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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 125

Britain's Policy On Egypt Under Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

LONDON, March 11 (A.A.P.).— The Labour Party will attack the Government in the House of Commons to-night on the handling of negotiations with…

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Smashed Trucks Block Main Northern Railway Line Fire ruse to aid son, say police

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

A woman had admitted setting fire to a garage in Granville railway yards because she wanted to help her son, who has been charged with arson, police alleged in Burwood Coroner's Court today…

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Reds Fire at U.s. Planes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 2

FRANKFURT, Sat.-- A Czechoslovak MIG jet-fighter last night attacked two…

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Stop Press Four Die in Slum Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 76

NEW YORK, March 13 (A.A.P.). — Four persons were burnt to death to-day and four others, believed to…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Four Die in Slum Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 64

NEW YORK, Sat. -- Four people were burned to death and four others are missing in a fire which destroyed a slum-area flat…

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Eight Crew Only Survivors of Crash 32 die in airliner fire after capsize 22 Joined Plane at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1954 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sat. -- Thirty-two people died when a B.O.A.C. Constellation airliner flying from Sydney to London crashed and burst into flames here today. The only survivors were eight of the nine crew members…

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Melbourne's 108 fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. --Firemen were called out to 72 fierce grass fires yesterday. bringing the…

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Melbourne's 108 fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Mon. --Firemen were called out to 72 fierce grass fires yesterday, bringing the…

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Melbourne's 108 fires

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE. Mon. --Firemen were called out to 72 tierce grass tires yesterday, bringing the…

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Lighter Starts Big City Fire

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 12

CHEJU ISLAND (Korea), Monday. -- A carelessly filled cigarette-lighter was blamed…

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We Still Don't Know Why Some People Are Able to Walk on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1954 · page 16

RECENTLY a sceptical Fijian student, Maikali Tuitubou, decided to test the famous…

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Neutral Bay Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 3

A fire early this morning badly damaged the rear section of the home of Sir Victor Wilson, of Shellcove…

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Eight Die in Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 7

NEW YORK, Monday. -- The eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cree, ranging in age from one…

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Trapped by fire, saved by firemen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

A former South Australian senator. Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter were rescued by firemen early today from their blazing home in Shellcove Rd., Neutral Bay…

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Trapped by fire, saved by firemen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

A former South Australian senator, Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter were rescued by firemen early today from their blazing home in Shellcove Rd., Neutral Bay…

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Trapped by fire, saved by firemen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

A former South Australian senator, Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter were rescued by firemen early today from their blazing home in Shellcove Rd., Neutral Bay…

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Trapped by fire, saved by firemen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

A former South Australian senator, Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter were rescued by firemen early today from their blazing home in Shellcove Rd., Neutral Bay…

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Trapped by fire, saved by firemen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 8

A former South Australian senator, Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter were rescued by firemen early today from their blazing home in Shellcove Rd., Neutral Bay…

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Police Fire on Students Two die in Tunis riot

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 23

TUNIS, Tuesday. -- French police sub-machine-gun fire last night killed two students and injured others in the first street rioting in Tunis for two…

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Man for Trial on £2450 FIRE Factory blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 13

A fire in a box factory yard alleged to have been started deliberately by a Granville man, had caused £2450 damage, Burwood…

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