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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 194

City Store Fire Three Workers Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

Three employees were burned and six others suffered shock yesterday when kerosene and other inflammable liquid…

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Wife Tells Of Fire In Hotue

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 10

A fire of 5O0A King Siiy Hswiown, on January 12, resulted in the appeqrdnee of the occupier of the premises, on a charge"of arson, before the Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott1, S.M.)…

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Cease-fire in Korea first Arab-Asia plan revised

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tues[?] (A. A. P.). --The Arab-Asian bloc in U.N.O. is planning…

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Bushfires Raging In Victorian Heat Wave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—More than 100,000 men in Victoria to-night arc either fighting…

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Bushfire threat in Victoria

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A drop in the wind reprieved Victoria today -- at least for 24 hours -- from the threat of its worst bush fires since Black Friday, January…

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Vic. Bushfire Threat Grave

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

Four-fifths of Queensland is water-logged and Victoria faces a grave bushfire threat. The Chief Officer of the…

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Big Bushfire Danger Threatens Victoria Outbreaks Menacing Towns

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--With temperatures soaring near, the century mark and northerly winds…

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Big Bushfire Dagger Threatens Victoria Outbreaks Menacing Towns

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--With temperatures sparing near the century mark, and northerly winds…

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Fierce Bushfires Threaten 6 Victorian Towns Many Fighters Suffer Burns

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Fierce forest and forest fires, fanned by freshened northerly winds, are seriously threatening at least six tawnships in…

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Fierce Bushfires Threaten 6 Victorian Tawns Many -Fighters Suffer Burns

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Fierce forest and bush fires, fanned by freshened norther By winds, are seriously threatening at least six tovnship in…

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Fires Burn in Hills

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

THIS fire burning on a wide front swept through hills in southern Gippsland (Vic.) and threatened…

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Victoria Bakes, But Fires Checked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Absence of wind enabled firefighters, numbering more than 75,000, to keep…

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Heat causes S.A. fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wed. -- Two city fires and several bushfires occurred in South Australia during a…

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£20,000 Sawmill Fire

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Fire which destroyed C. E. Boyd and Co.'s sawmill and a two-acre Australian Paper…

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Rubber Fire in Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

Thousands of pounds worth of burning rubber caused this dense column of black smoke in the heart of Adelaide yesterday, when a fire broke out in the Service Tyre Company Ltd. buildings…

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Fire Threat Growing in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fire-fighters throughout Victoria are trying desperately to…

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Fire Threat Growing in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fire-fighters throughout Victoria are trying desperately to…

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Fire Threat Growing in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fire-fighters throughout Victoria are trying desperately to…

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Fire Threat Growing in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fire-fighters throughout Victoria are try in desperately to check bushfires whipped…

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Fire Threat Growing in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Fire - fighters throughout Victoria are trying desperately to…

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