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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 131

Watchman Fires Over Head Of City Prowler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 4

A night watchman fired a shot over the head of a suspected shopbreaker who was running along George Street,…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway. St. Leonards…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire, which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards,…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in, the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards,…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards,…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A. fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. Leonards,…

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£1000 Damage Done by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 7

A fire which broke out in the premises of Complete Electrical Services Pty. Ltd., Pacific Highway, St. .Leonards,…

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Doctor, nurse die in hospital fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--A doctor and a nurse were burned to death in a fire at a London hospital yesterday. The fire broke out after…

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Tried to Put Fire Out-- with Petrol

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 13

CARRIER MILLS (Illinois).--Elmer Wynne, a garage employee, ran for water when the upholstery of a car caught fire. A pail filled with what he…

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Blast, Fire in Hospital Doctor, Nurse Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

LONDON, May 28 (A.A.P.).—A fire at the Brompton Chest Hospital in the London suburb of…

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Tried to Put Fire Out-- with Petrol

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 13

CARRIER MILLS (Illinois).--Elmer Wynne; a garage employee, ran for water when the upholstery, of a bar caught fire…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Family Runs From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 20

A family living at St. Leonards left their flat in their nightclothes early today when a fire broke out on premises below…

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Four Flee From Fire In Shop At St. Leonards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

Four people fled in their night attire when fire broke out in an electrical supply shop in Pacific Highway, St…

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Crowds In Singapore See Rubber Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 7

SINGAPORE, Tuesday.--Firemen fighting a blaze in a rubber warehouse early this morning stood neck deep in a nearby stream, so fierce was the heat. Others took up positions…

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Crowds In Singapore See Rubber Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 7

SINGAPORE, Tuesday.--Firemen fighting a blaze in a' rubber warehouse early this morning stood neck deep in a nearby stream, so fierce was the heat. Others took up positions…

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Men Shockingly Borneo in Blaze Rescues At Paintttorks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

Blazing like human torches and screaming in agony from shocking ''Barns,, two men We're digged from the premises of Ormonoid Roofing and…

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Men Shockingly Burned in Blaze Rescues At Paintworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

Blazing like human torches and screams in agony from shocking burns, two men were drugged from the premises of Ormonoid Roofing and…

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Men Shockingly Burned N Blaze Rescues At Paintworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 1

Blazing like human torches and screaming in agony from shocking burns Women wore dragged!from the premises of Ormonoid Roofing and…

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