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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 125

Passers-By Fight Guest House Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Two men entered a St. Kilda guest-house early to-day, climbed a flight of…

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Blaze in bedroom at home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 2

Firemen were rushed to the home of Mr. Frank Packer at Bellevue Hill today when fire broke out…

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Blaze in bedroom at home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 2

Firemen were rushed to the home of Mr. Frank Packer at Bellevue Hill today when fire broke out…

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Blaze in bedroom at home

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 2

Firemen were rushed to the home of Mr. Frank Packer at Bellevue Hill today when fire broke out…

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Move to stop stable fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 31

NEW YORK, Tues. (I.N.S.).--Over the years fires in racing barns have cost numerous lives of both horses and men and millions of dollars worth of damage to property…

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Move to stop stable fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 31

NEW YORK, Tues. (I.N.S.).--Over the years fires in racing barns have cost numerous lives of both horses and men and millions of dollars worth of damage to property…

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Move to stop stable fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 31

NEW YORK, Tues. (I.N.S.).--Over the years fires in racing barns have cost numerous lives of both horses and men and millions of dollars worth of damage to property…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire Im Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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Liquid Fire in Form Fast work on track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 36

Liquid Fire was one of the most impressive gallopers in a comparatively dull morning's work on all tracks this morning…

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The Fire

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 18

FIRE is one of the greatest of natural forces. From earliest ages it has helped man, yet it has…

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U.S. Bishop Criticises Anti-Communist Leader's Methods SENATOR McCARTHY Under Fire "Phony Tactics Mock Our Way Of Life"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 6 May 1954 · page 3

CHICAGO.—Methods used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his "anti-communist" campaign in U.S.A. have been criticised by Auxiliary Bishop Bernard J. Sheil of Chicago…

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Guns blaze among tombs

The Sun · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 11

ROME, Friday.--Police last night fought a gun battle with an escaped convict among the tombs and stone angels in Rome's Verano cemetery…

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Blaze Causes £100,000 Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 7

A fire at Cremorne Junction last night caused damage estimated at more than £100,000. The fire destroyed…

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£100,000 Damage In Factory Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

Fire swept through a chemicals factory at Cremorne Junction last night, causing damage estimated…

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