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Fires & bushfires, 1953

2,850 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 143

Causes of Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

ATLANTA .(A.P.). -- Assistant-Fire Marshal J. F. Seagraves asked elementary s c h o o lchildren…

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Causes of Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 5

ATLANTA (A.P.).-- Assistant-Fire Marshal J. F. Seagraves asked elementary schoolchildren…

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Showers Reduced Fire Risk

The Land · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 9

SHOWERY conditions during the holidays in many districts temporarily…

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Bushfire Warning

The Land · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

THE chairman oi the Bushfires Committee (Mr. H. Messer) yesterday appealed a strict watch for…

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Grave Danger Of Bushfires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

CHAIRMAN of the N.S.W. Bushfires Committee (Mr. H. Messer) warned yesterday that the fire risk…

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Fire Float's 1St Fire--inside Job

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 7

Rose Bay flying-boat base fire float had its first call yesterday--to a fire in the fire float. The craft had just…

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Fire Breaks Out On Fire Float

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 4

The Department of Civil Aviation's fire float at Rose Bay, which has been waiting every day for three and a…

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Plane Crashes, Catches Fire—3 Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 5

TAREE, Friday.—Three men in an Auster plane which crashed near Chatham racecourse early to-day had just got clear of the wreckage when it burst into…

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Fire guts 3 shops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sun.--A fire caused £20,000 damage at Pittsworth, on the Darling Downs, early today…

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Fire Risk Changes Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— British migrants at Brooklyn camp, who threatened last week not to use their canteen…

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Big Loss in Truck Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sun. -- Exploding ammunition forced two drivers of a big semitrailer to leap clear and…

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Blast, Fire Wreck N.T. Truck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 3

ALICE SPRINGS, Sunday.—An ammunition explosion and fire yesterday wrecked a 15-ton…

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Plea To Check Fire Risk In National Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

The president of the Rangers' League of New South Wales, Mr. G. A. King, urged yesterday the need for properly…

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Intruders Start Blaze in House

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 5

A few blonde hairs and an expensive lipstick are among clues Police have of a…

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Mystery Blaze in Empty Home Lipstick, Blonde Hairs As Clues

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

A high-quality lipstick and a few blonde hairs are the only clues police have to the identify of mystery intruders who last…

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Mystery Blaze in Empty Home Lipstick And Blonde Hairs As Clues

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

Mystery intruders Bast night started a fire in the former luxury home at Centennial Park of the late "Siddy" K e ll y, baccarat…

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Hose Mishap Puts Out Fire Brigade

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 22

NEW YORK (B.U.P.).-- Fire destroyed the volunteer fire company headquarters in Harveysburg…

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Hose Mishap Puts Out Fire Brigade

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 22

NEW YORK (B.U.P.).-- Fire destroyed the volunteer fire company headquarters in Harvevshurg…

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Hose Mishap Puts Out Fire Brigade

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 22

NEW YORK (B.U.P.).-- Fire destroyed the volunteer fire company headquarters in Harveysburg…

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Hay Fire Brings Charge of Arson

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

MUNICH (A.P.).-- Martin Unglaub, a merchant, told a local court that he set fire to his hay barn…

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