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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 125

Mystery 5 pm fires Six Outbreaks at Granville Cause Damage of £30,000 Shop blaze

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Mystery fires have occurred at 5 pm six times in the past eight weeks in Granville. Granville businessmen are now…

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Fire widow's £226

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

Mrs. Margaret Villanova, whose husband was recently burned to death, last night secured £226 from the 2UE-2SM Strike it Rich program…

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Fire in French Liner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, January 13 (A.A.P.).—A fire broke out this morning on the French transatlantic liner Liberte…

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Fire-fighting Gear Display

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 9

Ancient and modern fire-fighting equipment will be on show at David Jones Ltd. on Monday…

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Fire sweeps through timber yard

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A spectacolar £40,000 fire roared through the Sandown…

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"Silly" Methods on Bush Fires

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

INVERELL,—The president of Ashford Shire, Cr. J. R. Black, has described as silly the present arrangements for proclaiming bushfire danger areas…

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Furniture van blaze

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 19

INVERELL, Friday.--Inverell firemen yesterday put out a fire which broke out in a…

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£40,000 Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--A fire at a Springvale timber yard today destroyed nearly 95,000 super feet of…

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3 Die in Fire

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 14

MONTREAL, Thursday.--Three persons were killed and five seriously hurt today when fire…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

London, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri. A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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U.k. Youth Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Fri A recent report on the manners and customs of…

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£20,000 Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 10

FIREMEN at Spring Vale, near Melbourne, fought on Thursday a blaze which destroyed 95,000 super feet of flooring timber, worth £20,000. Spring Vale fire brigade radioed for…

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Vic. braced for fire peril Danger Grows As Heatwave Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Hundreds of volunteer fire fighters are on call as Victoria faces one of its gravest bush fire perils…

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Vie, braced for fire peril Danger Grows As Heatwave Continues

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Hundreds of volunteer fire fighters are on call as Victoria faces one of its gravest bush fire perils…

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