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Fires & bushfires, 1952

3,308 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 166

No Risk to Ship with Coal Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 4

PERTH, Friday.-- A fire in the 9000 tons coal cargo of the Swan Valley is still being fought with steam,…

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No Risk to Ship with Coal Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.--A fire in the 9000 tons coal cargo of the Swan Valley is still heme fought with steam,…

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F.S.A. News Wants Rail Department Brought Under Bushfires Act

The Land · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 13

CULCAIRN F.S.A. District Council wants the Railway Department brought under the provisions of the Bushfires Act…

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£1000 grant to victims of bushfires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 7

The Bushfire Rehabilitation Committee yesterday allocated £1000 raised in the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Rugby League…

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World Spotlight Fires Of African Nationalism Blaze

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 9

THROUGHOUT North-west Africa smouldering nationalist sentiment is erupting. France, the chief firewatcher in…

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MacArthur's stars burnt out

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sat.--Robert Bennick, Rockford (Illinois), head of the Fighters for…

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Crawler fires on U.S. plane

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 12

WASHINGTON, Sat.--The U.S Navy reported today that one of its patrol [?]lanes was slightly…

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Bishop's warning on fires CANBERRA, Sat

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 7

BISHOP E. H. BURGMANN this week criticised bushfire fighting methods…

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Freighter on fire PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 52

THE British freighter Swan Valley, is steaming towards Fremantle with fires…

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Masked Man Fires Rifle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

WAUCHOPE, Sun.--A masked man fired a shot at a Wauchope storekeeper during a struggle in a store here…

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Burglar Fires Rifle At Shop Owner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

An intruder, who was ransacking a store in Main Street, Wauchope, on Saturday night, fired a rifle at the…

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Shell burst in fire

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 21

LONDON.--A cannon shell exploded recently in the fireplace of a house in The Mount, Chatham,…

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Quick Job by Fire Brigade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

Two thousand people saw firemen fight a brief but spectacular fire in the city yesterday afternoon. The fire burned out…

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Explosion Theory in City Office Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Exploding cleaning fluid is believed to have started a fire which burnt out the…

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Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

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Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

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Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

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Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

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Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Plague, Piracy, Fire Killed 1400 in Grimmest Disaster of the Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 15

OF all the great disasters that highlight the history of the sea, not even the loss of the Titanic excels for sheer horror the burning of the Cinco Chagas, pride of the Portuguese East India fleet…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →