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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 131

Homes blaze as bushfires sweep valley (Big stock, timber loss)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 April 1950 · page 7

PERTH, Sat.--Men, women and children fought all day yesterday to quell a fierce blaze which swept through Ferguson Valley, Dardanup, setting every house in the valley alight…

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Five killed on roads: two die in blaze

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1950 · page 52

TWO men were burned to death yesterday when their utility truck burst into flames after a collision with a truck. The collision, which…

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Boy's dash for his life in bush blaze PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1950 · page 3

EIGHT - YEAR - OLD Peter Inson was badly burned when a bushfire overtook him near Collie today. He was running home from school along a…

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Huge Oil Blaze Near Singapore

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Monday.-- Smoke clouds unparalleled since, the Japanese invasion days hung over…

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Huge Oil Blaze Near Singapore

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Monday.--Smoke clouds unparalleled since the Japanese invasion days hung over…

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Locomotive on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

An oil - burning locomotive caught fire at Enfield Goods Yard late last night. Pour brigades from Burwood, Campsie,…

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Locomotive on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

An oil - burning locomotive caught fire at Enfield Goods Yard late last night. Pour brigades from Burwood. Campsie…

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Locomotive on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

An oil - burning locomotive caught fire at Enfield Goods Yard late last night. Four brigades from Burwood, Campsie,…

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Locomotive on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

An oil - burning locomotive caught fire at Enfield Goods Yard late last night. Four brigades from Burwood, Campsie…

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Small Fire At Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

Firemen were called to the Lewisham Hospital soon after 7 a.m. yesterday to check an electrical fire in the lift…

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Two die truck fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Two injured men were trapped in the crumpled cabin…

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Trucks On Fire: Two Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Two men were burnt to death when their utility truck and a transport…

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Old Chinese Dies In Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— An 85-year-old Chinese, Ah Fat, died in a fire which destroyed his home at…

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Blaze in mental hospital

The Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

GOULBURN, Tuesday. -- About 50 patients were, rushed to safety at Kenmore Mental Hospital last…

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Petrol Blaze At Singapore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, April 17 (A.A.P.-Reutcr).—Three European seamen and two Indonesians are dead and two…

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Two Die in Big Oil Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Mon. -- Two men were killed and six were seriously burned when a fire broke out last…

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Fires Hold Up Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 13

Because of the necessity of sealing off heated coal seams in the Bellbird colliery, on the Cessnock…

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Fires Hold Up Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 13

Because of the necessity of sealing off heated coal seams in the Bellbird colliery, on the Cessnock…

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Fires Hold Up Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 13

Because of the necessity of sealing off heated coal seams in the Bellbird colliery, on the Cessnoek…

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Fires Hold Up Coal Output

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 13

Because of the necessity of sealing off heated coal seams in the Bellbird colliery, on the Cessnock…

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