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Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 131

Fijians Walk Unscathed in Fire Pit Doctor Ssys No Indication Of Burns To Feet

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5

SUVA, Friday.-- Thirty-two Fijian natives last night demonstrated the ancient ritual of fire-Walking to the amazement of white delegates from the…

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Doctor Has Theory on Fire-walking

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 3

SUVA, Saturday.--Secret of success in fire-walking by natives is in the type of stone, not the feet, says Dr. H. G. MacMillan, an American member of the Research Council of…

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Doctor's Theory on Fire-walking Secret Lies In Choice Of Stone, He Says

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 April 1950 · page 4

SUVA, Saturday.--Secret of success in fire-walking by natives is in the type of stone, not the feet, says Dr. H. G. MacMillan…

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Police Fire During Chase In Bush

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 April 1950 · page 4

Police fired shots over the head of a man who swam 40 yards across a flooded quarry and then ran through the bush in an unsuccessful attempt to escape arrest at…

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Fire Chief Warns Of Danger To New Bush Homes

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 30 April 1950 · page 7

The Chief of N.S.W. Fire Brigades, Mr. E. Griffiths, yesterday warned against the risk of bigger and more destructive fires. He said that hundreds…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage at 80 Edith St.. Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire last night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage at 80 Edith St.. Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire last night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 2

A weatherboard cottage at 80 Edith St.. Leiehhardt, was severely damaged by fire last night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage at 86 Edith St., Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire lasts night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage at 80 Edith ' St.. Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire last night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage at 80. Edith St., Leichhardt, was severely damaged by fire last night…

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Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 May 1950 · page 2

A weatherboard cottage at 80 Edith St., Leichhardt, was severly damaged by fire last night…

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Water Will Prat Out Oil Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 8

LONDON.--Nottingham City fire brigade has invented a portable apparatus which will put out oil fires with water…

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Water Will Put Out Oil Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 8

LONDON.--Nottingham City fire brigade has invented a portable apparatus which will put out oil fires with water…

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Boofhead Fire-proof

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 25

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Boofhead Fire-proof

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 25

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Boofhead Fire-proof

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Boofhead Fire-proof

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