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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 143

Pensioner Lit {100,000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 14

A 21 -years-old invalid pensioner had started a fire which caused an estimated £100,000 damage to a Pyrmont building, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Rooney, Q.C.) told a…

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Fire Rescue of Old Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

LEETON, Wed. -- A young man risked injury to haul to safety an unconscious man from a blazing building in Leeton on Monday night…

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Pensioner Lit [100,000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 14

A 21-years-old invalid pensioner had started a fire which caused an estimated £100,000 damage to a Pyrmont building, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Rooney, Q.C.). told a…

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Fire Rescue of Old Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

LEETON, Wed. -- A young man risked injury to haul to safety an unconscious man from a blazing building in Leeton on Monday night…

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Fire Rescue of Old Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 5

LEETON, Wed. -- A young man risked injury to haul to safety an unconscious man from a blazing building in Leeton on Monday night…

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Pensioner Lit £100,00 Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 14

A 21-years-old invalid pensioner had started a fire which caused an estimated £100,000 damage to a Pyrmont building, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Rooney, Q.C.) told a…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Pensioner Lit £100,000 Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 14

A 21 -years-old invalid pensioner had started a fire which caused an estimated £100,000 damage to a Pyrmont building, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr. Rooney, Q.C.) told a…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Mother, Son Die in House Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 12

A woman of 83 arid her 50-years- old son were burnt to death last night when their home at Rosemonte, neai Goulburn. was destroved by fire…

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Mother and son die in fire

The Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

A mother and son were burnt to death in a cottage at Rosemont, near Goulburn, last night…

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Mother, Son Die in House Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 12

A woman of 83. and her 50-years old son were burnt to death last night when their home at Rosemonte, near Goulburn, was destroyed by fire…

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Mother,son Die in House Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 12

A woman of 83 and her 50-years- old son were burnt to death last night when their home at Rosemonte, near Goulburn, was destroyed by fire…

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Mother, Son Die in House Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 12

A woman of 83 and her 50-years- old son were bunt fo death last night when their home at Rosemonte, near Goulburn was destroved by fire…

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Bushfire claims on railways begin in court

The Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 17

WAGGA, Wednesday.--Mr. Justice Hereon told a special Supreme Court sitting today he would not order Railways Commissioner Winsor to give…

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Bushfires Bring Damages Writs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 21

WAGGA, Wed. -- Hearing of the first of 404 Writs against the Railways Commissioner, as a sequel fo last year's bushfires, began before Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court today…

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Bushfires Bring Damages Writs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 21

WAGGA, Wed. -- Hearing of the first of 404 writs against the Railways Commissioner, as a sequel to last year's bushfires, began before Mr. Justice Herron in the Supreme Court today…

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Bushfires Bring Damages Writs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 21

WAGGA, Wed. -- Hearing of the first of 404 writs against the Railways Commissioner, as a sequel to last year's bushfires, began before Mr. Justice Herroa" in the Supreme Court today…

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Pure Fire's good work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 34

MELBOURNE. Wed.--Pure Fire, the good sprinter in Fred Hoysted's stables at…

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Pure Fire's good work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 34

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Pure Fire, the good sprinter in Fred Hoysted's stables at…

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Pure Fire's good work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 34

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Pure Fire, the good sprinter in Fred Hoysted's stables at…

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Pure Fire's good work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 34

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Pure Fire, the good sprinter in Fred Hoysted's stables at…

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