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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 143

£4000 Damage by Canowindra Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

CANOWINDRA. Sat. -- Damage estimated at nearly £4000 was caused by fire yesterday in a feed-mixing…

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Four Engines At Waggon Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 12

The engine of an empty Commonwealth Oil Refinery petrol waggon caught fire in Cleveland Street, near…

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Man Burnt in Launch Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 4

John Harris Stewart, 60, fisherman, of Champion Street, Tennyson, who was burnt when a fire broke out…

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£4000 Damage by Canowindra Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

CANOWINDRA, Sat. -- Damage estimated at nearly £4000 was caused by fire yesterday in a feed-mixing…

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£4000 Damage by Canowindra Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

CANOWINDRA, Sat. -- Damage estimated at nearly £4000 was caused by fire yesterday in a feed-mixing…

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Serious Damage in Sabotage Attempt Upon 3 CARRIERS Cables Cut After Mysterious Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (Extel).Saboteurs caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds yesterday on the crack British aircraft-carrier Warrior, at Devonport. At Plymouth. an attempt has been made to sabotage the engines of…

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Strong Guard on U.K. PORTS Alarm Over Liner Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 30 (A.A.P.). —Two fires in the liner Queen Elizabeth at Portsmouth and the destruction by fire of the liner…

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Serious Damage in Sabotage Attempt on Two Carriers Cables Cut After Mysterious Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (Extel).--Saboteurs caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds yesterday on the crack British aircraft carrier Warrior at Devonport, and attempted to sabotage the engines of her sister carrier Triumph at Belfast…

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Serious Damage in Sabotage Attempt on Two Carriers Cables Cut After Mysterious Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (Extel).--Saboteurs caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds yesterday on the crack British aircraft carrier Warrior at Devonport, and attempted to sabotage the engines of her sister carrier Triumph at Belfast…

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Serious Damage in Sabotage Attempt Upon 3 CARRIERS Cables Cut After Mysterious Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (Extel).--Sab oteurs caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds yesterday on the crack British aircraft-carrier Warrior, at Devonport. At Plymouth, an attempt has been made to sabotage the engines of…

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Serious Damage in Sabotage Attempt on Two Carriers Cables Cut After Mysterious Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Sat. (Extel).--Saboteurs caused damage estimated at thousands of pounds yesterday on the crack British aircraft carrier Warrior at Devonport, and attempted to sabotage the engines of her sister carrier Triumph at Belfast…

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Late News Big Fire in Pusan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

PUSAN, Jan. 30 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — Fire to-night destroyed a large part of the city of Pusan,…

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60,000 Homeless After Pusan Fire

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 2

TOKIO, Saturday. -- A fire which swept through Pusan last night destroyed…

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60,000 Homeless in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

SEOUL, Sat. --Fire last night ravaged Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and 60,000 persons were left homeless. An acute shortage, of…

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60,000 Homeless in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

SEOUL, Sat. -- Fire last night ravaged Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and 60,000 persons were left homeless. An acute shortage of…

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60,000 Lose Homes in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Sat. --Fire last night ravaged a square mile in the centre of Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and more than 60,000 persons are homeless…

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60,000 Lose Homes in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Sat.--Fire last night ravaged a square mile in the centre of Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and more than 60,000. persons are homeless…

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60,000 Lose Homes in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Sat.--Fire last night ravaged, a square mile in the centre of Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and more than 60,000 persons are homeless…

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60,000 Lose Homes in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Sat.--Fire last night ravaged a square mile in the centre of Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and more than 60,000 persons are homeless…

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60,000 Lose Homes in Pusan Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

SEOUL, Sat.--Fire last night ravaged a square, mile in the centre of Pusan, where Allied Headquarters are based, and more than 60,000 persons are homeless…

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