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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 166

Plans to Check Forest Fires Are Not Adequate To the Editor "Farmer and Stiller."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 8

Sir: We have seen the devastation of bush fires over the past months. Whether the cost will be passed on to the taxpayer or handed down to…

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Monaro Gives Magnificent Aid To Fire Victims Fodder Outlook On N.S.W. Coast Not Bright

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 5

RESPONSE of Monaro landowners to the appeal for fodder for the fire-devastated South Coast had been magnificent, reported the Cooma agronomist (Mr. B. D. Amont). "The response to the [?]…

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Bushfire Inquiry Sought

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

A ROYAL COMMISSION to inquire into the causes of and the steps necessary to prevent…

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Quick Aid For Bushfire Victims

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 27

WANTABADGERY Branch of the Country Women's Association, only established when this estate was cut up…

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"The Land's" Bushfire Roundtable Death Urged As Penalty for Firebugs Bushfire Brigade Official Seeks Captains' Conference

The Land · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 11

THE death penalty for firebugs, and a conference of bushfire brigade captains to discuss a basis of operations—these are among suggestions contributed by readers to "The Land's" Bushfire…

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Problem Of Bushfire Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

While there can be no dispute about the need for a complete overhaul of methods of bushfire control,…

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Fire Sweeps Eastern City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 4

HONGKONG, Fri.--Fire swept through the Chinese quarter of Saigon, Indochina, yesterday, making…

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Fire Destroys 8 Racehorses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 20

NEW YORK, Fri.--Eight racehorses were burned to death last night when a fire razed a barn at Pleasanton racetrack, California…

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Old Clock Saves 19 From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--An old Dutch clock, half an hour fast, helped save 19 people from a £20,000 apartment house fire early today…

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Nsw Racehorses Led From Blaze Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1952 · page 1

Two Sydney racehorses, Zani and Benefit, were led from a burning stable, with three other horses,…

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Fire on Ranchi Put Out

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 9 March 1952 · page 1

LONDON, March 8 (A.A.P.).—The British liner Ranchi (16,974 tons) yesterday reported a blaze in the forward boiler-room. Later, Lloyds said the fire had been put out…

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Fire on Liner Put Out London, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1952 · page 3

A FIRE in the forward boiler-room of the 16,700-ton British liner Ranchi in the…

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Hoax on pianist misfires No Fire, No Alarm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 March 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- An anonymous hoaxer tonight sent two fire brigades to the Melbourne Town Hall recital of German pianist Walter…

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Fire Claims On Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 4

A number of claims against the Railways Department have been made by landowners in…

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Fire Claims Oil Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 4

A number of claims against the Railways Department have been made by landowners in…

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Man fined £20 on fire charge

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 5

At Parramatta Court today, Charles James Golgerth, Excelsior Ave., Castle Hill, was fined £20…

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Bushfire Near Cooma Camp

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1952 · page 4

COOMA, Sunday.—A bushfire broke out about a mile south-west of Cooma this afternoon, threatening a…

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Philadelphia's 1,000,000 Dollar Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 5

Fire hoses pour streams of water into the seven-storey Hotel Clinto,…

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Philadelphia's 1,000,000 Dollar Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 5

Fire hoses pour streams of water into the seven-storey Hotel Clinto,…

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Philadelphia's 1,000,000 Dollar Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 5

Fire hoses pour streams of water into the seven-storey Hotel Clinto,…

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