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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 125

7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commercial Hotel fire has mounted…

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7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla commercial Hotel fire has mounted…

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7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commercial Hotel fire has mounted…

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7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commericial Hotel fire has mounted…

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7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commercial Hotel fire has tnnitnied…

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7th "Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 11

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commercial Hotel fire has mounted…

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7th Fire Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Death-roll in the Cunnamulla Commerical Hotel fire has mounted…

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Seventh fire victim dies

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Fri.--The seventh victim of the Cunnamulla Hotel fire died to-day in Brisbane General…

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Escape Fire in Pyjamas

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

Pyjama-clad guests fled from a fire ! which swept through the Karra Verra private hotel at Blackheath early today. The fire gutted the…

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Another Fire Victim Dies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.— The seventh Cunnamulla fire victim died in the Brisbane General Hospital this…

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{l2,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted ght of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Packheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted sight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted eight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted eight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted eight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted eight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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£12,000 Fire in Guesthouse

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sat. -- A fire which gutted eight of 20 rooms at Karraverra Guesthouse, Blackheath, early today caused damage estimated at £12,000…

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Man On Fire Dives To Rescue Natives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1954 · page 4

PORT MORESBY, Friday.—A man whose body was covered with blazing petrol dived from a boat…

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Blaze at guesthouse

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 April 1954 · page 5

Fire gutted the annex of a Blackheath guesthouse causing £12,000 damage early…

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Guest House Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 April 1954 · page 17

A fire early yesterday destroyed the ballroom and new northern wing of "Karaweera" Guesthouse, Govett's…

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