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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 125

Fire in car as reprisal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

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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Fire in car as reprisal

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 2

A woman whose car was set on fire b 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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Fire m 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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£10,000 Fire In Hotel At Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 12

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —Fire to-day badly damaged the building containing the public and saloon bars…

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Car Set On Fire At Surry Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1954 · page 13

A motor car belonging to the wife of a man who gave evidence at the David Studley-Ruxton Royal…

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Blaze Destroys 14-Roomed House

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 8

Firemen saved only a small kitchenette from a 14-roomed weatherboard cottage in…

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£2000 Fire

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 7

A laboratory owned by the New South Wales Government Railway, in Unwins Bridge Rd., St…

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Launch fire: two burned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 5

Two men were burned when a launch caught fire and sank at Bobbin Head a few hours after…

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Launch fire: two burned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 5

Two men were burned when a launch caught fire and sank at Bobbin Head a few hours after…

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Petrol Fire Destroys 23ft Cruiser

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 6

Fire yesterday destroyed the 23-foot half-cabin cruiser, Tabourie, moored alongside a wharf in Bay…

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Men Burnt As Petrol Catches Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 6

Two men were badly burnt by blazing petrol when a stationary car caught fire in Parramatta…

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Minesweeper On Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 18 April 1954 · page 9
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THE HAGUE, Saturday (A.A.P.-Reuters).—A lifeboat from the French ship Tunisie rescued 10 of the…

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Defence Plan Under Fire

Truth · Sunday 18 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—A forthright attack on Australia's new defence policy was made by the London Times in an editorial today…

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Crew Safe After Fire

Truth · Sunday 18 April 1954 · page 3

AMSTERDAM. Saturday (B.U.P.).—A Royal Navy motor minesweeper caught fire in the…

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Babies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.). -- Fifteen babies less than 12 days old were rescued from a…

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Babies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.). -- Fifteen babies less than 12 days old were rescued from a…

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Babies in Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.). -- Fifteen babies less than 12 days old were rescued from a…

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