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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 194

Cash Saved From Blaze Put In Bank

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 5

Money and jewels valued at about £3000, found by police on Friday night in a fire-wrecked Harbord…

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Station Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 4

Police from Bourke are investigating a fire which swept 80,000 acres and covered a front 15 miles long and nine…

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80 Men in Race From Fires

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Eighty men raced by jeep and truck from 15ft flames sweeping on to two sheep and cattle stations in southwest Queensland to-day…

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Fortune in flat to help animals £20.000 Saved From Fire

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 3

MRS. Elizabeth Pember, 78, whose £20,000 life savings were recovered from a fire at Manly yesterday, will leave most of her money to…

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Big Bushfire Near Bourke

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 43

A fierce bushfire, 15 miles long and nine miles wide, has devastated 80,000 acres of grazing land near…

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Grasslands destroyed in fierce bushfire

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1951 · page 7

Fifteen thousand acres of grasslands were destroyed by a bushfire in 12 hours on grazing property at Bourke…

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Fire Risks, Says Tar!

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

"There are about 100 beards in a crew of 250 in H.M.A.S. Warramunga," said Leading Seaman J. D…

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Fire Risks, Says Tar!

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

"There are about 100 beards in a crew of 250 in H.M.A.S. Warramunga," said Leading Seaman J. D…

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Fire Risks, Says Tar!

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

"There are about 100 beards in a crew of 250 in H.M.A.S. Warramunga," said Leading Seaman J. D…

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Fire Risks, Says Tar!

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

"There are about 100 beards in a crew of 250 in H.M.A.S. Warramunga," said Leading Seaman J. D…

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U.n. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U.n. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U N. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U.n. Cease Fire M0ve

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U.n. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U N. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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U.n. Cease Fire Move

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday. --The United Nations Korean Mediation Committee is holding its first…

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High Pay to Fight Fires Big Damage In Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Station-owners in south-west Queensland are paying bushfire fighters £5 a day and £5…

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Late News Junks Fire on Freighter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

HONG KONG, Feb. 18 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Armed junks to-day fired upon the British freighter Josphine…

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Inquiry Into Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 8

The City Coroner has informed police that he will hold an inquest into a fire which destroyed a…

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