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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 125

Late News Red Cease-fire Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 1

LONDON, May 10 (A.A.P.).—The Vietminh delegation to the Geneva conference to-day proposed a…

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W. J. Mfg. Fire Loss £85,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 8

WJ. Manufacturing Co. Ltd., makers of industrial laminates, estimates a loss of £85,000 in last week's fire, directors state…

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Share Market, Commerce and Finance Fire Loss at £85,000

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 18

An early estimate of the fire damage to material, stock, plant, and buildings of W.J…

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Fireman dies in big blaze 8 INJURED

The Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 21

LONDON, Wednesday.--A fireman was killed and eight others injured in a fire which swept through a five-storey warehouse in Covent Garden…

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Fire in Cottage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 4

An unoccupied condemned weatherboard cottage in Major St., Coogee, was almost…

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Fire in Cottage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 4

An unoccupied condemned weatherboard cottage in Major St., Coogee, was almost…

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Fire in Cottage

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 4

An unoccupied condemned weatherboard cottage in Major St., Coogee, was almost…

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Men Flee From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 6

Two men who slept in a deserted weatherboard cottage at Coogee fled for their lives early this…

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Threats of fire, acid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

DALLAS (Texas), Wed. (A.P.).--A gun-toting man was seized by the F.B.I. yesterday after he…

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Threats of fire, acid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

DALLAS (Texas), Wed. (A.P.).--A gun-toting man was seized by the F.B.I. yesterday after he…

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Threats of fire, acid

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 9

DALLAS (Texas), Wed. (A.P.).--A gun-toting man was seized by the F.B.I, yesterday after he…

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Men Flee From Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 6

Two men who slept in a deserted weatherboard cottage at Coogee fled for their lives early this…

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U.S. to pay fire claims

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 7

The U.S. Consul-General (Mr. Donald Smith) today will give more than £290 in cheques to three Sydney people…

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Firemen Die in Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, May 12 (A.A.P.). — Two firemen were killed and eight injured when a fire swept through…

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House Destroyed by Fire

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 4

About 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday a fire broke out in a house on Castlereagh Road, Penrith, occupied by Mr. Bernard Adrian…

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Britain urges more action on Indo-China cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Thurs.--The British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) yesterday called on the Communist bloc at the Geneva conference to…

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Britain urges more action on Indo-China cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Thurs.--The British Foreign Secretory (Mr. Eden) yesterday coifed on the Communist bloc at the Geneva conference to…

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Britain urges more action on Indo-China cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Thurs.--The British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) yesterday called on the Communist bloc at the Geneva conference to…

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Britain urges more action on Indo-China cease-fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

GENEVA, Thurs.--The British foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) yesterday called on the Communist bloc at the Geneva conference to…

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Mystery fires probed

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

Arson squad detectives are investigating two fires which occurred within two hours of each…

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