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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 125

Trains Held Up by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 11

A small fire oil a train at Canterbury today caused a delay of some minutes to trains on the Illawarra…

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Trains Held Up by Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 11

A small fire on a train at Canterbury, today caused a delay of some minutes to trains on the Illawarra…

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3 Children Perish N.Z. Plane Crash 24 passengers, crew escape blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children perished when a National Airways…

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3 Children Perish in N.Z. Plane Crash 24 passengers, crew escape blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children erished when a National Airways…

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3 Children Perish in N.Z. Plane Crash 24 passengers, crew escape blaze

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children perished when a National Airways…

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3 Children Perish in Crash 24 escape fire as plane lands

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children perished when a National Airways Corporation Douglas airliner crashed in flames while approaching to land at…

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3 Children Perish in Crash 24 escape fire as plane lands

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children perished when a National Airways Corporation Douglas airliner crashed in flames while approaching to land at…

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Two Children Dead in Crash 25 escape fire as plane lands

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Two children perished when a National Airways Corporation Douglas airliner crashed in flames while approaching to land at…

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3 Children Perish in Crash 25 escape fire as plane lands

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sat.-- Three children perished when a National Airways Corporation Douglas airliner crashed in flames while approaching to land at…

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West accepts Soviet cease-fire plan Fresh Hopes for Indo-china

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1954 · page 2

GENEVA, Saturday.--The West yesterday accepted a Russian plan to break a deadlock in the Indo-China peace talks…

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Horses Die in Track Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 2

DETROIT, Sat.--Forty- five horses perished in a fire which destroyed a stable at the Detroit…

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£1925 for Fire Damaged House

Truth · Sunday 23 May 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sat.—A fire damaged house brought £1925 at a Surrey Hills auction today. The house…

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Fire Burns Out Home

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 7

ORANGE, Sun.--Fire destroyed a weatherboard home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. P. McMillan at Tvnan…

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Plane Warned of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 12

LONDON (B.U.P.). -- A low-flying R.A.F. plane woke a sleeping family in a farmhouse near…

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Plane Warned of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 12

LONDON (B.U.P.). -- A low-flying R.A.F. plane woke a sleeping family in a farmhouse near…

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Plane Warned of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 12

LONDON (B.U.P.). -- A low-flyirig R.A.F. plane woke, a sleeping family in a farmhouse near…

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Plane Warned of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 12

LONDON (B.U.P.). -- A low-flying R.A.F. plane woke a sleeping family in a farmhouse near…

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Murder by fire

The Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Henri Pichard, 33, was sent to jail for life yesterday for murdering his…

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£70,000 Fire in Tasmania

The Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 32

A fire at Ulverstone (Tasmania) early today caused £70,000 damage and destroyed…

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Fire beats ruse of a pilot

The Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 2

VAN ABLAZE LITHGOW, Wednesday.--A man vainly tried to put out the…

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