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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 125

Blaze in Theatre

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed…

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Blaze in Theatre

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed…

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£100,000 fire in old theatre

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.--One of the city's oldest landmarks, 40-year-old Cremorne theatre at…

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Theatre Razed In Big Brisbane Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Forty thousand people crammed South Brisbane to-night to watch firemen…

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Fire Damage At Railway Station

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 21 February 1954 · page 17

Fire extensively damaged a storeroom at Werris Creek railway station yesterday morning…

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Fire And Fun In a Viking Festival

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 21 February 1954 · page 51

A VIKING Jarl stood in the prow of his racing galley, howling at his sweating rowers for greater speed. Two oars' length away, another galley sped over the waves, its striped sail filled with the north wind. In its prow a tough, bearded…

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Wharf fire prevented

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

Swift thinking on the part of a young Maritime Services Board worker prevented a…

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Wharf fire prevented

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 2

Swift thinking on the part of a young Maritime Services Board worker prevented a…

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Cease-fire Call for Indo-china

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 4

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (A.A.P.).— The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, in New Delhi to-day…

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World-wide news from our overseas services Nehru's Plea for Cease-fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 6

NEW YORK, Mon.--The Indian Prime Minister (Mr. Nehru) in the Indian Parliament today, appealed "in all humility" for a cease-fire in Indo-China…

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Challenge to Fire Rep

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

If district Fire Board representative, Alderman L. Duff, could not secure reestablishment of a fire…

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Jury in fire station

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Twelve jurymen had a meal in a city hotel last night…

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Canada Behind Indian Appeal Cease-fire supported

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 32

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--"Without any doubt" Canada would endorse India's appeal for a cease-fire in Indo-China, the Canadian Prime Minister,…

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Congressional Committees Under Fire U.S. 'Witch-hunting' Discredits A Valuable Inquiry System By a Special Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 2

When Senator Joseph McCarthy, Senator Pat McCarran, or Representative Velde conducts a grand inquisition in the name of a U.S.[?] Congressional committee, the liberal mind is not only revolted by the unfair procedures which these…

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Fire Scare

The World's News · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 30

THE sounding of a correct weight siren during a rehear sal of arrangements for a night trotting meeting at…

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Super Fire Engine for Oil Refinery

The World's News · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 35

A 14-TON mobile fire-fighting unit fitted with foam pumps—the largest ever built in Australia—has been handed over to the Shell Refining…

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Books of the Week U.S. Fights For The Ashes Fire in the Ashes, by Theodore H. White.—Sloane, New York

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 13

THIS survey of Europe— primarily, political Europe —in the midst of its postwar difficulties and dilemmas…

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Hydrogen Lacks Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 28 February 1954 · page 35

Hydrogen started a solid second favourite at 7-2. The price of Cromis eased from 5-4 to 2-1, while a…

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Fire on Cruiser

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1954 · page 2

More than £2000 worth of damage was done to the 48ft. motor cruiser Restless when it caught…

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Blaze on Motor. Cruiser

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 6

Two brigades put out a fire on a £6000 motor cruiser in Broken Bay yesterday…

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