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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 131

Autumn Tints Blaze In Western N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

THE last word on autumn foliage has not been said, until the beauty that has blazed across our western…

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Plant Severely Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 18

The plant or Dammann Asphalt (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd., Prince's; Highway, St. Peters, was severely damaged by fire…

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Plant Severely Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 18

The plant or Dammann Asphalt (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd., Prince's Highway, St. Peters, was severely damaged by fire…

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Plant Severely Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 10

Plant of Dammann Asphalt (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd., Prince's Highway, St. Peters, was severely damaged by fire…

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Plant Severely Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 14

The plant or Dammann Asphalt (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd., Prince's Highway, St., Peters, was severely damaged by fire…

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Plant Severely Damaged by Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 18

The plant or Dammann Asphalt (N.S.W.) Pty. Ltd., Prince's Highway, St. Peters, was severely damaged by fire…

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New Fire Engine for Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 7

The engine can pump 750 gallons of water a minute and has a speed of 70 m.p.h. Designed so that the 12 firemen sit inside, it is one of the most modern engines in the British Empire…

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Hollway to Come Under Party Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Victorian Premier (Mr. Hollway) will come under fire on Tuesday when…

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Hollway to Come Under Party Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The Victorian Premier (Mr. Hollway) will come under fire on Tuesday when…

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Trial on July 3 Rose Bay Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 7

Judge Curlewis, in Quarter Sessions yesterday, directed that the trial of Bryan Wells Monkton, 34, managing…

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Child Dead in Fire. Canley Vale Tragedy

The Biz · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 4

Kathleen Fay, three-and-a-half-years[?] daughter [?] Mr and Mrs.Hill, of Hill Street, Canley Vale, was found dead in her [?]me last Saturday morning when…

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Claim After Railway Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- When a railway porter at Mile End in South Australia cut his finger on a…

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Claim After Railway Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- When a railway porter at Mile End in South Australia cut his finger on a…

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Claim After Railway Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- When a railway porter at Mile End in South Australia cut his finger on a…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. --A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. --A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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Fog Starts Fire Alarms Ringing

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday. --A heavy fog this morning caused numerous short circuits in fire alarms and all stations had…

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