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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 166

Bushfire Relief From Our Special Representative

The Land · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wed. —The Federal Government has decided to grant…

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Bushfire Damage To State Forests

The Land · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 14

MORE than 600,000 acres of State Forest lands have been damaged by fire this season. The Minister for…

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Dry Summer And Bushfires Cut Entries At Gundagai Show Success Was Credit To District Beef Cattle In Sydney Royal Preview

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 2

BECAUSE of a dry summer and troubles associated with bushfires in the district, entries at Gundagai's 61st annual show on Tuesday and Wednesday were well below usual numbers. However, nothing was lacking in quality and it is to the credit of…

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Bushfire Puzzle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1952 · page 4

COOMA, Thursday. — Monaro Shire Council this afternoon asked the Nimmitabel Police to investigate a…

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Pure Fire Adds to Rider's Fire Recori

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Pure Fire (9 to 4) finished well to win the Sires' produce Stakes at Flemington today by two lengths from Deep River (5 to 2) with…

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New Fire Killer

The World's News · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 22

AN improved dry chemical fire extinguisher has been perfected in New York. Called "Fire Killer," it spreads a dry powder over a flame…

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Wheat in Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

Fire severely damaged a shed containing 70 tons of wheat and chaff at Peel's Dairy, Old Windsor Rd.,…

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Wheat in Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

Fire severely damaged a shed containing 70 tons of wheat and chaff at Peel's Dairy. Old Windsor Rd.,…

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British patrol fires in error, Egyptian dies

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 2

ISMAILIA, Saturday. --A British patrol mistook three Egyptian NCO's for cable cutters…

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Fire at dairy, £3500 damage

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 3

Seven men, roused from their beds by the crackling flames, tried in vain to extinguish with…

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Liquid Fire in good win

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 10

Liquid Fire (11 to 2) finished fast in the Second Ashbury Mixed Stakes at Canterbury…

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Liquid Fire Blazed in 2nd ASHBURY

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 10

Jockey Bill Cook completed the hat-trick when he won on Liquid Fire (112) from…

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Deep River Defeated Easily by Pure Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 March 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sat.-- Sydney punters lost heavily when Delta's 6000 guineas brother, Deep River, was beaten comfortably by Pure Fire in the Sires' Produce Stakes at Flmington today. Pure Fire was ridden by…

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£60,000 Brisbane Fire

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Brisbane's most disastrous fire for months occurred in Brunswick St., Valley, last night. Six business premises were damaged and stock valued at many thousands of…

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Pure Fire Fast; Roasts Field

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Victoria's leading rider, Bill Williamson, etched his name in racing history when he kicked favorite Pure Fire home ahead of Deep River and Crevasse in this afternoon's Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington…

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Fortune Won on Liquid Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 2

[?] Liquid Fire landed a big stable plunge when he won the Second Ashbury Mixed Stakes at…

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Man Saved From Flats Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 1

Firemen rescued a man from a fire which swept through the top floor of the Lachlan flats, Botany…

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£50,000 Fire In Brisbane

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday. —A £50,000 fire in Brunswick, The Valley, gutted one building and…

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£3,500 Fire at Dairy

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 4

A fire destroyed an iron feed shed and its contents at Mr. J. Peel's dairy, Old Windsor Road, Kellyville, near…

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Pure Fire adds to imposing record

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 19

PURE FIRE'S success in the Sires Produce Stakes at Flemington yesterday emphasises the monopoly held by the F. W. Hoysted-W. Williamson combination in recent years…

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