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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 166

Two Die From Fire Injuries

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

Two men died eaily yesterday from injuries in fites at Croydon Park and Redfern on Wednesday night…

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Crash Starts Fire in Bush

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 5

The explosion of a 600-gallons petrol tank began bushfires yesterday along the Hume Highway near Marulan. The tank exploded…

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Fire Brigade Dog In 3,000 'Saves'

The Land · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 24

A DOG which gave five years service as a "fireman" with an American fire-brigade, has now died…

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The Burrcutter and His Mate. [?] The Big Bushfire of 1905 [?]

The Land · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 13

"THEY'RE talking a lot about this summer's bushfires," remarked the Burrcutter, throwing down…

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Bushfires reduce Honey production

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 7

RECENT disastrous bushfires in many country districts had caused serious and extensive damage to honey-producing flora,…

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Bushfire Started By Explosion Of Petrol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 1

GOULBURN, Thursday.—A 600-gallon petrol tank fell from a lorry near Marulan to-day,…

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Fire Held Near Town

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 5

A bushfire blazing on a five-miles front last night was approaching Warialda (pop. 1200) in north-west New South…

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Fire Peril Eases at Warialda

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

Weary fire-fighters at Warialda, in North-west N.S.W., are hopeful that a sudden drop in the…

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Fire Peril Eases at Warialda

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

Weary fire-fighters at Warialda, in North-west N.S.W., are hopeful that a sudden drop in the…

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Stop Press Cease-fire Talks

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 12

PARIES, Sat. (B.U.P.). -- The United States fears that the Russian move to switch the Korean armistice negotiations to the United Nations…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge another inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean armistice. 'To do so would be to…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge armistice inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean To do so would be to…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge another inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean armistice. 'To do so would be to…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge another inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean armistice. 'To do so would be to…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge another inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean armistice. 'To do so would be to…

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Allies Won't Budge On Korea Cease-Fire Terms

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Sat. -- The Allies yesterday flatly refused to budge another inch on the proposals for the supervision of the Korean armistice. "To do so would be to…

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Why not "smokejumpers" to stop bushfires?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 10

YEAR after year bushfires raging over huge tracts of country in Australia…

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City nudists go bush (Hazards include fires, snoopers)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 11

Hot weather has forced hundreds of nudists to leave Sydney for the Blue Mountains and isolated parts of the coast…

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£500 Cheque For Fire Victims

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Saturday. —A check for £500 for the bushfire relief fund was presented to the Mayor of…

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News in brief FIRE

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.P.).-- A father of five children was burned to death when his chair…

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