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Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Chancellor under fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.-- Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Butler) hardly seems to have…

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Arson Squad Probes Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Scotland Yard Arson Squad is investigating a fire which trapped five men and two women--all Poles--on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Knightsbridge, London, last night. Thousands of people saw…

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Arson Squad Probes Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Scotland Yard Arson Squad is investigating a fire which trapped five men and two women--all Poles--on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Knightsbridge, London, last night. Thousands of people saw…

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Arson Squad Probes Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Scotland Yard Arson Squad is investigating a fire which trapped five men and two women--all Poles--on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Knightsbridge, London, last night. Thousands of people saw…

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Arson Squad Probes Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Scotland Yard Arson Squad is investigating a fire which trapped five men and two women--all Poles--on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Knightsbridge, London, last night. Thousands of people saw…

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Arson Squad Probes Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Sat.--Scotland Yard Arson Squad is investigating a fire which trapped five men and two women--all Poles--on the fourth floor of a five-storey building in Knightsbridge, London, last night. Thousands of people saw…

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Guests Flee Fire in Night Attire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

MUNGINDI, Sat.--Fifty guests in night attire fled from the Commercial Hotel early today before a fire which destroyed two shops and a house and damaged part of the hotel…

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Guests Flee Fire in Night Attire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 1

MUNGINDI, Sat.--Fifty guests in night attire fled from the Commercial Hotel early today before a fire which destroyed two shops and a house and damaged part of the hotel…

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Mittagong Move Over Bushfires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 13

MITTAGONG, Friday.— The Mittagong Shire Council has instructed the shire clerk, Mr. F. C. Taylor, to…

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Inquiry on shop blaze

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1954 · page 2

MUNGINDI, Saturday. —Queensland detectives have joined a N.S.W. police inquiry into a fire…

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Fires Ravage Vic. Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Five hundred sheep and miles of fencing were destroyed and 2,000 acres of rich grazing…

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Fire Near Liner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 10 (A.A.P.) —Southampton police yesterday called in an arson expert from Scotland yard to help…

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Vic. stipes under fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Failure of the V.A.T.C. stewards to order a swab to be taken from hurdle…

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Vic. stipes under fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Failure of the V.A.T.C. stewards to order a swab to be taken from hurdle…

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Vic. stipes under fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Mon. Failure of the V.A.T. stewards to order a s[?] to be taken from hU[?]…

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£300 fire follows robbery

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Mon. -- Firemen and police called to a fire in the office of the North Tamborine…

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Woman Saved In Flat Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Police and firemen broke through a locked door to rescue an elderly woman…

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Four Men Flee Grass Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- A fierce grassfire trapped four firefighters in a corner of a…

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Passengers leap to their death 35 Die in Comet Ten children in blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--Ten children, including a baby in arms, were among the 29 passengers and crew of six killed when a BOAC Comet crashed in flames into the Mediterranean yesterday…

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Passengers leap to their death 35 Die in Comet Ten children in blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.--Ten children, including a baby in arms, were among the 29 passengers and crew of six killed when a BOAC Comet crashed in flames into the Mediterranean yesterday…

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