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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 143

Pupils bet on school fire plot

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 4

LONDON, Thurs.--Schoolgirls at Wolverhampton took bets on whether three girls…

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£10,000 To Recondition Fire Damaged Line Worth It, Says Dept

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

WAGGA: A public meeting of landholders at Mangoplah last Friday was informed that it would cost £10,000 to re-condition the 13 miles of railway line from Mangoplah to Westby as the result of damage caused by the 1952 bushfires…

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Drinkers panic in hotel blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 2

Within seconds this afternoon a fire swept through the bars of the Bald Face Stag Hotel on…

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Drinkers panic in hotel blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 1

A fire swept through the bar of the Bald-Faced Stag Hotel, in Parramatfa Rd., Petersham, late this afternoon, causing severe damage…

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Stop Press Police Open Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Wirepatrol police early today fired shot sat three men who were trying to drive away in a truck carrying…

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Drinkers Driven Away by Blaze

Truth · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 4

Drinkers rushed from the bar of the Bald Faced Stag Hotel in Parramatta Rd., Leichhardt, late yesterday afternoon, when fire gutted the around floor…

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Crowd Flees Hotel Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 7

Customers panicked as beer bottles burst in a fire which yesterday gutted the saloon and public bars of the Bald Faced Stag Hotel in Parramatta…

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Woman saves father in fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 7

A woman suffered severe burns while saving the life of her 81year-old father at Mona Vale…

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Fire Guts Public Hotel Bars

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 3

Fire gutted the entire ground floor of the Bald Faced Stag Hotel, Parramatta Road, Leichhardt,…

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Fire, no firemen MILTON

The Sun · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 3

RESIDENTS last night watched almost helplessly as a fire gutted a boiling…

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Drinkers flee fire in hotel

The Sun · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 5

CUSTOMERS with drinks in their hands rushed out of the bar of the Bald…

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Korea Reds Fire Biggest Barrage

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 June 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, June 13 (A.A.P.).—The Eighth Army in Korea said to-day that the Communists attacked on the central front to-day after firing 118,000 artillery and mortar shells in 12 hours—the greatest barrage of the war…

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79 Dancers Die in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Mon. (A.P.). --Seventy-nine persons were killed, and 100! injured, when panic gripped a fire-menaced negro dance hall early yesterday morning…

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79 Dancers Die in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Mon. (A.P.). --Seventy-nine persons were killed, and 100 injured, when panic gripped a fire-menaced negro dance hall early yesterday morning…

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79 Dancers Die in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Mon. (A.P.). --Seventy-nine persons were killed, and 100 injured, when panic gripped a fire-menaced negro dance hall early yesterday morning…

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79 Dancers Die in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Mon. (A.P.). --Seventy-nine persons were killed, and 100 injured, when panic gripped a fire-menaced negro dance Kail early yesterday morning…

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79 Dancers Die in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil) Mon. (A.P.). --Seventy-nine persons were killed and 100 injured, when panic gripped a fire-menaced negro dance hall early yesterday morning…

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Fire threat to markets

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Fire today swept through 10 storage sheds at Victoria…

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63 DEAD. 70 Injured in Dance Hall Stampede Flight From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Monday. (A.P.). -- Sixty three persons were…

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63 Dead.70 Injured in Dance Hall Stampede Flight From Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SAO PAULO (Brazil), Monday. (A.P.). -- Sixty-three persons were killed, and 70…

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