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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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

Life Risked in £25,000 Home Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Fri. -- A solicitor nearly lost his life early today when he rushed into his burning home in the mistaken belief that his family…

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Smoke Without Fire

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

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Security officers became perturbed when they…

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Tragic end to pre-Xmas party Father's Death in Blaze

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 42

On the floor near a burned-out stairway of a factory- cum-home at…

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Big U.S. Fire

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

LOS ANGELES, Saturday (A. A. P.).—A forest fire that menaced the Mount Wilson observatory and…

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Fire Destroys Teralba Home

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sat. — Firemen from three brigades fought a fire which destroyed a house at…

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Disgust Over Heiress's Marriage Barnyard morals of parties under fire

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 10

NEW YORK, Sat. —Although big black headlines shouted forth the mating this week of dime store heiress Barbara Hutton and Dominican Don Juan, Porfirio Rubirosa, the obvious underlying…

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U.s.l.t.a. Under Fire Staff Correspondent and A.a.p

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 46

NEW YORK, Saturday. — United States tennis, reeling from its fourth straight Davis…

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Old Man Saved From Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Neighbours rescued a partly crippled 75-year-old man from his blazing home…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P).--Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a "mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a mental hospital in Ichlkawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Fire yesterday killed six of the inmates of a mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Fire Kills Six

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO. Mon. (B.U.P.).--Fire yesterday killed six of the Inmates of a mental hospital in Ichikawa…

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Sheep Die in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Mon. -- More than 10 sheep were burned to death, and 200 acres of grazing land at…

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Sheep Die in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Mon. -- More than 10 sheep were burned to death, and 200 acres of grazing land a…

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Sheep Die in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Mon. -- More than 10 sheep were burned to death, and 200 acres of grazing land at…

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Rain Breaks Long Drought, Checks Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 1

Rain which has fallen all along the New South Wales coast and in New England areas since Thursday has broken eight months' drought and —…

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Fatal Burns In Bushfire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 6

PERTH, Sunday.—A man who was burnt yesterday while helping to fight a bushfire, died…

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