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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 143

Women scream as fire guts flat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 1

Hundreds of people ran from their homes last night when a flat in…

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300 trapped animals die in £100,000 Vic. meatworks fire

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--300 sheep and 20 pigs died in a spectacular £100,000 meatworks blaze last night. The fire, at William…

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Sheep Die: Blaze At Meatworks

Truth · Sunday 8 February 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sat.—Nearly 300 pigs and; sheep were incinerated in a blazing inferno at…

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Terrified Sheep Trapped In Fire

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Three nightwatchmen and about 30 police, firemen, and bystanders risked…

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Sheep, pigs die in £100,000 fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 February 1953 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Police believe that an electrical fault today caused a £100,000 fire which killed more than 300 sheep and pigs and destroyed a Footscray meatworks…

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Fire at Airport

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sunday.--Fire swept through an airport hangar at Lindenhurst today destroying…

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Fire breaks out during operation

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 11

BRISBANE, Monday.--A fire broke out in the roof of the main operating theatre at the…

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14 dead in fire, car smash

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 15

DALLAS (Texas), Sunday.--Two tragedies--a fire and a car crash--killed 18 persons in Texas…

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Sabotage Hunt In Liner Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 22

LONDON, Tues. (Extel). --The Minister for Transport (Mr. Lennox-Boyd) said in the House of…

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Sabotage Hunt In Liner Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 22

LONDON, Tues. (Extel). --The Minister for port (Mr. Lennox-Boyd) said in the House of…

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Sabotage Hunt In Liner Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 22

LONDON, Tues. (Extel). --The Minister for Transport (Mr. Lennox-Boyd) said in the House of…

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Big fire at oil mill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 15

Flames shot 50 feet into the air when a tank of linseed oil exploded at…

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Tourist bus burnt out

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE Wed. -- A tourist bus carrying 15 passengers burst into flames eight miles from Echuca today. A few minutes earlier…

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Fire Destroys Tourist Bus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Fifteen passengers and the driver escaped unhurt when a Pioneer bus,…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Biz · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 2

The small house of Mr. and Mrs. Geoege Dupobt in Bar[?] Street. Cabramatta was destroyed by fire on Saturday last. They also lost…

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Flaws in 'Fire in the Water'

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 4

Fire In The Water, by Peggy Simson Curry. (Sydney; Shakespeare Head.) THERE are many…

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Blaze in Plastics Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

Fire this morning severely damaged the top floor of a plastics factory owned by H…

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Blaze in Plastics Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 1

Fire this morning severely damaged the top floor, of a plastics factory owned by H…

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Blaze in Plastics Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 10

Fire this morning severely damaged the top floor of a plastics factory owned by H…

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Blaze in Plastics Works

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 10

Fire this morning severely damaged the top floor of a plastics factory owned by H…

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