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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 143

Fighting Ceases on Korean Front Removal Of Last Barrier To Cease-Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 5

SEOUL, Thurs.--All fighting ceased early today on the east-central Korean front. This follows a report from…

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Fighting Ceases on Korean Front Removal Of Last Barrier To Cease-Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 5

SEOUL, Thurs.--All fighting ceased early today on the east-central Korean front. This follows a report from…

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Fighting Ceases on Korean Front Removal Of Last Barrier To Cease-Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 5

SEOUL, Thurs.--All fighting ceased early today on the east-central Korean front. This follows a report from…

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Docks Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

ANCHORAGE (Alaska). (I.N.S.).-- Largest United States dock and warehouse facilities in Alaska were…

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Docks Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

ANCHORAGE (Alaska). (I.N.S.).-- Largest United States dock and warehouse facilities in Alaska were…

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Docks Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

ANCHORAGE, (Alaska). (I.N.S.).-- Largest United States dock and warehouse facilities in Alaska were…

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Fire wrecks military base

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 6

ANCHORAGE (Alaska), Thurs.-- Fire and explosions destroyed millions of dollars' worth of military installations and supplies at the port…

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Eight Left Homeless After Fire

The Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

A man, his wife and six children were left homeless when fire gutted a cottage in…

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Crew Puts Out Fire on Tug

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 2

The 70ft. tug Milport caught fire off Hunter's Hill wharf last night while towing a lighter loaded with more than 1000 gallons of oil…

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Tug Catches Fire In Harbour Tow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

A 70-foot tug, Melport, owned by the Harbour Lighterage and Showboat Ltd., caught fire early last…

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Unconscious Widow, 74, Saved in Fire

The Sun · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 6

A 74-year-old widow was rescued unconscious from a burning room in Elizabeth St., Paddington, early today. The woman, Mrs. Ann…

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Shortage Of Bushfire Equipment

The Land · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 27

SOME shires siill lacked bushfire fighting equipment, Mr. H. E. Messer told the annual conference of the…

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Eight Cars Destroyed in Fire Midnight Blaze In Garage

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 2

Fire early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield. The fire burned out a large…

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8 Cars Lost in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

First early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield…

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8 Cars Lost in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

Fire early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield…

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8 Cars Lost in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

Fire early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield…

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8 Cars Lost in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

First early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield…

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& cars lost in garage blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 2

Fire early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield. The fire burned out a large section of the car…

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8 Cars Lost in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 3

Fire early today destroyed eight cars in a used car park in South Strathfield…

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8 cars lost in garage blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 2

Fire early today destroyed eight ears in a used car park in South Strathfield. The fire burned out a in the open. large section of the car…

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