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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 125

Man Burned in Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 17

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

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Man Burned in Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

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

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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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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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3 Aged People in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Rescuers carried three aged people through flames at a…

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Man Burned in Car Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 2

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

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2 Burned in Petrol Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 14

Two men who were pouring petrol into the tank of a car by the light of a hurricane lamp at Redfern…

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2 Burned in Petrol Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 2

Two men who were pouring petrol into the tank of a car by the light of a hurricane lamp at Redfern…

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2 Burned in Petrol Blaze

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 14

Two men who were pouring petrol into the tank of a car by the light of a hurricane lamp at Redfern…

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Signs told of fire death

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

A deaf and dumb woman at- City Coroner's Court today gave evidence concerning…

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Signs told of fire death

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 5

A deaf and dumb woman at City Coroner's Court today gave evidence concerning…

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Pastoral workers in Qld. fire tragedy

Tribune · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 11

SEVEN well known NSW and Queensland pastoral workers were burnt to death when fire recently destroyed a…

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Free Fire Insurance and Indemnity in the Event of Death

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 3

Whatmuff's Pty. Ltd., the oldest established radio and electrical appliance store in Parramatta, now…

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Bush Fire Brigades

The Observer · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 14

Accepting the invitation of the Council, Group Captain of the local Bush Fire Brigade organisation (Mr. R. Watchorn) recently…

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Fire Destroys R.S.L. Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 1

Fire early this morning gutted the clubhouse of the North Narrabeen branch of the Returned Servicemen's…

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£37,650 Claim After Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri.--A writ has been issued by McCallum Enterprises Pty. Ltd. against the Northern…

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£37,650 Claim After Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri.--A writ has been issued by McCallum Enterprises Pty. Ltd. against the Northern…

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Realm of Nature The Coal of Your Fire

The Land · Friday 30 April 1954 · page 35

WHEN next you look into the fire and see the coal burning, you might well ask, why does it barn? It looks like stone, in…

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Love Tale With A Difference Blaze of the Sun, by Jean Hougron; translated from the French by Mervyn Savill.—Hurst and Blackett, London. I

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 10

"BLAZE OF THE SUN" is a novel which deserves e wide public in this country, not only because it is a piece of…

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Fact Feature Every second U.S. soldier fails to fire It's difficult to credit, but combat troops have confessed that it's true

The World's News · Saturday 1 May 1954 · page 13

A VITAL but little publicised investigation is being carried out by the US Army in Washington to determine why half the US combat…

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