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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 194

Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros.' electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

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Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros.' electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros.' electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros.' electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire Guts Top Floor of Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 18

The roof collapsed after fire had gutted the top floor of Adams Bros.' electroplating works in Queen St., Woollahra…

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Worst Bushfires For 60 Years Rage In Q'land Stock Lost By Thousands

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 22

BRISBANE: The worst bushfires for 60 years are sweeping western Queensland grazing lands 200 miles around Charleville. Wyandra district, midway between Charleville and Cannamulla, is the hardest hit…

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Bushfires Still Rage

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday. -- With ho rain to quell them bushfires continue to rage throughout…

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Fires Still Rage in Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.-- New bushfires, devastating thousands of acres and raging on an 80-mile…

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Q'land fires still raging

The Sun · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

Bushfires near Charleville (Queensland) have burnt out hundreds of thousands of acres of grazing country and…

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Fires Still Rage in Queensland

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday -- New bushfires, devastating thousands of acres and raging on an 80-mile…

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Centennial Park Camp Fire Concert

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

In celebration of Scout Week, which begins tomorrow, a grand campfire concert will be held on Monday night in…

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Fire Reveals Old Woman's Hoard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

Police investigating a fire which destroyed a weatherboard block of seven flats in Oceanview…

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Centennial Park Camp Fire Concert

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

In celebration of Scout Week, which begins tomorrow, a grand, campfire concert will be held on Monday night in…

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Centennial Park Camp Fire Concert

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 3

In celebration of Scout Week, which begins tomorrow, a grand campfire concert will be held on Monday night in…

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£20000 Cash Found in Fire Debris

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

A 78-years-old widow was severely burned last night trying to save a hoard of more than £20,000 from a burning block of flats…

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Exhausted Fire Fighters Sent Home by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 5

Police near Charleville (Qld.) yesterday sent five bushfire fighters home because they were suffering extreme fatigue…

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U.K. rearmament plans under fire Govt. Survives Censure Vote

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.). -- The British Government last night defeated an Opposition censure motion by the largest majority it has had on a major…

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Widow Didn't Count Money Estimate Of £3000 In Flats Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

A 78-year-old widow said today that her money, saved from a burnt-out cottage at Harbord last night, probably amounted to "no more than £2000 or…

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"Burnt-out" girl wins national swim title

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 25

JUDY JOY DAVIES (Victoria), the girl they said was burnt out, won a thrilling 440-yard race in the Australian championships at Melbourne Olympic Pool last night. Denise Norton (SA) was…

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