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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 131

15 hurt in U.S. hotel blaze

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 17

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Nine of the 45 guests and six firemen were injured when fire destroyed a hotel at Glen…

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Fire Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

OTTAWA, Feb. 22 (A.A.P.). — Mrs. Patrick Fields, 26, and her three children, aged eight, five,…

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Heart of Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 6

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Fire!

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. --Here it is-- the week's craziest event. A semi-trailer, loaded…

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Lamp Blaze Kills One, Injures Five

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE. Thursday.—A schoolteacher was burned to death and five other persons…

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British Tanker on Fire Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

VALETTA (Malta), Saturday. --The British tanker Benledi, on fire 135 miles from Malta, has been abandoned…

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British Tanker on Fire Abandoned

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 2

VALETTA (Malta), Saturday. --The British tanker Benledi, on fire 135 miles from Malta, has been abandoned…

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Here's Bad News for You, Mrs. Sydney... Winter fuel shortage expected again Home fires won't burn too brightly

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 February 1950 · page 6

Fuel authorities warned this week that wood, coal and coke for domestic users this winter would be even more scarce than it was last year. They said they could see no sign of relief. Electricity supply…

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Dream home lost in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 9

A fire in a housing settlement flat yesterday destroyed all the furniture a man and his wife had bought for the "proper" home they hoped to own one day. The man is Mr. L…

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Dead 'Phones Blamed For Delay At Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 3

A spokesman for the P.M.G.'s department said last night that he would begin an immediate…

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Left bed to fight bushfire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 5

HOBART, Sun.-- A woman left her sick-bed at Mountain River, in the…

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Water for Fires by Petrol Waggon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Mon.--Petrol waggons today carried water into bushfire areas to help control the fires. Dry weather and earlier…

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Fruit Stalls Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

Unless street fruit and Vegetable stands sell at cheaper prices there is no justification for allowing them to operate, says the former chairman of…

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Bellbird mine fire checked

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 16

Referring to reports in this morning's Press, Mr. C. L. N. Barratt (chairman of directors, Hetton Bellbird…

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Fruit Stalls Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

Unless street fruit and vegetable stands sell at cheaper prices there is no justification for allowing them to operate, says the former chairman of…

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Mine Fire Fought Desperate Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday. —Teams of miners have been working desperately to-day and to-night, a mile…

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All Night Fight Of Pit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. -- Men who toiled all night appear to have control af a fire in…

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All Night Fight Of Pit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. -- Men who toiled all night appear to have control of a fire in…

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All Night Fight Of Pit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Tuesday. --Men who toiled all night appear to have control of a fire in…

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Men Fight All Night Against Coalmine Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Mon.--Miners are working through the night trying to control a burning coal face in the Bellbird mine…

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