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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 125

Big Blaze Guts Building At Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

A fire caused damage estimated at nearly £30,000 when it broke out in a building at Manly…

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Fire Display Closing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 11

A fire brigade official said last night that the display of ancient and modern fire-fighting equipment at David Jones'…

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Riverina Fire Risk

The Land · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

THE Bushfire Standing Committee, which met in Sydney this week, believes that…

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Man flees from fire in ocean

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 26

BRISBANE, Friday. -- When a 30ft. motor launch caught fire six miles off Manly last…

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Man flees from fire in ocean

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 26

BRISBANE, Friday. -- When a 30ft. motor launch caught fire six miles off Manly last…

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Man flees from fire in ocean

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 36

BRISBANE, Friday. -- When a 30ft. motor launch caught fire six miles off Manly last…

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Man flees from fire in ocean

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 26

BRISBANE, Friday. -- When a 30ft. motor launch caught fire six miles off Manly last…

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CROPS Farmers Worried Over Fire Risk To Stacked Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 35

WAGGA: Wheat growers in the Ladysmith are facing the possibility of fire destroying bagged wheat standing in the paddocks due to acute congestion ai the local silos. The risk is…

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ON and Off the Farm Modern Methods of Fire Control

The Land · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

Raymond Terrace, 15 miles north of Newcastle, and in heavily timbered country, is justly proud of…

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This Week's Dog Story Monty Died in Fire to Save Human Friends

The Land · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 18

CANLEY VALE MONTY gave his own life to save that of his master and family in a lire which destroyed a rabbiter's home near Rylstone, some years ago…

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Bushfire Danger Warning Issued to Riverina

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

A special appeal to Riverina landholders to be particularly vigilant about bushfire risk was made this week. The appeal was made…

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Huge Blaze At Granville Dump

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

About 10,000 people watched firemen fight a huge blaze which destroyed more than 1,000 fruit packing cases on a dump at Granville last night…

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Another fire at Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

A fire destroyed about 20,000 fruit cases worth £1250 at Granville last night. Police believe a…

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Special police on fire watch

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

Extra police have been sent to Granville to investigate mysterious fires and threats to burn down…

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City Fire Service Works in Reverse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

The Daily Telegraph, which usually hears about fires from the fire Brigade, last night told the Fire Brigade about a fire…

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100 Feared Dead in Train Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.).—The Reuters correspondent in Karachi says that about 60 people are…

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Fiend at Tempe set cat on fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

A sadist set fire is a cat at Tempe yesterday afternoon. It was shockingly burnt…

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Fire Ordeal Alleged by Witness in Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 4

NAIROBI, Fri.--Two police reservists had ordered him to be held over a charcoal fire, an elderly native said in court yesterday. The witness, a…

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Terror in Granville as four new fires blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 1

Firebugs last night started four new fires at Granville. This brought to 13 the total of mysterious fires started in the district since November 24. Most of them have…

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Blaze In Royal Tour Train

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 24 January 1954 · page 3

A fire, fed by two gallons of methylated spirits, broke out last week-end on the train…

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