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Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 131

Wooden Rail Carriages Still in Service Department Policy Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 8

Six carriages of wooden construction were among the 24 carriages of three electric trains involved in…

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Wooden Rail Carriages Still in Service Department Policy Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 8

Six carriages of wooden construction were among the 24 carriages of three electric trains involved in…

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Must Stop Aggression, Says Attlee "Korean Fire May Burn Down House"

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. — Warning Britons that more sacrifices would be demanded from them so that the armed forces could be! built up, the Prime…

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Must Stop Aggression, Says Attlee "Korean Fire May Burn Down House"

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 5

LONDON,' Monday. — Warning Britons that more sacrifices would be demanded from them so that the armed forces could be built up, the Prime…

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Police Probe Cause of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 4

Police are investigating the cause of a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard home, Moorecourt, Western Rd.,…

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"Smell of Petrol" After Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 4

Detectives from Sydney and Penrith last night were investigating a minor fire which broke out in a 22-room migrant…

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Fire Engine Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

VERSAILLES. -- Firemen from nearby Viry-Chatillon were trying to put out a blaze in a wheatfield when their fire…

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Fire Engine Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

VERSAILLES. -- Firemen from nearby Viry-Chatillon were trying to put out a blaze in a wheatfield when their fire…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Arson Suspected in Migrant Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 12

Preliminary inquiries have convinced the police that a fire which slightly damaged an old weatherboard building at…

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Sea Captain's Story of a Ear Once Kindled Fires of War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 17

IN the long history oft human conflict, many specious pretexts have served to lead a nations people from the prosperous Paths of peace into the ruinous rinths of war, but seldom one more ludicrous than the loss of RObert Jenkins' ear. For 20 years, by hook or by crook, Britain's unscrupulous…

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Missing Widow Was Seen By Camp Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 4

EDEN, Wednesday.—Sydney police searching for traces of Mrs. Phyllis Mary Page, the 50-year-old widow who has…

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Sea Captain's Story of a Lost Ear Once Kindled Fires of War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 17

IN the long history of human conflict, many specious pretexts have served to lead a nation's people from the prosperous paths of peace into the ruinous rinths of war, but seldom one more ludicrous than the loss of Robert Jenkins' ear. For 20 years, by hook or by crook, Britain's unscrupulous…

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Sea Captain's Story of a Lost Ear Once Kindled Fires of War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 17

IN the long history of human conflict, many specious pretexts have served to lead a nation's people from the prosperous paths of peace into the ruinous rinths of war, but seldom one more ludicrous than the loss of Robert Jenkins' ear. For 20 years, by hook or by crook, Britain's unscrupulous…

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Sea Captain's Story of a Lost Ear Once Kindled Fires of War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 17

IN the long history of human conflict, many specious pretexts have served to a lead a nation's people from the prosperous paths of peace into the ruinous rinths of war, but seldom one more ludicrous than the loss of Robert Jenkins' ear; For 20 years, by hook or by crook, Britain's unscrupulous…

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Sea Captain's Story of a Lost Ear Once Kindled Fires of War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 17

IN the long history of human conflict, many specious pretexts have served to lead a nation's people from the prosperous paths of peace into the ruinous rinths of war, but seldom one more ludicrous than the loss of Robert Jenkins' ear. For 20 years, by hook or by crook, Britain's unscrupulous…

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