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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 166

Tragedy and Heroism As Bushfires Ravage Homes, Property Yesterday Homes in Flames; Firefighters Hurt By a Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Fifteen miles from Sydney in the north Sutherland districts, bushfires yesterday raged over 100 acres of scrub country, destroying at least six dwellings. Most of the dwellings…

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Bushfires give NZ a glow

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 3

WELLINGTON (NZ), Saturday.--NSW bushfires gave the sun over Dunedin this…

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Bushfire victims tell grim tale of losses

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 2

Heart-rending stories of loss of homes, furniture, clothing, even pet dogs and cats, were told today as a stream of bushfire victims poured into…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000.000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Bushfires Subsiding But Danger Persists Menace ef Southerly

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Although most bushfires in N.S.W. were under control this morning, a strong southerly wind is expected to make the position…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000,000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Bushfires Subsiding But Danger Persists Menace of Southerly

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Although most bushfires in N.S.W. were under control this morning, a strong southerly is expected to make the position…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000,000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000,000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000,000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Big NSW Loss In Bushfires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1952 · page 1

Two men were burned to death in bushfires in N.S.W. yesterday which did damage estimated at more than £1,000,000. The destruction includes: More than 100 homes in the…

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Bush Fires... Surfmen Lose Gear, Car At Bermagui

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 3

Eight instructors touring the South Coast for the N.S.W. Surf Life Saving Association lost one of their cars and much equipment yesterday while they helped to fight bushfires near Bermagui…

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Four Fire Deaths 16 Homes Go In Bega Blaze

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 3

Two young girls and two men were burned to death in disastrous bush fires which swept on Bega on Friday and another man is reported to have been fatally burnt near Tumbarumba yesterday…

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RIVERINA Blood Plasma Flown To Blaze Victims

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 1

Blood plasma was flown yesterday to the little town of Walwa, on the River Murray, to save the lives of seven men severely burnt in the great…

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Total Ban on Fires in Open

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 3

Chief Secretary Clive Evatt yesterday prohibited lighting of any fires in the open…

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1100-Acre Loss in Pine Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 1

Fire destroyed the State forest at Carabost, near Manus, yesterday…

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Fire Oddities Blood Red Sun In N.Z.

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 1

The N.S.W, bush-fires are playing some odd tricks. TN NEW ZEALAND…

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More than 200 homes go in fires (And at Least 100,000 STOCK)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 3

More than 200 homes already have been destroyed in the Statewide bushfires. The fires have also destroyed at least…

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Appalling Fire Toll: 7 Dead, Farms Ruined 18 towns cut off

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 1

SEVEN people-- including a baby-- have been burned to death in tremendous bushfires sweeping southern New South Wales. The fires have --…

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Rioting Student Mobs Start Fires in Cairo Demand For War On Britain From Our Staff Correspondent And A.A.P.

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 26. — Thousands of students, demanding war against Britain, rioted in Cairo to-day. They set fire to British establishments and smashed through a police cordon around the…

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