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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 166

£10,000 Fire at Racecourse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

Part of the crowd at Flemington racecourse, Melbourne, yesterday, watching firemen fight a fire which broke out in the dining-room and cloakroom of the 70-year-old hill stand. The fire caused damage estimated at £10,000…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

More than 150 men, some of whom have had no rest for 60 hours, had to burn firebreaks to save two properties in the Glenorie (Windsor) district last…

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Leap for life in race fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tues.--A waitress jumped 10 ft. to safety during a…

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Racegoers Warned Fire Peril To Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Tuesday. —Police asked over amplifiers at the Inverell racecourse to-day that men of…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

More than 150 men, some of whom have had no rest for 60 hours, had to burn firebreaks to save two properties in the Glenorie (Windsor) district last…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

More than 150 men, some of whom have had no rest 60 hours, had to burn firebreak save two properties in the Glenorie district last night…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

More than 150 men, some of whom have had no rest for 60 hours, had to burn firebreaks to save two properties in the Glenorie district last night…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 2

More than 150 men, some of whom have had no rest for 60 hours, had to burn firebreaks to save two properties in the Glenorie (Windsor) district last…

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150 Men Halt 15-Mile Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 5

More than 750 men, some of whom ha had no rest for 60 hours, had to burn firebreaks to save two properties in the Glenorie district last night…

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Aip to Restock Gardens of Fire Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 6

The president of the N.S.W. Garden Club, Mrs. Arthur Davis, has suggested to members that they…

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Wind Fans Bushfires Near City

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 2

Fanned by a northeasterly wind, more than 30 bushfires ringed Sydney today…

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5 fined £20 each over bushfire

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 7

Five men were fined £20 each at Parramatta Court today for leaving, before it was extinguished, a fire which they had started in the open…

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Bushfires advance on township Front of 15 MILES

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 9

Bushfires which hove burned for a week north of Glenorie were within three miles of the town last nights…

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Stop Press Bushfires Threaten Properties

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 20

Brigades were called to six bushfires today in Sydney's outer suburbs. Worst outbreak occurred at North Ryde. Where it was…

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Trapped Man Rescued From Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 1

A herbalist, Roy McNeilly, 40, of George's River Road, Croydon Park, was severely burned…

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"Extreme" Fire Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 4

The Weather Bureau yesterday issued a warning of "high to extreme" bushfire danger in most parts of the…

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Fire Ban Extended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 3

The Chief Secretary's Department, announced last night that the ban on the lighting of fires in the…

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2 Men Die After Fires in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 5

Two men have died from burns received w in fires at Redfern and Croydon Park last night and early today. Roy McNeilly (38)…

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2 Men Die After Fires in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 7

Two men have died from burns received in fires at Redfern and Croydon Park last night and early today. Roy McNeilly (38), herb[?]…

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2 Men Die After Fires in Suburbs

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 7

Two men have died from burns received in fires at Redfern and Croydon Park last night and early today. Roy McNeilly (38)…

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