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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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

Seoul on Fire As Allies Quit; Fall Near

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday.-- The vanguard of seven Chinese armies was surging on Hie burning outskirts of Seoul early today as the Allies…

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China Rejects Cease-fire U.N. Body's Report On Red Reply

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Communist China has refused to discuss the United Nations eight-point plan for a cease-fire in Korea…

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China Rejects Cease-fire U.N Body's Report On Red Reply

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Communist China has refused to discuss the United Nations eight-point plan for a cease-fire in Korea…

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Failure Of U.N. Cease Fire Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (A.A.P.).—The U.N. Political Committee yesterday heard a report on the failure…

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Plan to move officers every four months. Talk of "trouble" in Fire Brigades

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

New roster systems for Fire Brigade officers would "precipitate trouble." said the secretary of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union (Mr. J. W. Lambert) today…

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Fires fellow floods

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 3

BREWARRINA, Saturday--After only two weeks respite from flood work, 50 townsmen yesterday were…

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Speedboat On Fire Is Scuttled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 1

Four people were in a 17-foot speedboat when it caught fire off Broderick Streeet, Rozelle, last night…

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Boy Dies Fighting Grass Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Saturday. -- A 14 - years - old farmers son lost his life fighting a fierce grass fire…

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Seoul Was Doomed City Of Fire Special Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 1

NEAR SEOUL, Jan. 5. —Seoul was a city of fire on Wednesday night. Despite 20 degrees of…

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Mechanic's Warning of Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

ORANGE, Saturday. -- A mechanic employed by Station 2GZ saved the station's 80ft. high…

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Mechanic's Warning of Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

ORANGE, Saturday.-- A mechanic employed by Station 2GZ saved the station's 80ft. high…

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Mechanic's Warning of Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

ORANGE, Saturday. A mechanic employed by Station 2GZ saved the station's 80ft high…

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Mechanic's Warning of Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

ORANGE, Saturday. -- A mechanic employed by Station 2GZ saved the station's 80ft. high…

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Boy Collapses, Dies in Vic. Bush Fire

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 38

MELBOURNE. Saturday. — Fourteen - years - old Stewart Cliff, a Wesley College schoolboy. collapsed and died while…

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Man burned in laundry blaze

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

A man was badly burned when he was enveloped in flames in the laundry of a home in…

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Boy, 14, Dies Fighting Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— Stewart Cliff, 14, collapsed and died this afternoon while fighting a 400-acre grass fire on his…

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New Cease Fire Plan As Allies Face Grave Setback In Korea Red Hordes Smash Path to Wonju

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Saturday. — Chinese Communists and North Koreans have captured Hongchong and driven a wedge at least 51 miles south of the 38th Parallel, according to an 8th Army spokesman…

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Bushfires' Grim Toll Boy dies attempting to save father's property

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

BUSHFIRES in Victoria and New South Wales yesterday caused loss of life and considerable damage to property. At Craigieburn (Vic.), a…

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Man Burnt in Factory Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- A man was severely burnt about the face and arms at Goninan's heavy industrial factory this…

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Man Burnt in Factory Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- A man was severely burnt about the face and arms at Goninan's heavy industrial factory this…

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