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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 125

Law Court Reports 10 Years' Gaol For Fire Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 7

A man convicted of setting fire to buildings in Granville was sentenced yesterday to 10 years' imprisonment, two of them with hard labour…

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Liquid Fire Again Too Pacy Great finish to down True Leader

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (72) completed the hat trick when he finished solidly to down True Leader (91) and favorite Lucky Stride (52) in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today…

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Liquid Fire Again Too Pacy Great finish to down True Leader

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (72) completed the hat trick when he finished solidly to down True Leader (91) and favorite Lucky Stride (52) in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today…

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Liquid Fire Again Too Racy Great finish to down True Leader

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (72) completed the hat trick when he finished solidly to down True Leader (91) and favorite Lucky Stride (52) in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today…

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Liquid Fire Again Too Pacy Great finish to down True Leader

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (72) completed the hat trick when he finished solidly to down True Leader (91) and favorite Lucky Stride (52) in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today…

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Liquid Fire Again Too Pacy Great finish to down True Leader

Daily Mirror · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 12

Liquid Fire (72) completed the hat trick when he finished solidly to down True Leader (91) and favorite Lucky Stride (52) in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today…

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£50,000 fire damage

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Fire today caused £50,000 damage to a city building…

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£100,000 Fire in Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat.—A spectacular fire caused more than £100,000 worth of damage in Melbourne…

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Fire set off reign of terror

Truth · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 3

The mystery of the destruction of Germany's Parliament House, the Reichstag has never…

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Fire on Two Ships in Southern Ports

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 12

An explosion in the hold of a ship berthed in Melbourne today injured three New Australian waterside workers…

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Prince Morvi Qld. "Doubtful" Lacks fire in Canterbury Flying finish

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 25

Failure of heavily backed Prince Morvi in the Flying Handicap (6f.) at Canterbury yesterday may lead to the cancellation of his trip to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap to be run on…

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Near-crock Liquid Fire Not to Be Extinguished Going Is What Doc Ordered

Truth · Sunday 30 May 1954 · page 17

After receiving more treatment than a Macquarie Street patient, vastly improved sprinter Liquid Fire completed the "hat-trick" with a brilliant photo-finish victory over True Leader and the…

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Gang fires big stores

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 4

PORT SAID, Sun.--An armed gang set fire to the British Ministry of Transport's…

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Amok with Rifle Man fires into hotel

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 11

Amok with a rifle in the main street of Tibooburra on Saturday, a man peppered a…

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Fire Destroys Bowling Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Fire o-day destroyed a bowling club pavilion in the outer Melbourne, suburb of…

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Gang Starts £500,000 Canal Zone Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, May 30 (A.A.P.).—An armed gang early to-day set fire to British warehouses at the…

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£4000 fire at Camellia

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 11

A £4000 fire at the Civil Aviation Department's Camellia store last night destroyed hundreds…

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Ship Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. —Firemen hacked open a hold of the cargo ship Thistledown at No. 5 Victoria Dock…

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Ten Years' Goal for Granville Fires

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

A day on May 14 had found the accused, Alfred William Hunter (39) rigger, of Granville guilty of three charges…

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Ship Fire Mystery

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 35

MELBOURNE, Tues.--The British freighter Thistledown, sailing for Sydney on Tuesday, had…

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