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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 125

Man Saves Fiancee From Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —A young man carried his unconscious fiancee to safety through flames when…

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Saved in fire by guest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sun.-- A family friend saved an unconscious girl from…

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Five Dead in House Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 28

NEW YORK, Sun.--Five children died in a fire in a house in Columbia, Alabama, yesterday…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon.--A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Fire in Royal Car in Ceylon

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 4

COLOMBO, Mon. -- A short circuit burned out all the wiring in the Royal car last night…

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Hotel bars gutted in fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues. -- Fire today gutted the public and saloon bars of the new…

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Hotel bars gutted in fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues. -- Fire today gutted the public and saloon bars of the new…

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Hotel bars gutted in fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues. -- Fire today gutted the public and saloon bars of the new…

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Big fire ­­­damage in hotel

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 11

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Fire caused £40,000 worth of damage in the bar of the…

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Four burned, fire in gas holder

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 35

MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- Four men repairing a gas-holder at Mainland today…

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Underworld feud as fire theory Petrol Blaze Damages Car

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 18

Detectives believe the firing last night of a car owned by the wife of a Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission witness may be the result of an…

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Fire in Gully

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

A fire swept up a gully at the end of Primrose Park, Neutral Bay, this afternoon and threatened…

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Fire in car as reprisal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 26

A woman whose car was set on fire by two men outside her Surry Hills home last night…

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Fire in car as reprisal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 26

A woman whose car was set on fire by two men outside her Surry Hills home last night…

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