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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

3,866 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 194

Acid and fire fatally burn three

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

Two men were burned to death in similar circumstances at Rozelle and Menai last night and early today…

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Fire Insurance steady 20 pc div

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 19

The Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. had another good year to December 31 last, a big increase in…

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Man dies in fire at hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 5

A man was burned to death early yesterday in a Gunnedah hotel room…

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Charred Body Of Man In Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 3

The charred body of Jack Cohen, 32, was found in one of three rooms destroyed by fire in the Park View Hotel, Gunnedsb,…

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Trygve Lie Believes Reds Are Ready For Cease-fire

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

NEW YORK, March 18 (A.A.P.).—The U.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, is sounding out the idea of a Korean peace formula which would call solely for a cease-fire…

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Blaze at Iceworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.--Fire gutted ah iceworks here yesterday. Ice-making plant was…

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Blaze at Iceworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.--Fire gutted an ice-works here yesterday. Ice-making plant was…

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Blaze at Iceworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.--Fire gutted an iceworks here yesterday. Ice-making plant was…

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Blaze at Iceworks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday .--Fire gutted ah iceworks here yesterday. Ice-making plant was…

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Fire Toll in Britain

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 27

LONDON, Tuesday.-- Fires in Britain kill 700 people a year, and injure 4000…

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Fire Threat From Petrol

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 3

Two fire brigades stood by to guard against fire today when a petrol waggon backed down a…

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Fire Threat From Petrol

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

Two fire brigades stood by to guard against fire today when a petrol waggon backed down a…

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Fire victim plays again

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 41

Jack Baxter, Test Rugby Union forward, near death when he was carried unconscious from the blazing Tarakan in Sydney Harbor on January 25 last year, played football…

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Seven children perish in fire

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 9

BRANTFORD (Ontario), Tuesday.--Seven children ranging in age from one to 16 were…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Bank Bandit Fires at Angry Pursuers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 32

LONDON, Tues.--An 18-years-old youth who tried to hold up a Ramsgate bank today fired at and seriously wounded a cashier…

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Llandilo Progress Association Bush Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

Following addresses by Mr. E. F. Ross, town clerk of Penrith, and the group captain in charge of bush fire brigades for the district, a public…

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"Test Match" Outlook Under Fire

The Sun · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 23

WELLINGTON (NZ), Thursday.-- An appeal to international cricketers to get away from…

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Under a hail of (artillery fire and phosphorus bombs A Priest stayed by the wounded

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

ON the frozen hillsides of Korea, men of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment often talk about Father Kapaun…

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Soy "Shot" in Fire Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Fri. -- A boy today threw a cartridge packet, which he thought was empty into a bonfire. There was one live 22 calibre cartridge in…

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Police Probe £2000 Fire at Hospital

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 2

Fires have caused damage estimated at more than £4000 in three country districts…

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