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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 194

Bushfires a Cobar Quell

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Cobar police reported morning that bushfires th[?]ening the town were under control…

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Bushfires at Cobar Quelled

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

Cobar police reported this morning that bushfires threatening the town were under control…

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City's Worst Fire in 25 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1951 · page 7

LONDON, Sat. -- The whole of Glasgow's firefighting equipment ploughed through snowbound streets early today to…

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Depot Menaced by Bush Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Flinders Naval Depot was threatened by a fire lit deliberately in dry scrub and grass…

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Grass fires at Brewarrina

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 4

Three crews of fire-fighters worked for 12 hours last night to control a grass fire which swept through a number of…

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Thieves Busy During Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 5

COOMA, Sunday.— While residents were fighting a fire at the rear of Arthur's newsagency in Vale…

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House Set on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

When Mrs. Lilian V. Summerville returned to her home in Undercliffe Road, Undercliffe late on Saturday night she found…

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Police Fire on Bag-snatcher Police Fire Five Shots In Exciting City Chase

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

A fleeing bag-snatcher yesterday dodged five police bullets, narrowly missed being run down by electric trains, and then dropped 25ft over a wall to make his escape…

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Depot Menaced by Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Flinders Naval Depot was threatened by a fire lit deliberately in dry scrub and grass…

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Fire Sweeps Warehouse

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused when fire destroyed a warehouse…

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Fire Sweeps Warehouse

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused when tire destroyed a warehouse…

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Fire Sweeps Warehouse

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused when tire destroyed a warehouse…

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Cease-fire deadlock

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 10

NEW YORK, Monday.-- India has declined to serve on the UNO Good Offices Committee which is to seek…

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Fire Sweeps Warehouse

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused when fire destroyed a warehouse…

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Fire Brigade Dispute Referred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Mr. Justice Webb, of the State Industrial Commission, yesterday referred the fire brigade officers' dispute to the president of the…

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Stop Press Warehouse Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A shortage warehouse in Queen's Wharf Rd., was destroyed by fire early today causing damage…

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Fire 100 yards from hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 7

Nurses and volunteers yesterday moved patients from the Peak Hill District Hospital when a bushfire threatened the…

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£200,000 loss in Vic. fire

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A £200,000 blaze burned out nine waterside transport depots early today and at least 50 trucks, a car, launch and two cranes were…

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Stop Press Fire in Peanut Silos

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 24

BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- A fire is raging in the Peanut Boards silos at Kingarov and has already caused thousands of pounds worth of…

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Patients Flee From Fire Hospital Evacuated At Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 3

Peak Hill Hospital, 30 miles north of Parkes, was evacuated yesterday afternoon when a bushfire swept to within 100 yards of its gates…

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