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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 166

£50,000 Fire Loss Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 44

A FIRE in The Valley, a suburb of Brisbane, tonight caused £50,000 damage…

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Medico Wins Fortune As Liquid Fire Blazes in

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1952 · page 17

Big punting medico, Dr. Reg. Stuart Jones, won more than £13,000 in bets when his promising three-year-old Liquid Fire blazed home in the Second Ashbury Mixed Stakes at Canterbury yesterday. Up against a smart field…

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Man dies in blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Sun. --Henry Willis Rushford, 68, died in his hut in Hunter Street,…

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Night intruder sets fire to man's flat

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- An attempt was made to burn a flat at Mayfield today. Awakened by two loud…

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Two Petrol Bombs in Flat Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--A man early today threw two petrol bombs and two blazing mop-heads into the lounge-room of…

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Grass Fire Near Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 5

A grass fire which began in The Avenue, Bankstown, about 1 p.m. yesterday threatened several houses…

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Scrub Fire at Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 5

A scrub fire broke out on a large area of open land near The Avenue, Bankstown, yesterday…

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Pigs greater menace than fire, drought

The Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1952 · page 4

Hordes of wild pigs in north-west NSW have done more damage than bush fires or drought, a grazing firm official said today…

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Fire at School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 3

Fire destroyed a large classroom at the Burwood Domestic Science School, Queen Street, Croydon, early…

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Fire Destroys Schoolroom

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 3

Fire last night gutted the sewing room of the Domestic Science School, Queen's Street, Burwood…

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Enemy Fire Hits Bataan

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Wed.-- Allied Fleet Headquarters last night reported that the destroyer H.M.A.S…

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Fire Destroys School Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 22

Fire destroyed the sewing-room of the Domestic Science School, Queen St., Burwood, early today…

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Fire Destroys School Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 7

Fire destroyed the sewing-room of the Domestic Science School, Queen St., Burwood, early today…

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Fire Destroys School Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 22

Fire destroyed the sewing-room of the Domestic Science School, Queen St., Burwood, early today…

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Fire Destroys School Room

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 7

Fire destroyed the sewing-room of the Domestic Science School, Queen St., Burwood, early today…

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Reds attack in Korean flare-up Repulsed by Heavy Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 2

TOKIO, Tues.--Allied forces last night repulsed a fanatical Chinese Communist attack in the Panmunjon area in Korea…

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Chinese Attack in Waves Allied Fire In Western Korea Shatters New Drives By Reds Truce Talk Hopes Rice

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed. (B.U.P.). -- Attacking in seven successive waves on the west Korean front near Panmunjom, thousands of…

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Chinese Attack in Waves Allied Fire to Western Korea Shatters New Drives By Reds Truce Talk Hopes Rise

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 March 1952 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed. (B.U.P.). -- Attacking in seven successive waves on the west Korean front near Panmunjom, thousands of…

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Fined £100, Fire Lighting Day of Big Blaze

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

ON December 6, the day on which the Lower Mountains were imperilled by the great bush fires, a…

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Burnt-out farmers fight for full production Sth. Coast rises again after the bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 8

A GROUP of influential New South Wales citizens has organised itself into…

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