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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 131

This Week's Shows Rossellini bids two no trumps Smoke but no fire

The Sun · Sunday 7 May 1950 · page 55

BUT for its notoriety, Stromboli could be dismissed as one of the most ineffective films…

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Fire Coincidence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 11

TAWAS CITY (Michigan)--Fire, like lightning, can strike twice in the same place and at the same time. A gasoline…

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Fire Coincidence

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 11

TAWAS CITY (Michigan).-- Fire like lightning, can strike twice in the same place and at the same time. A gasoline…

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Fire May Wipe Out Town

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 2

QUEBEC CITY, Sun.--A fire roaring through the lumber town of Rimouski, 175 miles from…

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Fire Engulfs Town 1,000 Homeless

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 3

OTTAWA, May 7 (A.A.P.). —A fire swept through the lumber town of Rimouski (population 15,000), in Quebec,…

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Huge Fire Kills 8, Burns 350 Buildings

The Sun · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 8

RIMOUSKI (Quebec Province), Sunday.--At least eight persons lost their lives in a fire which raged for 16 hours through this industrial town of 11,000 people before being brought under control tonight…

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Eight Killed When Fire Levels Town to Ground

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 9

QUEBEC, Monday.--Eight persons, including six schoolchildren, are reported to have died, and 40 people have been seriously injured in a disastrous fire which has razed the timber town of Rimsousky. The fire, which is still raging through Rimousky, situated on the southern shore of…

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Eight Killed When Fire Levels Town to Ground

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 9

QUEBEC, Monday.--Eight persons including six schoolchildren, are reported to have died, and 40 people have been seriously injured in a disastrous fire which has razed the timber town of Rimsousky. The fire, which is still raging through Rimsousky, situated on the southern shore of…

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Eight Killed When Fire Levels Town to Ground

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 6

QUEBEC, Monday.--Eight persons, including six schoolchildren, are reported to have died, and 40 people have been seriously injured in a disastrous fire which has razed the timber town of Rimsousky. The fire, which is still raging through Rimousky, situated on the southern shore of…

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Eight Killed When Fire Levels Town to Ground

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 6

QUEBEC, Monday.--Eight persons, including six schoolchildren, are reported to have died, and 40 people have been seriously injured in a disastrous fire which has razed the timber town of Rimsousky. The fire, which is still raging through Rimousky, situated on the southern shore of…

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Freighter on fire

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Monday.-- The American freighter Joseph Lykes (8629 tons), with a cargo of cotton, is on…

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Man Admits Fire Guilt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 20

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Last summer 81 Persons perished in a bushfire at Les Parre, south - west France…

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Man Admits Fire Guilt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 6

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Last summer 81 persons perished in a bushfire at Les Parre, south - west France…

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Man Admits Fire Guilt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 20

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Last summer 81 persons perished in a bushfire at Les Parre, south - west France…

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Man Admits Fire Guilt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 20

PARIS, Tuesday. -- Last summer 81 persons perished in a bushfire at Les Parre, south - west France…

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Man Admits Fire Guilt

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 20

PARES, Tuesday.--Last summer 81 persons perished in a bushfire at Les Parre, south - west France…

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Fire Ravaged Town For 16 Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

OTTAWA, May 8 (A.A.P.).—The fire which swept through the lumber town of Rimouski (population, 11,000), in Quebec, abated last night…

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Girl Dies After Gown Catches Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Mon.--A 14-years-old girl died today from burns she received when her dressing-gown caught fire yesterday. She was Margaret May…

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Half town gone in fire

The Sun · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 6

QUEBEC, Tuesday -- A roaring fire destroyed half the timber-mill town of Cabano today…

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Second Canadian Fire in 48 Hours

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 6

WINNIPEG, Wednesday.-- A disastrous fire, the second in Canada in two days, swept through Cabano (Quebec)…

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