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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 143

Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 3

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 11

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 1

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6; Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 11

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged, a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 11

A fire which broke out on a truck on No 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early' today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 3

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truch Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 11

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged a quantity of…

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Copra Burned In Truck Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 March 1953 · page 3

A fire which broke out on a truck on No. 6 Wharf Walsh Bay early today damaged, a quantity of…

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Fire Rating Areas

The Biz · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 11

The Fire and Accident Under writers' Association has written to Fairfield Council, referring to previous letter from council dated 3rd…

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Face burned in garage fire

The Sun · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 13

A man was burned about the face while fighting a fire which destroyed the garage at his…

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Fire Protection. Hose Box Posts Installed

The Propeller · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 1

The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Sutherland Council at its last meeting that a hose box post had been…

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Bread Quality Under Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

A lot is being said about the quality of bread supplied to the public in Australia. There is…

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Stop Press £50,000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Fri.-- Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused today when thousands of tons of wastepaper went up in flames near White…

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Govt. bushfire "bill" of £3-million

The Sun · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

404 Supreme Court writs tor more than £3-mil. damages have been issued against the Railways Commissioner because of devastating bushfires in the…

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Fire Alarm for Fireman

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Senior fireman J. Rowley, of Boolaroo Volunteer Fire Brigade, turned out at 1…

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Fire Alarm for Fireman

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- Senior fireman J. Rowley, of Boolaroo Volunteer Fire Brigade, turned out at 1…

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£3,000,000 fire claims

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 8

Mr. J. W. Shand, Q.C., in the Supreme Court yesterday suggested that a judge,…

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Fire In Rooms. At Hotel

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 March 1953 · page 3

Fifty guests rushed from their bedrooms at the Hotel Burlington, Hay Street, Haymarket,…

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Guests flee in hotel fire

The Sun · Sunday 8 March 1953 · page 9

FIREMEN dragged a hose up five flights of stairs to fight a fire on the roof of a…

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An up-to-date fire alarm

The Sun · Sunday 8 March 1953 · page 41

A fire in Charlestown, Massachusetts, trapped Michael McCarthy and his wife in their…

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