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Fires & bushfires, 1953

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North West Fire Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 10

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly) has banned the lighting of all fires in the open air in the north-west…

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Dog Saved From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 4

"Rags," a 12-years-old 4 terrier, wrapped in a blanket at Brighton (England) recently after being…

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Dog Saved From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 4

"Rags," a 12-years-old terrier, wrapped in a blanket at Brighton (England) recently after being…

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£11,000 Damage In Factory Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

Fire among bales of cork stacked in a building in Metters Ltd., Mitchell Road, Alexandria, yesterday, did…

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4000 homeless as fire sweeps Hongkong

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 21

HONGKONG, Wednesday. -- 400 Chinese were made homeless when fire gutted 800…

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Bushfire danger high

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night warned of high bushfire dangers in all inland sections of the State. The Bureau forecast extreme bushfire…

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Bushfire Danger Is Extreme-Bureau

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

The Weather Bureau last night warned that hot northerly winds have caused a big…

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2 killed by fires in bed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 12

The City Coroner (Mr. Forrest) yesterday inquired into the deaths of two people…

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Fire Destroys Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 5

COOMA, Wednesday.— Two recent immigrants to Australia, Mr. and Mrs. F. Quercia, lost all their…

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£15,000 Loss in Mill Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thurs.—Because a permanent water supply was lacking, brigadesmen could not stop a…

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Fire Engines Sent After Hoax Fails

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

A telephone caller today tried a cruel hoax 'on a Waverley family and when it failed, sent…

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Fire Engines Sent After Hoax Fails

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

A telephone caller today tried a cruel hoax on a Waverley family and when it failed sent…

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£15,000 Miss in Mill Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thurs.--Because a permanent water supply was lacking, brigadesmen could not stop a…

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