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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 131

Fire Damages Storeroom At Showground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 4

Three engines fought a fire at the Showground yesterday for more than half an hour before getting it under control…

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Fire Ladder Rescue of Trapped Family

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 1

A man and his two children escaped by climbing down a fire brigade ladder when ammonia fumes trapped them in the flat above a butcher's shop last night…

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Huge Fire in Nova Scotia Fighters Rushed In By Plane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 3

HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), June 2 (A.A.P.).—One thousand volunteer firemen have arrived by plane to help 1,500…

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Fire At Melb. University

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. —Melbourne University sporting clubs lost all their gear when fire destroyed the Oval…

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2 burned in home fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- A mother and her eight children today left their home less than five…

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For Juniors Too Much Fire!

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 1

WILLIE the fireman came to dinner with Miffy and Ricky. Afterwards they sat round the big fire. Miffy…

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Footballs explode in Uni. fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 June 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Nearly 200 footballs exploded in a fire which gutted the sports…

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Migrants Injured in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- One man was killed and 22 were injured in four fires which broke out in…

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Migrants Injured in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- One man was killed and were injured in four fires which broke out in…

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Migrants Injured in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- One man was killed and 22 were injured in four fires which broke out in…

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Fire On The Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 2

Sir,—Should a petrol waggon become ignited whilst on the Harbour Bridge, as Mr. Doig suggests, it will produce the…

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News in brief Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 4

Grafton, Monday.-- A loco. driver reported to the police…

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240 Migrants Panic in Fire 20 men burned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--About 240, panic-stricken New Australians smashed windows arid knocked down doors to…

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Brigade Chiefs Warn That Winter Brings Fire Risks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 2

WITH the coming of winter, Sydney is likely to see a sharp increase in the number of fires…

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Woman with clothes on fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 5

A woman with her clothes alight ran screaming from her flat last night. She had been cleaning a frock…

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£1 Million Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 1

ANN ARBOR (Michigan), Tuesday.-- Damage estimated at £1,339,286 was caused by fire which destroyed Haven…

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Fire Destroys £8000 Worth of Footwear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Firemen fought for an hour and a half to control a blaze which broke out in a Hawthorn shoe…

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Fire Destroys £8000 Worth of Footwear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Firemen fought for an hour and a half to control a blaze which broke out in a Hawthorn shoe…

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Fire Destroys £8000 Worth of Footwear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Firemen fought for an hour and a half to control a blaze which broke out in a Hawthorn shoe…

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Fire Destroys £8000 Worth of Footwear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 June 1950 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday -- Firemen fought for an hour and a half to control a blaze which broke out in a Hawthorn shoe…

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