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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 131

Fettler Burned to Death in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- A railway fettler was burned to death last night when he collapsed and fell into an open…

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Fettler Burned to Death in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- A railway fettler was burned to death last night when he collapsed and fell into an open…

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Fettler Burned to Death in Camp Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- A railway fettler was burned to death last night when he collapsed and fell into an open…

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Stop Press Fire at Abbatoirs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 28

Firemen had difficult task to control a fierce blaze which broke out this afternoon a store room of the State Abbatoirs, Homebush…

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Blaze at Factory

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 2

Employees ran for their [?] fierce oil fire severely damaged a [?] in Woodville Road Merrylands The[?] Some of the employees [?]…

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Australian Hotels Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Many Australian publicans looked with "undisguised vexation" on persons seeking lodgings…

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Australian Hotels Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Many Australian publicans looked with "undisguised vexation" on persons seeking lodgings…

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Australian Hotels Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Many Australian publicans looked with "undisguised vexation" on persons seeking lodgings…

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Australian Hotels Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 7

Many Australian publicans looked with "undisguised vexation" on persons seeking lodgings…

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Late News Phone: M2406 S.A. Prime Minister Saved From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 36

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Capetown firemen helped the South African Prime Minister (Dr. Malan) and his adopted…

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Blaze at Factory

The Biz · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 12

Employees ran for their lives when a fierce oil fire severely damaged a factory in Woodville Road, Merrylands, Thursday. Some of the employees tried to put…

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Freighter on fire

The Sun · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 21

LONDON, Thursday.--After seven hours fighting a fire in the hold of the freighter Fulani (6539 tons) in dock at…

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Rotary Camp Fire Ball

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 1

Big social event much awaited is Penrith Rotary Club's Camp Fire Ball, to be held in the Dungowan Theatre on Thursday, July 6. It is in aid of the…

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Fire Levels U.s. Grain Silo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 7

Fire destroyed the Bewerstock Mills and Power Company's grain elevator at Plainville, Kansas, U.S.A., recently. The fire threatened the town's entire business district before it burned itself out…

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Blaze on Ship in Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1950 · page 3

LONDON, June 22 (A.A.P.).—Firemen have abandoned efforts to check a fire aboard the 6,539-ton British…

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Man, Dog Die in Garage Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The charred remains of a 62-years-old man and his pet dog, huddled together, were…

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Man, Dog Die in Garage Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The charred remains of a 62-years-old man and his pet dog, huddled together were…

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Man, Dog Die in Garage Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The charred remains of a 62-years-old man and his pet dog, huddled together, were…

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Man, Dog Die in Garage Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The charred remains of a 62-years-old man and his pet dog, huddled together, were…

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