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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 131

Blaze in City Building

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

Firemen using a mobile extension ladder pour water into the smoking shell of McQuitty House, Regent St., City, which was gutted in a fierce blaze early today. Damage is estimated at more…

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Boys burned in petrol blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tues.--Petrol ignited by a hurricane lamp severely burned two brothers at Warner's Bay, on Lake…

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Big City Building Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 15

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was ceased When fire gutted the McQuitty House, Regent St., City, short By before 3 a.m. today. A hundred firemen from…

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Big City Building Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 15

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent 1 St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today. A hundred firemen from…

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Big City Building Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 15

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today. A hundred firemen from…

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Big City Building Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 15

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today. A hundred firemen from…

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Big City Building Gutted By Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 15

Damage estimated cut more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today. A hundred firemen from…

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Big Blaze In City: £100,000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

Flames 100 feet high shot from the roof of five-storied Quittey House, in Regent Street, city,…

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Fear of Harbor Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 10

To avoid risk of a possible serious fire, Maritime Service Board employees this morning…

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Fear of Harbor Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 10

To avoid risk of a possible serious fire, Maritime Service Board employees this morning…

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Fear of Harbor Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 10

To avoid of a possible serious fire, Maritime Service Board employees this morning…

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Fear of Harbor Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 10

To avoid risk of a possible serious fire, Maritime Service Board employees this morning…

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Fear of Harbor Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 10

To avoid risk of a possible serious fire, Maritime Service Board employees this morning…

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Huge Wine Loss in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Firemen stood knee deep in wine today to fight a fire at…

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Fire Guts Big City Building Firms Hit; 200 People Lose Jobs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today…

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Fire Guts Big City Building Firms Hit; 200 People Lose Jobs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused when fire gutted the five-storied McQuitty House, Regent St., City, shortly before 3 a.m. today…

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Power Defect Theory In City Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 5

Police believe an electrical defect may have caused a £ 100,000 fire which destroyed McQuilty House, in Regent…

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Wheat Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--The Senate Agricultural Committee decided yesterday to investigate an Anglo-Canadian…

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City Fire Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 4

Fire, which gutted this building in Regent Street, city, early yesterday morning, caused damage estimated at £100,000. More than 70 firemen from all city and near suburban stations fought the fire which was one of…

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Wheat Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- The Senate Agricultural Committee decided yesterday to investigate an Anglo-Canadian…

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