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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 166

Melbourne Races Pure Fire Wins On Protest

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sat.-- After Crevasse had finished a half a head in front of Pure Fire in the…

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Melbourne Races Pure Fire Wins On Protest

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- After Crevasse had finished a half a head in front of Pure Fire in the…

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Melbourne Races Pure Fire Wins On Protest

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- After Crevasse had finished a half a head in front of Pure Fire in the…

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Paddo's Blaze of Glory in Grade Fireworks

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 22

A dramatic battle of tactics at Waitara Oval yesterday, which resulted in an outright win for Paddington over Northern Districts in the 12th round of grade cricket, lifted…

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Pure Fire on Protest

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Sat.—Pure Fire won his third race for his owner, Mr. John Wren, when…

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Wild chase on car tops (Patrolman Fires Shot)

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 3

A patrolman yesterday chased a man over the tops of parked cars in a garage, then fired a shot to stop him. The patrolman,…

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No fire such worry as a tree

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 15

Firemen from Adwick le Street, Yorkshire, spent two hours putting out a blazing tree in a field. The owner then telephoned…

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Bushfire victims pay tax

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1952 · page 2

GRAZIERS who lost their stock in bushfires will pay up to 75 pc of insurance…

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£1,000,000 for burnt-out farms asked

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 11

A farmers' organisation will ask State and Federal Governments for £1,000,000 to rehabilitate burnt-out South Coast…

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Commission on Fires Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— A Royal Commission into recent Upper Murray bushfires will be sought by the Murray…

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Fire Spread; Woman Fined

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 12

A married woman was fined £10 at Liverpool Court today after she pleaded not guilty to…

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Fire Spread; Woman Fined

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 12

A married woman was fined £10 at Liverpool Court today alter she pleaded not guilty to…

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Fire Spread; Woman Fined

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 12

A married woman was fined £10 at Liverpool Court today after she pleaded not guilty ' to…

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Fire Destroys Migrant Families' Flat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 3

Five British migrant families lost their belongings when fire badly damaged an Army-type…

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Families Homeless in Bradfield Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 5

THE RUINS of a block of six flats at Bradfield Park housing settlement after the fire destroyed it yesterday. Arrow shows the window from which Mr. William Cook and his wife…

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Man Set Two Trucks on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Mon.-- A man drank beer while he watched firemen put out a fire he had started…

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Man Set Two Trucks on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Mon.--A man drank beer while he watched firemen put out a fire he had started…

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Man Sit Two Trucks on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Mon.--A man drank beer while he watched firemen put lout d fire he had started…

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Man Set Two Trucks on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Mon.-- A man drank beer while he watched firemen put out a fire he had started…

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Five families escape from fire Six Flats Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 5

Five families escaped in their night clothes from a fire which destroyed a block of six flats at the Bradfield Park housing…

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