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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 131

Thieves Start Fire In City Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 3

Thieves broke into the Country Press Chambers, Barrack Street, last night and set fire to the building…

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Theory of fire in air crash MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 4

Thurs.--Aviation experts believe that a fire in one of the engines of the…

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Two Men Flee Blaze in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 1

Two men, one with his clothes on fire, ran for their lives from a blazing two-storied building in Regent Street, city, last night. The building, occupied…

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£51,000 Damage in Two Fires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 2

Three men were injured, one of them seriously, in two separate fires last night. Total damage is estimated at more than £51,000. In Regent St., City, the…

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£51,000 Damage in Two Fires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 14

Three men were injured, one of them seriously, in two separate fires last night. Tatar damage is estimated at more than £51,000. In Regent St., City, the…

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Minimising Fire Risks

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 22

Brick walls have been constructed between every third horse stall at Belmont Park (New York) racetrack to…

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Man loses £100 in fire

The Sun · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 2

A wallet containing £100 in notes was lost when fire destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Lodge Street, North…

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Amateur Wins On Fire Ship

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 11

Fire Ship (Mr. S. Graham), winning the A.J.C. Corinthian Handicap (amateur riders), at Randwick this afternoon…

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Three Suffer Injuries in Two Fires City Printing Works Gutted

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 4

Three men were injured one of fhem serious in two separate fires last night. Total damage is estimated at more than £51,000…

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2 hurt in £50,000 city fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 5

Two men were injured while fighting a £50,000 fire in the city last night…

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Fire Ship makes it hot for Bilarillas

The Sun · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 10

Country horse Fire Ship (61), having his first start in Sydney, was too hot for Bilarillas (92) and Fresteem (161) in the Corinthian Handicap at Randwick today…

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Valuable City Building Almost Destroyed in Spectacular Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 3

Fire last night almost destroyed a building in Regent Street, city. LEFT: Firemen play a stream of water on the fire through a window. RIGHT: Fireman L. Pfeiffer on his way to hospital for treatment for the hand he injured fighting the fire…

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At 63, He Retires--to Drive Fire Engine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 9

Mr. Bert Ewing, 63, retired last night after 39 years of service on the staff of the Western Suburbs Ambulance. But he will not stop…

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U.s. Plane Set on Fire in Korea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 1

A four-engined C-54 United States Military Transpon plans burns on a South Korean landing strip after being strafed by North Korean fighter aircraft. This was the first combat photograph from Korea received in the United States. (Radio-picture)…

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Man says he murdered 4; started tragic fire in which 169 died

The Sun · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 3

COLUMBUS (Ohio), Friday.-- David Segee, 21, confessed today that he caused a circus fire which killed 169 people six years ago…

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Fire Ship Sank Rivals in Corinthian Western Champion Now Four in a Row

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 12

Fire Ship, outstanding picnic horse of the Western District, won his fourth race in a row when he landed the Corinthian Handicap, at Randwick this noon from Bilariilas and Fresteem. Racing away over the last…

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Sir Earle Pace Under Fire From Vic. B.M.A. May Split Wide Open

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 July 1950 · page 6

The national health scheme, sponsored by Sir Earle Page, may yet split the B.M.A. wide open. There is by no means a united medical front behind the Federal B.M.A's acceptance of the scheme…

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Fire Disaster: Arson Boast

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 2 July 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, July 1 (A.A.P.).—David Segee, 21, yesterday confessed that he caused the tragic fire in…

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Fire Ship makes up lost time

The Sun · Sunday 2 July 1950 · page 21

COUNTRY gelding Fire Ship, Corinthian Handicap winner at Randwick yesterday,…

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Bell Rings for Rural Fire Ship

Truth · Sunday 2 July 1950 · page 21

Old country horse Fire Ship came through his first test in the city with flying colors yesterday…

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