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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 125

Magic Touch Wins by Neck Liquid Fire 2nd

The Sun · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 10

Magic Touch (7 to 1) gave apprentice J. Perry his first success at Randwick when she beat Liquid Fire (3 to 1) and Lucky Stride (16 to 1) in the…

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Fires, floods, man-eating tigers, and rogue elephants can't stop... The Jungle Postman He carries a pair of shoes, because if he puts them on, he'll wear them out

The World's News · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 15

AUSTRALIAN outback mailmen who brave floods, deserts and mountains delivering their letters, have worthy rivals in the jungle…

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Secret radar destroyed in blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 10

MOSS VALE, Sat. -- A mysterious explosion on an Army truck today destroyed secret radar equipment…

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Fire Destroys Army Radar

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Saturday. —An Army waggon carrying about £14,000 worth of radar equipment from…

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Big Liquid Fire Wagers

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 25

Liquid Fire, backed from 7-2 to 3-1, came home strongly on the outside after appearing to meet with a…

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Magic Touch Has Third Victory Over Liquid Fire Rous Hcp. Success

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 25

Apprentice First Home Trainer Jack Green claimed at Kandwick yesterday that his horse Magic Touch had the "Indian sign" on…

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Magic Touch Has Indian Sign Scores third close defeat of Liquid Fire

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1954 · page 19

Magic Touch proved that she has the "Indian sign" on Liquid Fire when she beat him for the third time in her career in the Rous Handicap, principal sprint of the final day of the A.J.C…

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Camp Fires Left Burning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

Sir,—Members of the N.S.W. Federation of Bush Walking Clubs, when walking along the Cox's River and…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta,…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta,…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta,…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 6

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St. Parramatta…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St., Parramatta,…

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Factory on Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 2

A fire which early today gutted half of Swift's dry - cleaning factory, George St, Parramatta,…

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Clothing lost in £15,000 factory fire

The Sun · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 5

A fire today gutted portion of a Parramatta dry cleaning factory, causing £15,000 damage…

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Dry Cleaning Factory Burnt Out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 4

A fire caused damage estimated at £10,000 to Swift Dry Cleaning Co.'s factory in George Street,…

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Old People Saved In Hospital Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. —A blind 95-year-old woman calmly followed her rescuers through a…

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Man Burned in Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 17

Alan. Stalder (21), Lawson Rd:, East Bankstown, was badly burned when the petrol tank of his car…

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