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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 125

Cease fire talks today

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

HANOI, Mon. (B.U.P., A.P.).--Cease-fire talks between the French and the Vietminh military…

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Cease fire talks today

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

HANOI, Mon. (B.U.P., A.P.).--Cease-fire talks between the French and the Vietminh military…

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Cease fire talks today

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

HANOI, Mon. (B.U.P., A.P.).--Cease-fire talks between the French and the Vietminh military…

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Baby Saved From Big Hotel Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

A barmaid last night risked her life to save a baby from a £35,000 fire which destroyed the 75-year-old Commercial Hotel at…

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One Fire Cost Insurers £13,400,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 3

LONDON, June 27 (A.A.P.).—The largest industrial fire loss in history, the destruction of a factory…

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Old Hotel at Albion Park Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

The burnt-out shell of the Commercial Hotel at Albion Park, which was destroyed by fire early last night…

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Cease-fire Talk Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

LONDON, June 28 (A.A.P.).—The cease-fire talks in Indo-China, due to have begun to-day, have…

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No burns Greek Sect Defies Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 19

ATHENS, Tues. (Kemsley).--The sight of a Hindu fakir walking through fire is supposedly a commonplace in India, but Europe can match the…

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Airliner in Collision; Fire Rims Wings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, June 28 (A.A.P.).—Burning petrol fringed the wings of an airliner with flames after a…

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No burns Greek Sect Defies Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 19

ATHENS, Tues. (Kemsley).--The sight of a Hindu fakir walking through fire is supposedly a commonplace in India, but Europe can match the…

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No burns Greek Sect Defies Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 19

ATHENS, Tues. (Kemsley).--The sight of a Hindu fakir walking through fire is supposedly a commonplace in India, but Europe can match the…

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No burns Greek Sect Defies Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 19

ATHENS, Tues. (Kemsley).--The sight of a Hindu fakir walking through fire is supposedly a commonplace in India but Europe can match the…

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Fire-control One Of 3 Jobs For Airport Officer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

SINGAPORE, June 28 (A.A.P.Reuter).—The airport control officer at Kallang Airport, who was also acting firecontrol officer for nine months last year,…

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Native Boys Fight Bushfire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 9

RABAUL, Mon.--A party of native schoolboys for two hours yesterday fought a bushfire which…

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New Home for Burnt-out Family

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 4

Guildford residents have launched an appeal to help Mr. F. R. Simpson, and family, of Morven St…

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£30,000 Damage in Caravan Factory Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. —Fire did damage estimated at nearly £30,000 to a caravan factory at Mayfield…

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Showman Says Fires Caused Losses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 7

A bankrupt theatrical promoter said in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday that he had borrowed £3,348 to…

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Alfredo spat fire

The Sun · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 33

PISA, Wednesday.--Alfredo Baroni, 73, accidentally drank from a bottle of petrol in his darkened kitchen in Pisa. He spat it out. The petrol splashed on a…

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Fire risk at airport

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 June 1954 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Wed. (A.P.). --Thousands of plane passengers passing through Kallang…

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