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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 125

Burial of Victims Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Tuesday.— The bodies of three of the five men killed in Sunday's hotel fire at Cunnamulla…

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Free Fire Insurance and Indemnity in the Event of Death

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 3

Whatmuff's Pty. Ltd., the oldest established radio and electrical appliance store in Parramatta, now…

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Labor Blast at Few Tax Reductions Uk budget under fire

The Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. Butler will be under heavy fire when the Budget debate opens in the Commons today…

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Fire brigades at small fire

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 21

Fire brigades from five city stations answered an alarm from Parbury's Bond Store, Millers…

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Indian Fire Dance

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 38

LADY WHITE, wife of the Australian High Commissioner, entertains 24-year-old Miss Vola Vandere to tea. She performed her famous Indian Fire Dance, at the recent Boomerang Club Party,…

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Woman in leap from fire

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

A woman jumped to safety from a window this morning as her Cammeray home…

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Ban Extended on Open Fires

The Land · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 9

THE Chief Secretary's Department has extended to April 30 the declaration of the Mitchell…

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Threat of fire strike

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Fri.-- Property here may be without fire protection if Melbourne firemen carry…

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Fire Test Showed Risk Of Synthetic

The Land · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 43

THE Deputy Leader of the State Country Party, Mr. S. D. Dickson, of Temora, had to burn two samples of material to find out which wax wool and which synthetic…

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Blazing Debris Fires 3 HOMES 40 dead in Canadian air smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are believed have been killed in an air collision yesterday…

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Blazing Debris Fires 3 HOMES 40 dead in Canadian air smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are believed to have been killed in an air collision yesterday…

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Blazing Debris Fires 3 HOMES 40 dead in Canadian air smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). --Forty persons are believed to have been killed in an air collision yesterday…

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Blazing Debris Fires 3 HOMES 40 dead in Canadian air smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are believed to have been killed in an air collision yesterday…

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Blazing Debris Fires 3 HOMES 40 dead in Canadian air smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 8

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are believed to have been killed in an air collision yesterday…

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Blazing debris Bodies thrown fires 3 homes on golf course Forty Dead in Air Smash Planes collide mid-air

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.).--Forty persons are be…

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Blazing debris fires 3 homes Bodies thrown on golf course Forty Dead in Air Smash Planes collide mid-air

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are…

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Blazing debris fires 3 homes Bodies thrown on golf course Forty Dead in Air Smash Planes collide mid-air

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

MONTREAL, Fri. (B.U.P., A.P.). -- Forty persons are…

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Fires Bring Death, Destruction

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

Smoke and flames pouring from the annexe of an elementary school in…

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Fires Bring Death, Destruction

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 4

Smoke and flames pouring from the annexe of on elementary school in…

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Fires Bring Death, Destruction

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

Smoke and flames pouring from the annexe of an elementary school in…

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