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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 125

Railways £2,000 Bush Fire Limit Attacked

The Land · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 2

IF the Railways were freed from bushfir[?] liabilities, the stock, crops and produ[?] of the country would be threatened, M[?]. Ick-Hewins said this week…

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Factory Workers Flee From Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 4

Employees of the N.S.W. Fresh Food and Ice Co. Pty. Ltd. headquarters had to flee from their dressing-rooms yesterday afternoon when a fire started…

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His sure-fire death machine was a flop

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Fri. (I.N.S.). -- Ralph Shubert (24), unemployed for three years, attempted…

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His sure-fire death machine was a flop

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Fri. (I.M.S.). -- Ralph Shubert 24), unemployed for three years, attempted…

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His sure-fire death machine was a flop

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Fri. (I.N.S.).-- Ralph Shubert (24), unemployed for three years, attempted…

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His sure-fire death machine was a flop

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Fri.-- (I.N.S.). -- Ralph Shubert 24), unemployed for three years, attempted…

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His sure-fire death machine was a flop

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 8

LOS ANGELES. Fri.-- (I.N.S.). -- Rolph Shubert (24), unemployed for. ''three years, attempted…

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Chapter of Fires

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 1

RULO, Neb. (U.P.). -- Don Ferron found his troubles had only begun when his new car stalled…

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Fire Victim Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

A man who was rushed by taxi from Orange to Sydney today, identified the body of a woman, shockingly burnt in a fire last night, as that of his wife…

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Fire Victim Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

A man who was rushed by taxi from Orange to Sydney today, identified the body of a woman, shockingly burnt in a fire last night, as that of his wife…

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Fire Victim Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

A man who was rushed by taxi from Orange to Sydney today, identified the body of a woman, shockingly burnt in a fire last night, as that of his wife…

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Fire Victim Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

A man who was rushed by taxi from Orange to Sydney today, identified the body of a woman, shockingly burnt in a fire last night, as that of his wife…

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Fire Victim Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

A man who was rushed by taxi from Orange to Sydney today, identified the body o ofa woman, shockingly burnt in a fire last night, as that of his wife…

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Woman killed by fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 2

A woman who was on holiday in Sydney was burned to death late last night. Police believe she was Mrs. Anne…

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Plane Fire Fighters 'Disgusting'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 3

SINGAPORE, June 11 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A crew member of the Constellation airliner which crashed at…

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Pilot in jet braves fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, Fri.--A U.S. Air Force pilot yesterday waited two searing minutes before…

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30 Years In Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 6

Executive Officer John Nicholson, described by his fellow-firemen as "the father of the brigade,"…

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Detectives Open Fire on Thieves

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Two thieves, one of them believed wounded in the head by a detective's…

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Woman's lone death in fire

The Sun · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 2

A woman was burned to death early today in a house at South Strathfield in which she…

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L. Fire Trial Before Stakes Start

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 15

A trial run this morning will decide whether Liquid Fire will contest the Randwick June Stakes to-day. If Liquid Fire does not…

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