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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 166

Lit Fire; Fined £20

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 9

Charles Vassallo, Targo Rd., Pendle Hill, was fined £20 at Parramatta Court today for having…

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Flood, fire insurance plan

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 5

£8-million, unexpended, by the War Damage Commission, should be earmarked for the…

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Lit Fire Fined £20

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 9

Charles Vassallo, Targo Rd., .Pendle Hill, was fined £20 at Parramatta Court today for having…

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Lit Fire Fined £20

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

Charles Vassallo, Targo Rd., Pendle Hill, was fined £20 at Parramatta Court today for having…

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Lit Fire; Fined £20

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 9

Charles Vassallo, Tar go Rd., Pendle Hill, was fined £20 at Parramatta Court today for having…

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Tax Aid for Fire Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.-- Cabinet today decided to give special tax concessions to primary producers who have…

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£20 Fine for Lighting Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 7

At Parramatta Court today Charles Vassallo, Targo Rd.. Pendle Hill, was fined £20 when he…

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Fire Danger Tooday "Extreme" "Black Friday" Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 1

There will be "extremely dangerous" bushfire conditions throughout N.S.W. to-day, the Weather Bureau warned last night…

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Fire, Floods Kill 20 in France, U. S.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tues. (A. P., B. U. P.). --"Death Weather" struck violently on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, France and the United States being the main sufferers. Floods, hurricanes,…

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Fire, Floods Kill 20 in France, U.s

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.P., B.U.P.).--"Death Weather" struck violently on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, France and the United States being the main sufferers. Floods, hurricanes,…

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Fire, Floods Kill 20 in France, U. S.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tues. (A. P., B. U. P.).--"Death Weather" struck violently on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, France and the United States being the main sufferers. Floods, hurricanes,…

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Fire, Floods Kill 20 in France, U. S.

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 14

NEW YORK, Tues. (A. P., B. U. P.).--"Death Weather" struck violently on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday, France and the United States being the main sufferers. Floods, hurricanes,…

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Fire Danger 'Extreme' Today All areas of State warned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 3

Weather Bureau officials warned last night that there was extreme bushfire danger in every area of the State today…

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Homes, Orchards Imperilled As State Swelters in Scorching Heat Fires Flare Up On Mountains, Coast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

Bushfires over vast areas of the Blue Mountains and South Coast blazed up again this afternoon as the entire State sweltered in scorching mid - summer temperatures. At Shipley, on the Mountains, the fires, fanned by a north-west…

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Homes, Orchards Imperilled As State Swelters in Scorching Temperatures Fires Flare Up On Mountains, Coast

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

The Blue Mountains are ablaze again with bushfires raging through a 16-mile stretch of country from Wentworth Falls to Mt. Victoria. With the rest of the State sweltering under scorching midsummer…

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Homes, Orchards Imperilled As State Swelters in Scorching Temperatures Fires Flare Up In Country And City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

The Blue Mountains are ablaze again with bushfires raging through a 16 - mile stretch of country from Wentworth Falls to Mt. Victoria. With the rest of the State sweltering under scorching midsummer…

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Homes, Orchards Imperilled As State Swelters in Scorching Temperatures Fires Flare Up In Country And City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

The Blue Mountains are ablaze again with bushfires raging through a 16 - mile stretch of country from Wentworth Falls to Mt. Victoria. With the rest of the State sweltering under scorching midsummer…

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Homes, Orchards Imperilled As State Swelters in Scorching Temperatures Fires Flare Up In Country And City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

The Blue Mountains are ablaze again with bushfires raging through a 16 - mile stretch of country from Wentworth Falls to Mt. Victoria. With the rest of the State sweltering under scorching midsummer…

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TEMPERATURE 79.2 Degrees at 10 A.M. and Going Up; Fires on Mountains Sydney Set For "Scorcher" Today

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 2

With temperatures rising steadily, Sydney is set for another mid - summer "scorcher" today. At 10 a.m the temperature was 79.2 deg., and a Weather Bureau official said that it would continue to climb throughout the day…

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Bushfires and Defence We could be sabotaged with a box of matches

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1952 · page 12

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Nature, with impersonal cruelty, sometimes administers a sharp lesson to a community that is reluctant or refuses stubbornly to learn voluntarily. Such a stern and unwelcome lesson is being given by…

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