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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 166

200 Socialites Died by Fire at Their First Cinematograph Show Heroines Of Charity Fete Disaster

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 15

ALL that was great in the social life of Paris in the golden days of the "naughty nineties" assembled on May 4 1897, for the biggest event of the year, the annual charity bazaar for the poor, The list of…

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200 Socialites Died by Fire at Their First Cinematograph Show Heroines Of Charity Fete Disaster

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 15

ALL that was great in the social life of Paris in the golden days of the "naughty nineties" assembled on May 4, 1897, for the biggest event of the year, the annual charity bazaar for the poor. The list of…

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200 Socialites Died by Fire at Their First Cinematograph Show Heroines Of Charity Fete Disaster

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 15

ALL that was great in the social life of Paris in the golden days of the "naughty nineties" assembled on May 4, 1897, for the biggest event of the year, the annual charity bazaar for the poor. The list of…

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"The Land's" Bushfire Roundtable Bushfire Refuge for Sheep Successful Method Used In Riverina

The Land · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 21

A READER on a River in a property, in a letter contributed to "The Land's" Bushfire Roundtable this week, suggests that squares of at least five acres be ploughed or cleared in each large paddock to act as a bushfire refuge for sheep…

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Bega's Splendid Effort Despite Bushfire Damage; Cookery Contest Held

The Land · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 32

TYPICAL of the spirit of country women to rise above disaster and difficulties, Bega branch of the C.W.A. has rallied its members after the bushfire ordeal through…

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Graziers Reject Bushfire Move

The Land · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 28

The annual conferences of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales last week rejected a motion…

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Timber Losses in Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 March 1952 · page 20

OVER 600,000 acres of State Forest lands hid been damaged by fire in tho current season of bush fire hazard, the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Geo, Weir, M.L.A., has revealed…

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Seven Horses Killed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 11

LOS ANGELES (B.U.P.).--Six valuable racing horses died in a fire in a barn at Pleasanton 25…

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Seven Horses Killed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 9

LOS ANGELES (B.U.P.).--Six valuable racing horses died in a fire in a barn at Pleasanton, 25…

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Seven Horses Killed by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 March 1952 · page 4

LOS ANGELES (B.U.p.).--Six valuable . racing horses died in a fire in a barn at Pleasanton. 25…

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Huge Scrub Fire In S.A.

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A fire, which is believed to have been deliberately lit on Wednesday, has burnt about…

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Half Alaskan Town Goes In Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 3

WRANGELL (Alaska), March 22 (A.A.P.).—Fire which began with the explosion of a hardware store…

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Your skill can win at least £500! Telegraph competition to assist bushfire victims

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 3

The Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph announce a weekly Rugby League skill competition with guaranteed minimum prizemoney of S £500 for competition No. 1 which will be based…

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The Armageddon of the Land Bushfire victims need cities' aid

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1952 · page 48

Just as America with lend-lease came to Britain's aid in her darkest hour in 1941, so today must urban dwellers help rehabilitate victims of last summer's bushfires. They must do this…

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Big Blaze At City Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Firemen battle to control fierce flames which swept through the three-storey building of the Andrew Chemical Company, on the corner of Kent and…

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£100,000 Blaze at Mill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fire wrought more than £100,000 damage at the Sunraysia…

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Firemen Imperilled in Blasts at City Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

When violent explosions rocked a burning city chemical factory today 10 firemen trapped on the top floor were hurled to the floor and almost overcome by flame and fames…

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Firemen Imperilled in Blasts at City Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 2

When violent explosions rooked a burning city chemical factory today 10 firemen trapped on the top floor were hurled to the floor and almost overcome by flame and fumes…

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10 Firemen Escape In Big City Factory Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Tea firemen, trapped in this fire-damaged city building while it was ablaze and being…

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10 Firemen Escape In Big City Factory Blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 March 1952 · page 1

Ten firemen, trapped in this, fire-damaged city building, while it was ablaze and being…

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