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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 131

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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Fire Damage at Lithgow

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 28

LITHGOW, Tuesday. --A fire, causing damage estimated at thousands of pounds, destroyed the Jeldi…

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Fire Damage at Lithgow

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 4

LITHGOW, Tuesday. -- A fire, causing damage estimated at thousands of pounds, destroyed the Jeldi…

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Fire Feared in Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Monday.—Because of a danger of fire the management of Bellbird colliery has decided to seal off a…

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Five died in this Singapore oil fire-- still blazing fiercely

The Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Tuesday.--This picture, taken from a plane above Singapore yesterday, shows…

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Fire In Mental Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3

GOULBURN, Tuesday.—Fire broke out in the top portion of a two-storey block at the Kenmore mental hospital late last…

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Readers help fire widow

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 16

The Daily Telegraph yesterday received £215 from readers for Mrs. A. Bassett. Mrs. Bassett's husband,…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Baby Victim in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the fourth fire in two months at the Watsonia emergency…

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Freighter on Fire Delungra's Race To Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 1

HOBART, Tuesday.—The freighter Delungra arrived here to-day with a fire in its coal bunkers…

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Fire On Ship Extinguished

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1

HOBART, Wednesday.—When fire broke out in the bunkers of the freighter Delungra at Hobart to-day, engineers and firemen…

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Police seek cause of fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 12

LITHGOW, Wed.--Arson squad detectives today investigated a fire which destroyed Jeldi Pty., Ltd., factory at…

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Saved From Fire Room Ablaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 3

Firemen ran into a city building last night to rescue a partially crippled man from his blazing room…

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Mysterious Outbreak of Fire in Lakemba Building

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 9

Arson squad detectives are investigating two small fires in a two-storeyed building at Lakemba last night. The outbreaks were…

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The Home Garden Aulumn Hands Over To Winter In A Blaze of Autumn Colors

The Land · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 27

AT this time of year the uplands—particularly around Mt. Wilson—are ablaze with color provided by deciduous shrubs and trees wearing their colorful autumn leaves. For sheer beauty nothing excels that period…

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