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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 125

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 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' boatbuilding establishment on…

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Thieves cause big fire

The Sun · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 5

A burning oxy-acetylene torch left by fleeing thieves caused £3500 damage in a…

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Fire Alarm Sent by Post

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 9

LONDON, (I.N.S.).--A Birmingham fire brigade station received an urgent alarm call…

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3 Generators Die in Fire

The Sun · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

BEDFORD, (Pennsylvania), Sunday.--Three generations of a family were burned to…

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Fire Alarm Sent by Post

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 9

LONDON, (I.N.S.).-- A Birmingham fire brigade station received an urgent alarm call --…

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Indo-china Cease Fire "Near"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sun.--A strong possibility existed of a ceasefire in Indo-China…

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Safe Men Set Fire to Offices

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acelylene torch early today started a fire which destroyed £5000 office…

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Safe-breakers Set Fire to Offices

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

Sale cracksmen using an oxy-acetylene torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office…

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Safe-breakers Set Fire to Offices

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acetylene torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office…

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Safe Men Set Fire to Offices

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acetylene torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office…

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Safe-breakers Set Fire to Offices

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acefylene torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office…

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Safe gang sets on fire, destroys big office block

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acetyline torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office building in Yennora. The gang filed empty-handed from the blazing…

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Safe gang sets on fire, destroys big office block

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

Safe cracksmen using an oxy-acetyline torch early today started a fire which destroyed a £5000 office building in Yennora. The gang filed empty-handed from the blazing…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Fire Destroys Island Boat-building Plane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 20

Fire at 1 a.m. today destroyed the boat-building plant Towns Bros, Dempsey Island near Newcastle…

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Fire in Ship

The Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. --Fire-floats are fighting a fire in the coastal vessel Minnipa at the Sugar…

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Fire at Tile Works

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 11

A fire yesterday morning damaged a large part of the works of Reliance Concrete Products (Australia) Ltd. at…

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Report On Fire Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 10

The Commonwealth Experimental Building Station at Ryde has examined the spread of fire in many new building…

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Auto. Fire Ins. Profit, Div. Jump

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 8

Profit of Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd., Melbourne, rose £27,417 to £54,054 for…

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