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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 131

2 Saved From Sill in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 2

Firemen rescued two men trapped on a first floor Window-ledge this afternoon, when fire swept through the two-storey brick building of Sydney Milling Co.,Pty.Ltd., flour-…

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2 Saved From Sill in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 2

Firemen rescued two men trapped on a first floor window-ledge this afternoon, when! fire swept through the two-storey brick building of Sydney Milling Co., Pty. Ltd., flour-…

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2 Saved From Sill in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 6

Firemen rescued two men trapped on o first floor window-ledge this afternoonwhen fire swept through the two-storey brick building of Sydney Milling Co., Pty. Ltd., flour-…

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Fire at rail bookstall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 10

Fire destroyed a bookstall at the Wollstonecraft railway station early yesterday. The fire slightly damaged the…

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2 children die in fire

The Sun · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Ralene Curnow, five, and her sister Genevieve, three, were burned to death while asleep…

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Stop Press Big Fire at Glebe

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 July 1950 · page 24

Belching smoke and flame 100 feet into the a flerce fire this afternoon tore through the sydney Milling Co., Bridge Rd. Glebe…

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Gas Masks To Fight Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 1

Firemen had to don gas masks to reach the seat of a fire which broke out in the Niagara Coffee Lounge,…

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Lucky Escapes in Sydney Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 4

Two men had lucky escapes yesterday when firemen rescued them from the window of a burning building 25 feet above the ground. The fire, which caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds, was at the Sydney Milling Company, Glebe. This picture shows firemen extinguishing smouldering stacks of flour bags after the main blaze had…

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Rescue by ladder from fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 9

Firemen used an extension ladder to rescue two men from a burning building…

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Rescue at City Fire Made in Nick of Time

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1950 · page 5

Firemen at a blazing building at Glebe yesterday afternoon rescued two men standing in dense smoke and fierce heat on a nine-inch parapet 25ft above the street…

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Wallerawang Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 7

WALLERAWANG, Wednesday.--A butcher shop and a dry cleaning depot in the main street of Wallerawang were…

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Fats Almost in the Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 3

Prevented from landing in Australia, a Chinese family of four has been detained in Sydney aboard the liner…

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Wallerawang Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 7

WALLERAWANG, Wednesday.--A butcher shop and a dry cleaning depot in the main street of Wallerawang were…

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Wallerawang Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 7

WALLERAWANG, Wednesday.--A butcher shop and a dry cleaning depot in the main street of wallerawang were…

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Wallerawang Shops Destroyed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 7

WALLERAWANG, Wednesday.--A butcher shop and a dry cleaning depot in the main street of Wallerawang were…

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Cease-fire move in U.K.

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.). --Britain is consulting the United States, France, and others about proposals to…

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Even Fabians Under Fire From The Bill

Tribune · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 2

A FURTHER warning of the smearing and framing which follow if Menzies' Bill becomes law is contained in an…

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270 Day-old Chicks Die in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 9

A fire in the backyard of a house in Abbotsford late last night roasted alive 270 day-old chicks…

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Seamen's Ban Under fire Cabinet Might Invoke Section Of Crimes Act Against Union Leaders

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 July 1950 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday. -- The Federal Government may invoke the Crimes Act against officials of the Seamen's Union who imposef a ban on the shipment of arms to Korea. Cabinet tomorrow will consider a report from the…

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Detective Fires at Intruder

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 July 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- After she had been twice disturbed by an intruder, Mrs. J. Byrne, of Heidelberg, asked…

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