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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 166

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 had poured 60,000 gallons of water into coal burning…

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Liquid Fire by Neck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Well ridden by apprentice R. Reed, Liquid Fire beat Braeday and favorite Bronze Peak nicely…

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Liquid Fire by Neck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 11

Well ridden by apprentice R. Reed, Liquid Fire beat Braeday and ite Bronze Peak' nicely…

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Men Dragged From Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 3

Three men were dragged from this blazing car just before it exploded after overturning at the…

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Liquid Fire by Neck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Well ridden by apprentice R. Reed, Liquid Fire beat Braeday and favorite Bronze Peak nicely…

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Liquid Fire by Neck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Well ridden by apprentice R. Reed, Liquid Fire beat Braeday and favorite Bronze Peak nicely…

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Liquid Fire by Neck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Well ridden by apprentice It. Reed, Liquid Fire beat Braeday and favorite Bronze Peak nicely…

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First Parramatta to Liquid Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Liquid Fire (R. Reed) winning the First Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill this afternoon…

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First Parramatta to Liquid Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

Liquid Fire (R. Reed) winning the First Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill this afternoon…

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Chestnut Lady Pulled Handicap Out of Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sat. --There was a thrilling finish to the Moonee Ponds Handicap at Moonee Valley when favorite Chestnut Lady hung on long enough to defeat Boy Cheval in a photo. Boy Cheval was wide out…

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Chestnut Lady Pulled Handicap Out of Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sat. --There was a thrilling finish to the Moonee Ponds Handicap at Moonee Valley when favorite Chestnut Lady hung on long enough to defeat Boy Cheval in a photo. Boy Cheval was wide out…

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Chestnut Lady Pulled Handicap Out of Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sat. --There was a thrilling finish to the Moonee Ponds Handicap at Moonee Valley when favorite Chestnut Lady hung on long enough to defeat Boy Cheval in a photo. Boy Cheval was wide out…

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Skill competition winner to get £550 Fire Fund Benefits

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 7

The winner of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Rugby League Skill Competition will receive about £550…

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Waterbag Bombs Slow Bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 2

MONTREAL, Fri.--Paper bags filled with water and dropped from aircraft would slow down forest fires, a Canadian expert said today…

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Liquid Fire Set for Stradbroke

Truth · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 17

Liquid Fire, winner of the first Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill yesterday,…

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Liquid Fire is likely Stradbroke runner

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 18

WHEN Liquid Fire won the First Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill yesterday, his second in three weeks, plans for him were changed hurriedly…

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Mystery Fire at 'Drome Casino

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 9

An empty four-roomed cottage on Casino aerodrome burned down on Friday night…

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Liquid Fire May Get Run in Stradbroke

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 March 1952 · page 18

Liquid Fire, which won yesterday's First Parramatta Mixed Stakes (7f.) at Rosehill, may start in the Stradbroke Handicap, in Brisbane, in May. The gelding,…

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House Burnt Out

Daily Mirror · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

A four- roomed weatherboard cottage in Cambridge St., Black town, was completely destroyed by…

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