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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 143

Troops, Police Open Fire

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

Troops and police who rushed to the Premier's house last night opened fire and used bayonets…

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Gunman sets fire to van

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sun. --A gunman set fire to a stolen panel van in a Carlton street…

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Police say home set on fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Sun.--Police allege a man threw a knife at a woman…

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Iraki Fires to Die U.S. Plan To Pipe Oilfield Gas

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 8

LONDON, Mon. (Kemsley).--The flames still burn night and day in that, area of the Middle East where, the Bible tells us, Shadrach, Meshach and…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Order By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed S Townships Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood qn the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Pennsylvania; one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of me fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal BY Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways oil picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, One summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 perished when flood from burst dam Smashed 8 townships Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899 anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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2200 Perished When Flood From Burst Dam Smashed 8 TOWNSHIPS Johnstown's Ordeal By Fire And Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 13

A WHITE-FACED engineer stood on the sluiceways of picturesque Lake Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, one summer day in 1899, anxiously watching the rising water. One of the fiercest…

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Man dies in hut blaze

The Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- A man was burned to death last night in a fire which followed an…

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station fire

The Sun · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 24

TORONTO, Monday.-- Fire swept through the Chats Falls hydro-electric power station today and…

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Envoy's Visit Fires Big 3 Speculation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.(Extel).-- The sudden announcement that Britain's Moscow Ambassador (Sir Alvay Gasscoigne) will return to London, soon has started speculation early meeting between the Big Three…

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Envoy's Visit Fires Big 3 Speclation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 6

LONDON, Tues. (Extel.).-- The sudden announcement that Britain's Moscow Ambassador (Sir Alvary Gascoigne) will return to London soon has started speculation of an early meeting between the Big Three…

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Envoy's Visit Fires Big 3 Speculation

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 6

LONDON, Tues. (Extel).--The sudden announcement that Britain's Moscow Ambassador (Sir Alvary, Gascoigne) will return to London soon has started speculation of an early meeting between the Big Three…

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Police Baffled by Fatal Fire Burned Body Mystery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- Police are baffled by a mysterious fire, which destroyed a hut and…

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Police Baffled by Fatal Fire Burned Body Mystery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. --Police are baffled by a mysterious fire, which destroyed a hut and…

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3 Police Baffled Bt Fatal Fire Burned Body Mystery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday. --Police are baffled by a mysterious fire, which destroyed a hut and…

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Fierce Fire Raging Near Canberra 50 Men Fight On Half-Mile Front

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 12

CANBERRA, Tues.--A fierce bushfire began on Black Mountain today and is being fought by about 50 men. The Canberra Fire…

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