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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

2,610 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 131

Building Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

A smoking wilderness of blackened, twisted girders and rubble was all that remained this morning of the…

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Building Razed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

A smoking wilderness of blackened, twisted girders and rubble was all that remained this morning of the…

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Woman rescued in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 5

A man last night clambered over a burning shop roof and rescued a…

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Fire Blow to Railways Reserve Stores Not Easy To Replace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 3

The Railways Department would find it hard to replace the reserve stores destroyed yesterday in the fire at Lilyfield, near Leichhardt, a railway official said last night…

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£750,000 damage in store fire Pilot Flew Into Smoke 2000ft. UP

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 7

Stores and machinery valued at more then £750,000 were lost yesterday when a fire destroyed the Railway Department's bulk store in…

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Bushfire On Mountains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Monday.— The first bushfire of the season burnt out 15 acres of bush at North Katoomba this…

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Bushfires in season

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 5

KATOOMBA. -- Mon. --Katoomba's first bushfire of the season today swept through 15…

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Drove Over Fire Hoses

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

A milkman who drove his car over a fire hose in Brennan St., Rozelle on Monday, during the…

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Drove Over Fire Hoses

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

A milkman who drove his car over a fire hose in Brennan St., Rozelle on Monday, during the…

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Drove Over Fire Hoses

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

A milkman who drove his car over a fire hose in Brennan St., Rozelle on Monday, during the…

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Drove Over Fire Hoses

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

A milkman who drove his car over a fire hose in Brennan St., Rozelle on Monday, during the…

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News in brief Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 11

A new Austin utility was destroyed when it burst into flames after striking a culvert on the Great…

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News in brief Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 11

A new Austin utility Was destroyed when it burst into flames after striking a culvert on the Great…

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News in brief Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 11

A new Austin utility was destroyed when it burst into flames alter striking a culvert on the Great…

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News in brief Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 11

A 'new Austin utility was destroyed when it burst. into flames after striking a. culvert on the Great…

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News in brief Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 11

A new Austin utility was destroyed when It burst Into flames after striking a culvert on the Great…

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Local Fires

The Propeller · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 1

During the past few days local fire brigades have been busy extinguishing fires throughout the district. On Thursday evening last…

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Bullets Fly During Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 9

TARANGAU (Los Negros), Thursday. -- With cartridges exploding around them, civilians and service personnel last…

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Bullets Fly During Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 9

TARANGAU (Los Negros), Thursday. -- With cartridges exploding around them, civilians and service personnel last…

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Bullets Fly During Fires

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 3

TARANGAU (Los Negros), Thursday. -- With cartridges exploding around them, civilians and service personnel last…

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