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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 125

Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

PARIS, Thurs.(A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

PARIS, Thurs.(A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 4

PARIS, Thurs.(A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 4

PARIS, Thurs. (A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

PARIS, Thurs.(A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author Fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

PARIS, Thurs. (A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

PARIS, Thurs. (A.P.). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Author fights a fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 4

PARIS, Thurs.(A.P). -- Famous English author and playwright,…

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Narrow Escapes Fire at Miranda

The Propeller · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

A three-months-old baby had a narrow escape from being burned to death in a fire which broke out in the home of Mr…

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T.v. to Spot Forest Fires

The Land · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 28

Louisiana (U.S.A.) State Forestry Commission recently announced the setup of the first television…

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Dogs Delay Aid To Woman On Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 5

Help for a woman who yesterday ran screaming from her Mary Street, Leichhardt, home with her…

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Most Bushfires Man-Made Says Committee's Report

The Land · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

STATISTICS for the 1953-54 season again showed that the majority of bushfires in the State were man-made, states the annual report of the Bush Fire Committee…

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Redex Cars Rush Through Bush Fires Dangerous run over 'terror trail'

Truth · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 2

KATHERINE, Saturday.—Redex drivers risked their lives today as they pushed their petrol-laden cars at full throttle through a fierce bushfire on the Darwin-Katherine road…

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Authorities Divided Conflict Over Airport Fires

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 15

The N.S.W. Fire Brigades and the management of Kingsford Smith airport, Mascot, hold conflicting views about responsibility in the event of an emergency at Australia's No. 1 aerodrome…

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Fire Near Tax Office

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 5

PERTH, Saturday.—A fire in a building next door to the Taxation Department in Perth to-day…

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WALLY and the Major Fire at the Mill

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 11 July 1954 · page 2

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Cracksmen started a blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Thieves trying to crack the safe at Reliance Industries Ltd., Yennora, early today were foiled when the building caught fire. Above: The damaged building, showing location of safe. Left: Parramatta…

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Cracksmen started a blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Thieves trying to crack the safe at Reliance Industries Ltd., Yennora, early today were foiled when the building caught fire. Above: The damaged building, showing location of safe. Left: Parramatta…

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Fire Disaster

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon. --Fire last night, destroyed and R. Towns' boatbuilding establishment on…

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Fire Disaster

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- Fire last night destroyed N. and R. Towns' boat-building establishment on…

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