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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 143

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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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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Man Stole, Sold Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

MOSCOW, Fri.-- The story of a man who stole a fire-engine was told in the newspaper Pravda yesterday. According to Pravda, Pavel Pavlik…

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Big Damage By Farm Fire

The Land · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 16

Damage of more than £4,000 was caused by a five-hours' fire in a storage shed at Belabula…

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Ship on fire in Pacific

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 5

TOKIO, Thurs.--An American ship today caught fire in the Pacific, 100…

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Man Stole, Sold Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

MOSCOW, Fri. -- The story of a man who stole a fire-engine was told in the newspaper Pravda yesterday. According to Pravda, Pavel Pavlik book…

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Fire Alarms Damage Is Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

The latest annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners said there had been a…

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Man Stole, Sold Fire-Engine

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

MOSCOW, Fri.-- The story of a man who stole a fire-engine was told in the newspaper Prarda yesterday. According to Pravda, Pavel Pavlik,…

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Man Stole, Sold Fire - Engine

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

MOSCOW, Fri. -- The story of a man who stole a fire - engine I was told in the newspaper Pravda yesterday. According to Pravda, Pavel Pavlik,…

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£3500 Damage in Fire at Sawmill

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

GRAFTON, Friday.-- A fire lasting eight hours caused £3500 damage to a sawmill at Timmsvale, near…

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£3500 Damage in Fire at Sawmill

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

GRAFTON, Friday. -- .A fire lasting eight hours caused £3500 damage to a sawmill at Timmsyale. near…

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£3500 Damage in Fire at Sawmill

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 2

GRAFTON, Friday.-- A fire lasting eight hours caused £3500 damage to a sawmill at Timmsvale, near…

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U.s. Ship on Fire in Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 3

TOKYO, February 12 (A.A.P.-Reuter)—Fire broke out aboard the American ship President Pierce (7,953…

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Patrol for Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 10

Members of the fire patrol operated by the R.A.A.F. and the Forestry Commission on a patrol over Braidwood yesterday in an R.A.A.F. Dakota. They are (left to right): Mr. R. P. Leek, of the Forestry…

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Fire Damages Factory

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

A fire yesterday morning extensively damaged the top floor of a plastics moulding factory at…

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Freighter Safe After Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 3

TOKYO, Feb. 13 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—After an all-night battle, eight Japanese fire tugs to-day extinguished a fire…

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Fire Damage To Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 7

Fire yesterday morning severely damaged the first floor of a plastics factory owned by H. Dalton and Co.,…

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Fire Sweeps Saigon Slum

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 3

SAIGON, Feb. 14 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Fire swept the congested slum area in the southern part of…

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