

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Man Who Quenched Blaze Fined £11

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 14

NEW YORK.--I[?]ewis Santiago qiuckly turned on a fire hydrant, organised a bucketbrigade and put out a fire which…

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Workers Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordam Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Employees Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When fames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Employees Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Employees Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Workers Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Workers Flee In Distillery Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 6

When flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Fire on Ship

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

AUCKLAND (NZ), Tuesday.--A fire early today damaged about one-third of the passenger accommodation…

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Employees escape blast, fire

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 7

Four employees of a factory in Alexandria ran for their lives today from flames which followed an explosion…

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Liner Is Swept By Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.-- Almost over a third of the Shaw Savill motorship Wairangi's passenger…

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Liner Is Swept By Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.-- Almost over a third of the Shaw Savill motorship Wairangi's passenger…

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Liner Is Swept By Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.-- Almost over a third of the Shaw Savill motorship Wairangi's passenger…

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Workers Flee to Escape Fire Alexandria Distillery Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, and workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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Workers Flee to Escape Fire Alexandria Distillery Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, and workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…

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