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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 194

Chimp. star suffocated in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 March 1951 · page 46

HOLLYWOOD, Sat.--All Hollywood is mourning the death this week of Bonzo, the chimpanzee star of Universal's film, Bedtime For Bozo. Bonzo died of suffocation when he was trapped in a…

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Q'land tornado caused by bushfire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 March 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sat.--A bushfire caused a tornado which did hundreds of pounds worth of damage at Charleville today…

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£50,000 Mill Blaze Hear Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Fire swept through a grain mill at Box Hill early today, causing…

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Probe of Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday --Police are investigating the cause of a fire which early today gutted…

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Probe of Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday -- Police are investigating the cause of a fire which early today gutted…

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Probe of Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Police are investigating the cause of a fire which early today gutted…

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Probe of Vic. Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Police are investigating the cause of a fire which early today gutted…

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£100,000 Fires In Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Fire caused damage of at least £100,000 in two produce stores in Victoria to-day…

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Theatre Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 3

Damage caused to the switch-board of the Victory Theatre, George St. City, by last night's fire…

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Fireman Lit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 18

PARIS. -- Michele Martin was melancholy. He wanted to fight fires. That was why he had…

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Fireman Lit Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 18

PARIS. -- Michele Martin was melancholy. He wanted to fight fires. That was why he had…

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Theatre Fire Patrons Leave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Patrons were asked to leave the Victory Theatre, George Street, last night when a fire broke out in the switch-room…

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Baby's Fire Death

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 28

GOULBURY, Wednesday, -- 16-months-old Gregory Godber burned to death when parents…

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Threat to 200 in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 10

Flames from a wind tunnel at a Redfern factory yesterday…

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Bad old days of fire insurance pirates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1951 · page 8

AT 3 p.m. today the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. O'Dea) will open an…

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Baby Dies As Crowd Watches Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

GOULBURN, Wednesday. —A crowd which watched fire destroy a cottage in North Goulburn early this afternoon…

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Cremorne Fire Havoc

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Fire partially destroyed the top storey of a block of flats in Cremorne Rd., Cremorne, today…

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Cremorne Fire Havoc

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Fire partially destroyed the top storey of a block of flats in Cremorne Rd., Cremorne, today…

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Cremorne Fire Havoc

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Fire partially destroyed the top storey of a block of flats to Cremorne Rd., Cremorne, today…

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Fire Fighting Show Display

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

A FEATURE of the Bush Fire Commute's information Bureau at the Royal Arri[?] Show this…

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