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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 125

Dogs' Bark Warned Couple Of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

Barking dogs early this morning saved the lives of a middle-aged couple when fire razed their…

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Man set on fire "for fun"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

NAIROBI, Sun.--A youthful Kenya police reserve officer…

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Meeting as golf club fire sequel

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

MAITLAND, Mon.--Maitland Golf Club will meet tonight to arrange emergency…

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Meeting as golf club fire sequel

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

MAITLAND, Mon.-- Maitland Golf Club will meet tonight to arrange emergency…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Fire alarm by poodle Couple Saved by Dog

Daily Mirror · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

Louis, pedigreed French poodle, saved the lives of his master and mistress and…

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Troopship on Fire, Sinks Off North Africa: Four Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Sun.--A British troopship caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean early today. Four of the crew are missing…

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Epic courage in snip fire Troops Calm Women First Amid Ruin Into Boats Mystery blast in troop liner

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

ALGIERS, Monday.--More than 1500 men, women and children calmly obeyed orders on a blazing British troopship yesterday in one of the greatest sea rescues in history…

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Big Damage In Vic. Bushfire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —A railway bridge, timber mill, summer school, two shanties, and 68,000 young…

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Inquiry on ship blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tues. --A public inquiry would be held into the fire on the troopship Empire…

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Inquiry on ship blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tues.-- A public inquiry would be held into the fire on the troopship Empire…

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Inquiry on ship blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tues.-- A public inquiry, would be held into the fire on the troopship Empire…

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Inquiry en ship blaze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Tues.-- A public inquiry would be held into the fire on the troopship Empire…

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Fire in Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

A fireman hosing the smouldering interior of a telephone factory in Canterbury Road, Canterbury, which was damaged by fire last night. The damage was estimated at £20,000…

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Trapped in Home Blaze Two fathers die in fumes

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Fumes in a blazing Geelong house today suffocated two men -- one a father of six children and the other a widower…

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Fire Destroys Half Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 1

Fire last night destroyed more than half the factory of the Telephone Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd. in…

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