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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 166

Showers May Bring Relief To Fire Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Isolated showers are expected over fire-ravaged districts of the South Coast today,…

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Showers May Bring Relief To Fire Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

Isolated showers are Expected over fire-ravaged districts of the South Coast today,…

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Showers May Bring Relief To Fire Area

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Isolated showers are expected over fire-ravaged districts of the South Coast today, according to the weather…

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Fire ! Man’s Greatest Enemy Appalling Menace Threatens Everyone! One does not have to travel further abroad than New South Wales to learn the lesson of fire risk, and to see at first hand the appalling menace fire is to everyone!

Construction · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 5

The shocking train of tragedy left last Friday’s bush fires have cast a gloom deeper than bushfire smoke over the State, and the unparalleled…

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Federal Goverment Will Give £1 GRANT--P.M. Aid Promised For Fire Fund

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government would subsidise on a pound for pound basis all money allocated for bushfire relief by the State Government, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today in Sydney…

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Federal Government Will Give £1 FOR £1 GRANT--P.M. Aid Promised For Fire Fund

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government would subsidise on a pound for pound basis all money allocated for bushfire relief by the State Government, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today in Sydney…

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Federal Government Will Give £1 FOR £1 GRANT--P.M. Aid Promised For Fire Fund

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government would subsidise on a pound for pound basis all money allocated for bushfire relief by the State Government, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today in Sydney…

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Federal Government Will Give £1 FOR £1 GRANT--P.M. Aid Promised For Fire Fund

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

The Common wealth Government would subsidise on a pound for pound basis all money allocated for bushfire relief by the State Government, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today in Sydney…

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Federal Government Will Give £1 FOR £1 GRANT--P.M. Aid Promised For Fire Fund

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

The Commonwealth Government would subsidise on a pound for pound basis all money allocated for bushfire relief by the State Government, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today in Sydney…

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South Coast Bushfires Caused £1,800,000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

The great South Coast bushfires have done £1,800,000 worth of damage, two Government officials said last night. This, they said, was a "conservative estimate."…

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Bushfires: Fears For Big Forest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

Firefighters in the Kyeamba, Humula, Carabost, and Rosewood districts, south-east of Wagga, last night feared that bush-fires might sweep on into the Bago pine…

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Demand by 3000 that Menzies must meet the hill for bushfires

Tribune · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 10

More than 3,000 people at Sydney Domain last Sunday unanimously carried a resolution of condolences to bushfire victims, and demanded that the Federal Government allocate £50 million from the…

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Federal Govt, aid for victims of bushfires

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

Prime Minister Menzies today promised a "substantial contribution" from the Federal Government to help relieve hardship caused by NSW…

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Wind Danger in Victorian Bushfires Threat To Two Villages

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.--In a desperate race against time, fire-fighters are struggling…

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Wind Danger in Victorian Bushfires Threat To Two Villages

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wed.--In a desperate race against time, firefighters are struggling…

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Wind Danger in Victorian Bushfires Threat To Two Villages

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.--in a desperate race against time, fire- Fighters are struggling…

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Wind Danger in Victorian Bushfires Threat To Two Villages

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.--In a desperate race against time, fire-fighters are struggling…

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Wind Danger in Victorian Bushfires Threat To Two Villages

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wed.--in a desperate race against time, firefighters are struggling…

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Bush Fires in the Shire

The Propeller · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

During the heat-wave last week bush fires were rampant between Sutherland and Helensburgh and in various other places…

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Burnt Out !

The Observer · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

In another black day in the Shire's bushfire history, homes, cars and personal belongings were destroyed by raging bushfires…

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