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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 166

Six Die In Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, March 25 (A.A.P.).—At least six persons lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the St…

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Firemen and Civilians Fight Big Fires in Sydney, Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 1

Firemen and volunteers yesterday fought fierce fires in both Sydney and Melbourne. LEFT: Three young volunteers play a hose into the smoking ruins of the Edinburgh paint factory in the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava. The fire destroyed the building. RIGHT: Firemen pouring water into the burning premises of Andrew's Laboratories, at the corner of Kent and Margaret Streets, city…

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Honour For Fire Chief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 4

The Governor, Licut.-Gen. Sir John Northcott, at Government House yesterday, preesented the Chief Officer of…

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Police Probe Fire at Co-op

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. -- Detectives are investigating the slashing of bags of fodder and the lighting of…

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Police Probe Fire at Co-op

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. -- Detectives are investigating the slashing of bags of fodder and the lighting of…

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Police Probe Fire at Co-op

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. -- Detectives are investigating the slashing of bags of fodder and the lighting of…

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Police Probe Fire at Co-op

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Thurs. -- Detectives are investigating the slashing of bags of fodder and the lighting of…

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A Fourth Arm of Defence Fire Fighting

The Biz · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 6

With each passing hour, man's ability to conceive more terrible weapons of war grows greater. But do you realise that a weapon…

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More Fines for Fire Lighting Factory Area and Other Cases

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 3

Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., dealt with more charges of lighting open fires in the prohibited period at Penrith Court of Petty…

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Minister Criticised For Total Ban on Fires

The Land · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 6

A MEETING of the Shire Council at Cowra last week strongly objected to the Chief…

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Pilliga Fire Break Wanted

The Land · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 29

Willala F.S.A. wants a chain wide fire break along the eastern side of the Pilliga Scrub…

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Eight killed in house fire

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 18

SOMERSET (Pennsylvania), Thursday.--A disabled miner, his wife and six of their children…

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Cease-fire in Korea "By May 1"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thurs.--A cease-fire agreement in Korea by May 1 could be "positively predicted," Robert Allen said…

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C.W.A. Group Wonts Emergency Relief Fund For Flood, Fire Victims; Meeting at Canberra

The Land · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 34

THE C.W.A. will be asked, at its coming Annual Conference, to establish an Emergency Fund into which monies subscribed for bushfire, flood and such emergency relief, can be paid, to be used when the need arises…

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Bushfire Menace Widely Discussed

The Land · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 20

THE recent bushfires have greatly stimulated interest among country people in improving fire prevention and brigade organisation. The New South Wales…

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Water-bombing of bushfires

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 7

MONTREAL, Thursday.--Paper bags filled with water and dropped from low-flying aircraft…

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Fire in Collier

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --After firemen had poured 60,000 gallons of water into coal burnin…

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Fire in Collier

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --After firemen had poured 60,000 gallons of water into coal burning…

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Fire in Collier

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --After firemen poured 60,000 gallons water into coal burn…

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Liquid Fire scores

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 12

Racing to the front at the Leger, Liquid Fire (51) held on well to beat Braeday (201) by a long neck with Bronze Peak (.31) a long neck away third in the First Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill Cook gave away the…

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