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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 143

Fires Take Toll Of Stud Sheep

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 6

A PICTURE of the grim sheep losses in some areas of the south-western districts of N.S.W. during lost year's devastating…

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Fire Damages Paint Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 9

The top floor of a Villa-wood factory owned by Taubmans Paints was seriously damaged when…

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Payroll Stolen, Now Fire

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

A firm which lost £6000 in a payroll robbery yesterday, received another…

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Auburn Fire Razes Plant

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

A fire early this morning burned out the % main curing plant at Michael Nairn Pty. Ltd:, linoleum manufacturers,Newton St., Auburn. Yesterday, armed…

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Fire Damages Paint Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 18

The top floor of a Villa-wood factory owned by Taubmans, Paints was seriously damaged when…

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Fire at Robbed Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A fire early this morning burned, out the main curing plant at Michael Nairns Pty. Ltd.,…

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Auburn Fire Razes Plant

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

A fire early this morning burned out the main curing plant at Michael Nairn Pty. Ltd., linoleum manufacturers, Newton St., Auburn. Yesterday, armed…

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Auburn Fire Razes Plant

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

A fire early this morning burned but the main curing plant at Michael Nairn Pty. Ltd., linoleum manufacturers, Newton St., Auburn. Yesterday, armed…

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Auburn Fire Razes Plant

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

A fire early this morning burned out the main curing plant at Michael Nairn Pty. Ltd., linoleum manufacturers, Newton St., Auburn. Yesterday, armed…

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Auburn Fire Razes Plant

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

A fire early this morning burned out the main cubing plant at Michael Nairn Pty. Ltd., linoleum manufacturers, Newton St., Auburn. Yesterday, armed…

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Fire at Robbed Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A fire early this morning burned out the main curing plant at Michael Nairns Pty. Ltd.,…

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Fire at Robbed Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

A fire early this morning burned out the main curing plant at Michael Nairns Pty. Ltd.,…

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Dutch News in Brief Saved by Fire

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 1

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Fire at W.p. Dog Track; Races on

The Sun · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 20

Fire today destroyed the emergency generating plant at the Wentworth Park dog track…

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Sheep Losses In Bushfires

The Land · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 30

The heavy sheep losses in some areas of the South Western Districts from last year's bushfires are now…

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FIRES: for pleasure and profit Arson, whether it's done by a pyromaniac who likes to see the blaze, or a professional who swindles the insurance companies, is a difficult crime to solve

The World's News · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 3

THERE'S no better crowd-raiser than the screaming siren of a fire engine. People find something thrilling, yet a little frightening, in…

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£30,000 fire follows £5823 hold-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 6

Fire yesterday damage at an Auburn factory whose £5823 payroll was stolen by armed bandits on Thursday. Michael Nairn and…

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Sound waves to fight fires

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 19

Tomorrow's fire men will use sound waves instead of water and chemicals to put out fires, says…

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Sailor Fights Fire in Store

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 3

PERTH, Sat.--Naval rating Ronald Cullen early today saw a fire in a Fremantle furniture store…

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Man Rescued From Launch Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

A, man in a launch rescued a fisherman from a blazing launch two miles off Malabar late yesterday…

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