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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 166

Red Cross Fire Blood Bank Undamaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

Fire last night seriously damaged a room on the first floor of the new Red Cross Blood Bank in…

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French Police Fire On Tunisian Mob

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 7

TUNIS, Tues. (A.P.). -- Police fired on Nationalist demonstrators in front of the French Resident -General's headquarters here yesterday, and two persons were injured…

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French Police Fire On Tunisian Mob

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 7

TUNIS, Tues. (A.P.). -- Police fired on Nationalist demonstrators in front of the French Resident -General's headquarters here yesterday, and two persons were injured…

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French Police Fire On Tunisian Mob

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 7

TUNIS, Tues. (A.P.). -- Police fired on Nationalist demonstrators in front, of the French Resident -General's headquarters here yesterday, and two persons were injured…

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French Police Fire On Tunisian Mob

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

TUNIS, Tues. (A.P.). -- Police fired on Nationalist demonstrators in front of the French Resident -General's headquarters here yesterday, and two persons were injured…

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£1,000 Damage In Umbrella Factory Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 3

Fire in a small tie and umbrella factory at the back of a shop in Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, last night…

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Inquiry Oyer Mystery Fires Near Canberra

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 18

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that he was worried about bushfires which had not been started "either by lightning or the sun." He said he was having…

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Inquiry Oyer Mystery Fires Near Canberra

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 18

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that he was Worried about bushfires which had not been started "either by lightning or the sun." He said he was having…

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Lighting Fires in Open-air Prohibited

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

The Chief Secretary Mr. Clive Evatt, has announced that he had prohibited the lighting of fires in the open-air for the purpose of…

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Inquiry Over Mystery Fires Near Canberra

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 18

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that he was worried about bushfires which had not been started "either by lightning or the sun." He said he was having…

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Fire Sweeps Jap Port

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 26

TOKIO, Wednesday. -- A fire in the port area of Sendai yesterday destroyed 120 homes, and…

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Fire Kills Stud Sheep

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 27

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Ninety stud sheep, valued at nearly £1200, were destroyed in fire…

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Fire Kills Stud Sheep

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 28

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Ninety stud sheep, valued at nearly £1200. were destroyed in a fire…

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21 Dead in Crash Plane Starts Fire in City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.P., B.U.P.).--A Convair airliner, groping its way through fog and rain, yesterday crashed into two houses in the heart of Elizabeth (New Jersey) and…

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21 Dead in Crash Plane Starts Fire in City

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed. (A.P., B.U.P.).--A Convair airliner, groping its way through fog and rain, yesterday crashed into two houses in the heart of Elizabeth (New Jersey) and…

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Bushfires rage on South Coast

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

Eighteen forestry workers from Narooma, on the far South Coast, today battled a fierce bushfire…

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Man in Custody on Bushfire Charges

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 11

Kenneth Leonard Rutland, 31, of Londonderry, charged with having started bushfires in the…

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Minister Probes Mystery Bushfires Near Canberra

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that he was worried about bushfires which had not been started "either by lightning or the sun." He said he was having…

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Minister Probes Mystery Bushfires Near Canberra

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wed.--The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Kent Hughes) said today that he was worried about bushfires which had not been started "either by lightning or the sun." He said he was having…

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Town In Path Of Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A fierce bushfire is threatening the tiny township of Dargo, 200…

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