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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 125

Man Dies in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 24

ADELAIDE, Monday.-- An elderly man was burned to death in his dining room early…

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Man Dies in Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 24

ADELAIDE, Monday.-- An elderly man was burned to death in his dining room early…

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Rubber Depot on Fire

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 24

Fire brigades were rushed to rubber storage depot which caught fire in Reserve Road,…

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Fire destroys army billet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 6

SEOUL, Sun.--Fire today destroyed a British Army transit billet in Seoul. The fire drove out about…

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Fire Guts House in Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 13

Fire early yesterday destroyed a guest house in the Burragorang Valley…

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Fire Save by Mother Child Taken From Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 7

A Dutch migrant's wife yesterday saved her three-year-old child from their blazing home in Rawson…

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Blaze at meat works

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 21

WELLINGTON (NZ), Wednesday.--Fire today caused £100,000 damage at Gear Meat…

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Granville Fires Charged Man Refused Bail

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

A man was refused bail on Friday when the prosecutor said he feared the man would start fires. Alfred William Hunter (39),…

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Mobile Drill Catches Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 3

A mobile drill used for work on the Eastern Suburbs railway caught fire in the Domain near the Art Gallery…

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Thieves set' fire to strongroom

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Thieves set fire to an office strongroom of E. M. Purdy and…

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A wedding at end of rainbow Showgirl Victim of Fire in Night Club

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

Showgirl June Croker, 23, was dancing on a rainbow in March, 1950. Then aft accident at the Celebrity nightclub changed everything…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst Heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected, resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of Chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O 'Leary, a respected resident, bedded down her cow…

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250 PERISHED, 100,000 Lost Homes As Fire Engulfed a Wooden City Destruction and rebuilding of chicago

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 19

BOOMING, brawling Chicago was sweltering in the worst heat wave for years on October 8, 1871, as Mrs. O'Leary, a respected resident, bedded clown her cow…

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