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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 143

Dive Through Blaze In Vain Rescue Bid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A man dived info, a river covered with burning petrol at Tweed Heads last night in a vain attempt to save a young transport driver from drowning…

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Dire Through Blaze In Vain Rescue Bid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A man dived into a river covered with burning petrol at Tweed Heads last night in a vain attempt to save a young transport driver from drowning…

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Dive Through Blaze In Vain Rescue Bid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A man dived into a river covered with burning petrol at Tweed Heads last night in a vain, attempt to save a young transport driver from drowning…

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Shipyard Fire

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

HALIFAX, Wednesday. -- Fire engulfed the machine shop at the Halifax shipyards early today…

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Dive through Blaze In Vain Rescue Bid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thurs.--A man dived into a river covered with burning petrol at Tweed Heads last night in a vain attempt to save a young transport driver from drowning…

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Fire at Brighton

The Propeller · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

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

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Fire in Garage-Residence

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

Penrith Fire Brigade received a call-out on Sunday evening, about 8.5 p.m., to a fire that was rapidly destroying a fibro…

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American Did Not Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 3

Describing the attack, U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Germany said that it occurred in perfectly…

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Meat Terms May Come Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

HOBART, Thurs.-- Contentious clauses in the new 15-year meat agreement between…

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Pilots May Fire at Red Jets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

MUNICH, Thurs.--United States pilots stationed along the German - Czechoslovakia border are hourly expecting a "shoot M.I.G.s on sight" order from Washington…

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U.S. may fire on raiders

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 11

BERLIN, Thursday.-- US pilots in Germany may be told in future to shoot down any Czech plane crossing the frontier…

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Meat Terms May Come Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

HOBART, Thurs.-- Contentious clauses in the new 15-year meat agreement between…

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Pilots May Fire at Red Jets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

MUNICH, Thurs.--United States pilots stationed along the German - Chechoslovakian border are hourly expecting a "shoot M.I.G.s on sight" order from Washington…

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14 dead in U.S. brewery fire

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 9

NEWARK (New Jersay), Wednesday. -- 14 men were killed and 29 injured when fire swept…

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Bushfire at Caringbah

The Propeller · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

Volunteer firemen last Monday saved five homes from a fire at Caringbah. One home was a district landmark. The…

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Midnight Blaze In Factory

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

A spectacular fire destroyed the factory of Bird Bros., tallow and fertiliser makers, in O'Riordan Street,…

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Oil Companies Are Under Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

GRAZIERS' conference this week refused a motion that a Royal Commission be urged into the…

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Radio Warinings of Fire Bans

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

The Graziers' Association conference this week decided to urge that notice of commencement and…

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£100,000 damage in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

A fire early to-day destroyed [?] two-story fertilise[?] factory in…

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Graziers Want C'nd. Control of Fire-Lighting

The Land · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 16

The Graziers' Association conference wants the power to prohibit and…

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