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Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 131

Management of Silos Under Fire at Farmers' Conference In North

The Land · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 16

COMPLAINTS about the management of country wheat silos were voiced by many speakers at last week's Northern Zone Conference of the F.S.A. at Gunnedah. One delegate cited a case where a complete hold-up occurred for several…

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Teeth wouldn't put out fires

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 16

When Robert Mahon, of St. Louis, Missouri, tried to become a fireman he was turned down because…

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Grea[?]great-grandma Bowen is 92 Fire generations and all Australians

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 19

THIS is the story of Eliza Bowen, who was born by the light of a kerosene lamp…

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Fire in Bedding Factory

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

Flames swept through the first floor of the branch factory of L. Joseph Pty. Ltd., bedding…

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Houseboat gutted by fire

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

A houseboat valued at about £700 was gutted by fire in Five Dock Bay, Drummoyne, early today…

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Burglars set fire to club

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- After attempting to blow a safe, burglars set fire to Glen Iris Valley Recreation Club…

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Pay-roll Car on Fire

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

Fire badly damaged an armoured pay-roll car at a lock-up garage in New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill, late…

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£5000 damage in kapok fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 9

Fire caused £5000 damage to a building in Redfern yesterday. The fire broke out about 9…

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Dorothy Dix Says: -- ...Into the fire!

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 22

I am planning to marry a man who is egotistical, self-centred, incapable of loving anybody but himself. I am doing this to get…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by fire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by lire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by fire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by fire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Did You Know? Science: -- Colored fire

The Sun · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 27

Pine-cones can be chemically prepared so that they burn with different colors in a fireplace. Method is to dry the cones…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by fire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Armored Car Badly Damaged in Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

An armored payroll car was badly damaged by fire which broke out in a garage in New Canterbury Rd., Dulwich Hill…

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Wife Set Fire To Him, Man Says

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

A husband said in the Divorce Court today that, just because he was tired and dozed off in a chair one evening when his wife wanted him to go out, she threw methylated spirit on him and put a match to it. "I went up in flames," he said…

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Wife Set Fire To Him, Man Says

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

A husband said in the Divorce Court today that, just because lie was tired and dozed off in a chair one evening when his wife wanted him to go out, she threw methylated Spirit on him and put a match to it "I went up in flames," he said…

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Wife Set Fire To Him, Man Says

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

A husband said in the Divorce Court today that, just because he was tired and dozed off in a chair one evening when his wife wanted him to go out, she threw methylated spirit on him and put a match to it. "I went up in flames," he said…

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Wife Set Fire To Him, Man Saye

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

A husband said in the Divorce Court today that, just because he was tired and dozed off in a chair one evening when his wife wanted him to go out, she threw methylated spirit on him and out a match to it. "I went up in flames," he said…

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