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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 125

£30,000 Fire in Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Machinery and timber valued at £30,000 were destroyed in a fire at the…

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£30,000 Fire in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Machinery and timber valued at £30,000 were destroyed in a fire at the…

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£30,000 Fire in Factory

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Machinery and timber valued at £30,000 were destroyed in a fire at the…

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Fire damage at factory

The Sun · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 2

A fire which broke out in Westinghouse Brake Company, George St., Homebush, this afternoon…

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Liquid Fire in Hard Struggle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 10

Liquid Fire, second favorite at 64, fought on well to beat Silvero (92), with favorite Lord Crag…

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Liquid Fire in Hard Struggle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire, second favorite at 64, fought on well to beat Silvero (92), with favorite Lord Crag…

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Liquid Fire in Hard Struggle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire, second favorite at 64, fought on well to beat Silvero (92), with favorite Lord Crag…

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Liquid Fire in Last Stride Win: Ld. Crag Checked

The Sun · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (6 to 4) scored a last-stride win from Silvero (9 to 2), with Lord Crag (11 to 8) third, in the Second Flying Welter Handicap at Canterbury today. In a photo finish Liquid…

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Critics Flash Warning But a Burnt-out Star Gives... "All Clear" For Tennis Colts

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 9 May 1954 · page 52

Every time one of our tennis prodigies fails to play like a prodigy some expert or…

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Big Fire At Brake Factory

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 9 May 1954 · page 9

Fire caused several thousands pounds damage to a section of the Westinghouse Brake…

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Bookmakers' Price Surprise to Stable . Liquid Fire Coup

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 9 May 1954 · page 33

Connections of Liquid Fire, winner of the Second Flying Welter at Canterbury yesterday, were surprised by the good price offered about the horse. They said after the…

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Liquid Fire Extinguished 'Em First Occasion was backed and beaten

Truth · Sunday 9 May 1954 · page 20

While big gamblers were waging a hot betting duel on short priced favorites Lord Crag and Liquid Fire before the start of the second Flying Welter Handicap at Canterbury yesterday,…

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Liquid Fire at surprisingly good odds defeats Silvero in photo finish

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 May 1954 · page 27

Connections who had expected to lay odds on were surprised when bookmakers bet 64 against Liquid Fire in the 2nd Flying Welter (6f.) at Canterbury yesterday…

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Fire Damage to Cottage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 5

Fire early yesterday severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in Oliver Street, Harbord…

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£85,000 Fire in Factory

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 5

A fire at the premises of W. J. Manufacturing Co. Ltd. last Thursday had caused damage amounting…

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W. J's Fire Loss £85,000 early estimate

The Sun · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 23

Early estimates place total loss suffered by W. J. Manufacturing Ltd. in last week's fire at £85,000, the directors announce…

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Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

A fire at Sleepmakers Pty. Ltd., Wilson St., Newtown, today caused more than £1000 damage…

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Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 9

A fire at Sleepmakers Pty. Ltd., Wilson St., Newtown, today caused more than £1000 damage…

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Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 9

A fire at Sleepmakers Pty. Ltd., Wilson St., Newtown, today caused more than £1000 damage…

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Fire at Factory

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 2

A fire at Sleepmakers Pty. Ltd., Wilson St., Newtown, today caused more than £1000 damage…

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