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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 125

River Was on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 19

CRAWFORDSVILLE (Indiana) (A.P.). -- Blazing petrol floated down a stream near Crawfordsville,…

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Fire Claims Still Valid

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 9

Proposed State Government legislation to limit railway liability for fires will not be retrospective. The Minister for Transport (Mr…

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River Was on Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 19

CRAWFORDSVILLE (Indiana) (A.P.). -- Blazing petrol floated down a stream near Crawfordsville…

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Fire Seriously Burns Pensioner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

George Bush, 66, pensioner, of Messenger Road, South Windsor, was badly burnt early yesterday…

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Blaze at Australia

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 18

Firemen rushed to the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh St., today, when an electric motor in the…

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Blaze at Australia

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 18

Firemen rushed to tho Australia Hotel, Castlereagh St., today, when an electric motor in the…

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Blaze at Australia

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 18

Firemen rushed to the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh St., today, when an electric motor in the…

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Blaze at Australia

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

Firemen rushed to the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh St., today, when an electric motor in the…

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Hair singed in escape from blaze

The Sun · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 9

Alone on the premises, a man had his hair singed in escaping from a fire that badly…

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Magical Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 22

Winter time, with cold, frosty nights and bitter winds, makes the roaring log fire the…

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Man faces fire charge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 12

BATHURST, Thurs. -- Police alleged in Bathurst Court today that a man had tried to set fire to his…

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Old Theatres' Fire Ordeal

The Sun · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 17

FIRES, seven of them, took their place among the dramatis personae, always succeeding in playing the…

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Fire in Big City Hotel

The Sun · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 6

Dense, acrid smoke filled lobbies of the Hotel Australia early today when an electric motor…

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Full Court Upholds £45,000 Fire Claim

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 39

The Full Supreme Court has dismissed with costs the appeal of the Commissioner for Railways against a verdict for £45,000 bushfire damage…

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Man's Escape Man runs for life from fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

A man fled for his life when a fire severely damaged a two-storey…

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Man's Escape Man runs for life from fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

A man fled for his life when a fire severely damaged a two-storey…

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Man's Escape Man runs for life from fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 2

A man fled for his life when a fire severely damaged a two-storey…

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Shires Want Power to Fix or Cancel Bushfire Danger Periods

The Land · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 21

THE Shires Conference last week carried a Gloucester resolution seeking authority for shire councils to proclaim or revoke bushfire danger periods. A motion from Imlay…

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Railways to Pay Big Damages for Bushfire

The Land · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 3

THE Full Supreme Court, in Sydney, this week, upheld a bushfire damage verdict for £45,000 against the Railways Department…

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Fire Chief Praised At Crash Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 3

SINGAPORE, June 18 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — A fire officer at Kallang Airport, Singapore, acted with…

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