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Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Stop Press Police Cadets Trapped by Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 24

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Three police cadets are believed to have perished in the bushfires which are raging in the hills surrounding, Adelaide. It is…

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3 Feared Dead Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Three police cadets are believed to have lost their lives while fighting raging…

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Trapped by Fire Three Police Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Friday.— Three policemen were burned to death to-day when they were trapped in a steep…

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3 Police Die in Bushfire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Fri.--Three police officers were burned fro death in a bushfire near Adelaide today. Three other policemen…

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Bushfires Out of Control S.W. Queensland Peril

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—Three major fires in south-west Queensland were out of control to-night, fanned by a strong wind…

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Outburst By Fire Chief Over Deaths

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday. — Three policemen burned to death in a bushfire yesterday would not have died if…

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Fire "Need Not Have Happened" Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 40

THE bush fire which cost three lives at Upper Sturt yesterday need never have…

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Chinese won't cease fire: how will it end? Korea will be test Massed massed firepower manpower

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 10

According to America's theory, a tremendous flood of the machines of war will vanquish any…

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Hundreds fighting bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sun.-- Hundreds of men are fighting bush-fires in south-west…

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The "Girdle of Fire"

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

A geologist at the Australian Museum said today there was litle chance of volcanic eruptions occurring…

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China's New Offer for Cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Communist China has agreed to end the korean war with a "limited truce,'' the United Nations was informed yesterday. The offer was submitted to the United Nations Political Committee by…

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China's New Offer for Cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK,--By 27 votes to 23, with six abstentions, the United Nations Political Committee last night postponed for 48 hours consideration of a new offer by the Chinese Reds to end the Korean war with a "limited truce."…

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US Denounces New "Cease-Fire" Plan

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--By 27 votes to 23, with six abstentions, the United Nations Political Committee last night postponed for 48 hours consideration of a new offer by the Chinese Reds to end the Korean war with a "limited truce."…

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US Denounces New "Cease-Fire" Plan

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--By 27 votes to 23, with six abstentions, the United Nations Political Committee last night postponed for 48 hours consideration of a new offer by the Chinese Reds to end the Korean war with a "limited truce."…

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China's New Offer for Cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Communist China has agreed to end the Korean war with a "limited truce," the United Nations Was informed yesterday. The offer was submitted to the United Nations Political Committee by…

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Chinese Reds 'New "Cease-Fire" Plan

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--By 27 votes to 23, with six abstentions, She United Nations Political Committee last night postponed for 48 Hours consideration of a new offer by the Chinese Reds to end the Korean war with a "limited truce."…

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US Denounces New "Cease - Fire" Plan

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--By 27 votes to 23, with six abstentions, the United Nations Political Committee last night postponed for 48 hours consideration of a new offer by the Chinese Reds to end the Korean war with a "limited truce."…

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Fire Fight in City

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 5

AN amateur photographer took this picture of a man fighting a fire in a…

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Fire Officers Defer Strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 8

The secretary of the Fire Brigades Association (Mr. J. W. Lambert) said today that a strike by fire…

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Fire Officers Defer Strike

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 27

The secretary of the Fire Brigades Association (Mr. J. W. Lambert) said today that a strike by fire…

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