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Fires & bushfires, 1953

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Stop Press Phone: M2406 Fire Sweeps Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 28

NEW YORK, Sun.--A fire which swept through a private hospital at Largo (Florida) today killed at least 25 people and…

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Saigon Fire Kills 2,10,000 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

SAIGON, Mon. (B. U. P.). -- Fire destroyed 800 huts in the city suburbs yesterday, killing two people and…

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Saigon Fire Kills 2, 10,000 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

SAIGON, Mon. (B.U.P.). —Fire destroyed 800 huts in the city suburbs yesterday, killing two people and…

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34 perish in old age home fire

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 1

LARGO (Florida), Sunday. -- A fire which ran swiftly through a nursing home for the…

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Saigon Fire Kills 2, 10,000 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

SAIGON. Mon. (B.U.P.). —Fire destroyed 800 huts ih? the city suburbs yesterday; killing two people and…

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Saigon Fire Kills 2, 10,000 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

SAIGON, Mon. (B.U.P.). —Fire destroyed 800 huts in the city suburbs yesterday. killing two people and…

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Saigon Fire Kills 2,10,000 Homeless

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

SAIGON. Mon. (B.U.P.). —Fire destroyed 800 huts in the city suburbs yesterday. killing two neonleand…

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National and Foreign News - the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead in Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).Thirty- three elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News- the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), -Mon. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).Thirty three elderly patients are known lo have died in d fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News- the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A.P., .N.S., U.F.)—Thirty three elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which a pursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News- the Page That Keeps Your Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A.P., I N S,, U.P.).-Thirty three elderly patients are known to have lied in a fire Which gutted a nursing, home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News -- the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A. P., I. N. S., U. P.). -- Thirty - three elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News -- the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A. P., I. N. S., U. P.). -- Thirty - three elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News -- the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 33 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A. P. ., I. N. S., U. P.). -- Thirtythree elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other patients are…

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National and Foreign News - the Page That Keeps You Up to Date 133 Known Dead In Nursing Home Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 11

LARGO (Florida), Mon. (A.P., I.N.S., U.P.).-Thirty- three elderly patients are known to have died in a fire which gutted a nursing home in minutes yesterday. Two other Patients are…

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Fire on Roof

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

Firemen called to the roof of the Commonwealth Savings Bank Building, Martin Place,…

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Fire in flour mills

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 9

H. BARTLETT, of Clovelly, eating his lunch while watching a fire in the smut house of Gillespie Bros. Pty. Ltd., flour mills, Pyrmont, yesterday. The fire damaged vital machinery. A company official later said that the fire would halt production for several weeks, but nobody employed…

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Mill Fire Loss £30,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 3

A fire in the dust-room of a flour mill at Pyrmont yesterday caused damage estimated at £30,000…

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Antarctic Men Fear Fire Most

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Antarctic explorers feared fire more than ice and chill winds, Mr. Philip Law said today…

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Songwriter dies in Florida fire

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 34

LARGO (Florida,) Monday. -- Arthur Fields, 65, composer of popular song hits, was identified…

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