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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 194

Peanut Famine to Follow Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A shortage of peanuts throughout Australia for the next 12 months would…

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Ether jars dragged from factory fire Watchman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 5

Employees carried jars of ether from a burning chemical factory at Rozelle yesterday. One of the employees, a 72-years-old…

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60,000 Men Ready For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Victoria's 60,000 volunteer fire fighters are standing by to combat an…

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50,000 Men Ready To Fight Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Victoria's volunteer fire fighters ore standing by combat an outbreak of forest and bush fires expected later today…

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60,000 Men Ready For Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Victoria's 60,000 volunteer fire fighters are standing by to combat an…

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Fires Sweep Two Islands

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Thursday. --Fire swept almost the whole of Cape Barren Island yesterday, While…

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Fires Sweep Two Islands

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Thursday. --Fire swept almost the whole of Cape Barren Island yesterday, while…

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50,000 ready to fight fires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.--More than 50,000 men would stand by in Victoria tomorrow to fight bushfires, police said tonight…

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Troops Aid Fire Fight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Army signallers are being flown to Charleville this morning to help fight…

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Troops Aid Fire Fight

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Army signallers are being flown to Charleville this morning to help fight…

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Fire Stir in Crowded Tram

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

Passengers jumped to safety when the motor of a city bound tram caught fire near the corner of Bathurst and…

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Two Children Die in Cottage Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

A 28-years-old mother yesterday tried to break into a blazing cottage at Bass Hills where her two young children were burned to death…

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Fire Chief Gives Warning of Stove Danger

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 11

Following the deaths of two children yesterday, the Fire Commissioner (Mr. Griffiths) today issued a…

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Plane Helps Fight Bushfire

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 17

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A RAAF Dakota from Richmond, left Amberley at 9.30 am today to help fight…

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New heatwave, and bushfires in Victoria

The Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. --With a new heatwave working up--it was 98.4deg in Melbourne at 3 pm--…

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Fierce Bushfires Menace Townships

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several small townships are menaced by the fierce fires sweeping through forest and grass lands in various districts in Victoria…

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Fierce Bushfires Menace Townships

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday,--Several small townships are menaced by the fierce fires sweeping through forest and grass lands in various districts in Victoria…

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Fierce Bushfires Menace Townships

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several small townships are meanced by the fierce fires sweeping through forest and grass lands in various districts in Victoria…

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Fierce Bushfires Menace Townships

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several small townships are meanced by the fierce fires sweeping through forest and grass lands in various districts in Victoria…

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£10,000 Blaze At G.P.O Stores

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 10

NYNGAN, Friday.-- Fire gutted two P.M.G. Storerooms adjoining the Nyngan post office early…

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