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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 143

Racial Fires Still Burning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 14

PRETORIA, (South Africa) Fri.—Bonfires will burn tonight outside African huts and houses in settlements, villages and near town locations in silent protest against South…

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Racial Fires Still Burning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 14

PRETORIA, (South Africa) Fri.--Bonfires Will burn tonight outside African hills and houses in settlement, villages arid near town locations in silent protest against South…

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Racial Fires Still Burning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 14

PRETORIA, (South Africa) Fri.—Bonfires will burn tonight outside African huts and houses in settlements, villages and near town locations in silent protest against South…

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Racial Fires Still Burning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 14

PRETORIA, (South Africa) Fri.-—Bonfires will burn tonight outside African huts and houses in settlements, villages and near town locations in silent protest against South…

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Racial Fires Still Burning

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 14

PRETORIA, (South Africa) Fri.—Bonfires will burn tonight outside African huts and houses in settlements, villages and near town locations in silent protest against South…

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Marg. Quotas Under Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 6

BRISBANE.— The Queensland Government's approval of margarine manufacture licences being…

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N.T. Fire Risk Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 10

DARWIN, Thursday.— Visitors to the Brunette Downs race meeting have been warned that one…

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New Moves To Win "Fire Belt" Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Thursday. —Tests were made at Richmond Main colliery to-day of methods of winning about…

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Councils Urged to Act on Bushfire Control

The Land · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 23

THE Bush Fire Committee has made a special appeal to councils and bush fire brigades to organise a campaign for the laying of firebreaks in preparation for the bush fire season of 1953-54…

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14 perish in theatre fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1953 · page 2

TOKIO, Fri. -- Several people who were seeing their first movie died in a fire which destroyed a school building in Kamo yesterday…

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Police Say Fire Lit By Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1953 · page 1

Three children who [?]ere accidentally locked [?] a Redfern store started [?] fire there after playing…

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Five Escape From Blaze

Truth · Sunday 28 June 1953 · page 12

BRISBANE, Sat.— Five people escaped from a blazing residential by clambering down…

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Second school blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Fire today destroyed offices at Footscray Junior…

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£25,000 Blaze at Timber Factory

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 18

GRAFTON, Mon.--Fire destroyed thousands of feet of plywood and machinery yesterday at…

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£25,000 Blaze at Timber Factory

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 18

GRAFTON, Mon.--Fire destroyed thousands of feet of plywood and machinery yesterday at…

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£25,000 Blaze at Timber Factory

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 18

GRAFTON, Mon.--Fire destroyed thousands of feet of plywood and machinery yesterday at…

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Real Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK (U.P.). -- Making a routine check of a local restaurant which was closed, Patrolmen…

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Real Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK (U.P.). -- Making a routine check of a local restaurant which was closed. Patrolmen…

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Real Fire Water

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK (U.P.). -- Making a routine check of a local restaurant which was closed, Patrolmen…

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Fire Guts Bazaar

The Sun · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 3

RANGOON, Monday. --Fire gutted the entire bazaar area of Chauk, Central Burma oil town…

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