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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 166

Castlereagh Bush Fire Brigade Meeting Next

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 4

Residents of Castlereagh are most enthusiastic in giving support to the newly-formed Bush Fire Brigade in their area, and…

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Bush Fire Control Mr. Buring Writes to Prime Minister

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

THE Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) is giving consideration to a letter he has received from Mr. Leo…

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B.M. Bush Fire Relief Fund Valley Heights Sub-committee

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 2

A meeting of the Valley Heights sub-committee of the Blue Mountains Bush Fire Relief Fund was held on Monday,…

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Prohibition on Fires

The Biz · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 11

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announces that he has extended the prohibition, throughout the State of New South Wales, of…

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New Homes Imperilled by Blaze

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 2

Raging bushfires erupted again in N.S.W. this afternoon and are threatening homes in…

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Grave Fear of More Fires Danger "high"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Experts fear bushfires may break out again over a wide area of New South Wales in the next few days…

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Six lost near fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Six men who became lost while fighting a bushfire near…

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Pupils Flee Fire Threat to Hornsby City Ringed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Pupils of Hornsby Public School fled before a giant bushfire that swept through the volley at the rear of Hornsby this afternoon…

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Pupils Flee Fire Threat to Hornsby City Ringed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Pupils of Hornsby Public School fled before a giant bushfire that swept through the valley at the rear of Hornsby this afternoon and…

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Pupils Flee Fire Threat to Hornsby City Ringed By Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Pupils of Hornsby Public School fled before a giant bushfire that swept through the valley at the rear of Hornsby this afternoon…

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£40,000 Fire in Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused m 30 minutes by a fire which destroyed Deen's…

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Stop Press Nabooma Fire Threat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 32

Police reported late this afternoon that fast-moving bushfires were all around the district. Several [?] are in the path of the…

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Hornsby School Fire: Smothers' Panic Rush

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

Panic-stricken mothers dashed through smoke to rescue their children from Hornsby Home Science school when it was set alight by a huge bushfire which endangered a large part of Horns by today. Flames swept up a…

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Train on Fire for Five Miles

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wed.--Neither crew nor passengers on the north-bound Northern Tablelands Express today knew that, for five miles, the leading…

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Convicts freed to fight Berrima fire

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

BERRIMA, Thursday.--Prisoners were released from Berrima jail under guard to help local bushfire brigades fighting the fire threatening the town…

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Fire Fighting Equipment Mr. Bate's Criticism

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 6

In a statement issued last week, Mr. Jeff Bate, M.H.R. for Macarthur, crticises the State Government for not having…

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Mother, six children perish in Montreal fire

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 5

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--A mother pushed her oldest child to safety through a…

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Riverina Fire Still A Danger By A Special Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 4

HOLBROOK, Wednesday.—Police, volunteer firemen, and army personnel are to-night burning a firebreak between Talmalmo and Dora Dora, in the mountainous…

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WAGGA Catholics Suffer In Fierce Bushfires

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 10

Many Catholic people suffered heavy and irreparable losses through the fiercest bushfires remembered in this…

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Fears of More Big Bushfires Forestry Man's Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 1

Fears are held of another major outburst of bushfires in N.S.W. in the next few days. The fire control officer of the Forestry Commission, Mr. R. H. Luke, said last night: "I believe we are about two days off…

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