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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 166

Big coast fires under control

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 1

Most bushfires which yesterday dotted 600 miles of the New South Wales coast were under…

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Rare orchids lost in blaze Plants worth £30,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 13

A bushfire at Valley Heights (Blue Mountains) destroyed orchid plants worth £30,000, Mr. Roy Deane said yesterday…

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Fires Brought Desolation—Death By A Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 9

AT Schomberg's place on the far South Coast—where they remembered cool shade…

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Warning of grim food shortages Fires Cut Production

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 1

[?]N 10 disastrous days, NSW bushfires have taken record toll in human life, stock and Property. Vegetable Growers' Association president W…

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Refrigerator Offer For Fire Victims

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 5

Sydney philanthropist, Mr. E. J. Hallstrom, will give away refrigerators to oushfire victims who have…

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Fedl. Aid for Fire Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 13

CANBERRA, Sat.--The Federal Government will match £1 for £1 the £20,000…

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Fires Under Control, But Danger High in Two States

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 1

Dangerous fires in New South Wales and Victoria were under control last night, but the danger of renewed outbreaks in both States is high. This was the position:…

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Man Dies On Way To Fire

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 2

A volunteer firefighter, Jack Mitchison (52), married, of Helensburgh, was killed at Darkes…

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Killed On Way To Fight Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 1

BULLI, Saturday. —A volunteer firefighter was killed at Darkes Forrest, near…

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Homes, farms, stock destroyed Big Fire Loss

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 3

A BUSHFIRE destroyed 1,000 sheep and cattle and plant worth £10,000 on a property at Burrandana, near Wagga, yesterday…

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Man's 70 m.p.h. dash through fires Saves Wife and Children

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 13

A man drove through flames at 70 miles an hour to save his wife and two children from their fire-encircled home at Wilton. His wife had…

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How Can We Stop Bushfire Tragedies?

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 9

BUSHFIRE TOLL is mounting almost daily as fresh disasters strike. The death-list lengthens. The bill for homes and stock destroyed has yet…

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Bushfire volunteer killed in rush trip to save homes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1952 · page 1

A firefighter was killed when a truck rushing volunteers to a bushfire near Helensburah skidded in blinding smoke late yesterday. He was one of about 10 men who had…

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Bushfires—from Page 1 Federal Cabinet To Discuss Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 3

The Federal Cabinet will to-day discuss the latest reports on the N.S.W. and Victorian bushfires. Announcing this in…

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Sparks From Trains Start Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 1

Reports of fires started by trains came from two districts yesterday. A spark from a train started…

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Gunman Fires at Dr's Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A gunman early today fired on a doctor's car near Dandenong, but…

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Gunman Fires at Dr's Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A gunman early today fired on a doctor's car near Dandenong. but…

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Gunman Fires at Dr's Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A gunman early today fired on a doctor's car near Dandenong, but…

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Gunman Fires at Dr's Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A gunman early today fired on a doctor's car near Dandenong, but…

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Jeweller Fires Gun At Thief

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.--A Burnley jeweller, son of a Sydney ex-superintendent of police, fired…

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