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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 125

Boy, 4, Dies in Racecourse Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A mother searched frantically for her four-years-old son yesterday, unaware that he was burning to death in a fire in a storeroom at Sale racecourse…

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Boy, 4, Dies in Racecourse Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A mother searched frantically for her four-years-old son yesterday, unaware that he was burning to death in a fire in a storeroom at Sate racecourse…

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Boy, 4, Dies in Racecourse Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A mother searched frantically for her four-years-old son yesterday, unaware that he was burning to death in a fire in a storeroom at Sale racecourse…

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Boy, 4, Dies in Racecourse Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A mother searched frantically for her four-years-old son yesterday, unaware that he was burning to death in a fire in a storeroom at Sale racecourse…

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Young S.A. Zionists Under Fire

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 7

JOHANNESBURG (JTA): South African Zionist youth was criticised for “concerning itself with Israel’s internal affairs instead of directing all their attention to practical tasks of…

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Boy, 4, Dies in Racecourse Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.--A mother searched frantically for her four-years-old son yesterday, unaware that he was burning to death in a fire in a storeroom at Sale racecourse…

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Blaze at Taronga

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 2

Firemen inspect monkey cages at Taronga Park Zoo which were destroyed by fire last night…

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Two Valuable Monkeys Die in Zoo Blaze

Truth · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 2

Two valuable monkeys were incinerated and a third is missing, believed dead, in a fire which partly destroyed a seven-cage monkey and leopard…

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Monkey Saved From Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 1

The head keeper at Taronga Park Zoo, Mr. Chick Cody, last night dashed into a blazing cage to rescue the monkey Esmeralda, which is expecting a baby soon. The fire destroyed two cages in the zoo's…

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South's Quick-fire Scoring Wins Game

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 33

South Sydney, with a scoring burst of 13 points in five minutes late in the second half, clinched the match with a 28-14 win over Balmain at Leichhardt Oval yesterday. It was South's third win…

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3 Monkeys Die in Zoo Fire; Brave Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 3

A fire at Taronga Park Zoo last night burned three…

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Vietnam Cease-fire Order War Ends Ahead Of Schedule

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 25 July 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.). — All major fighting iii Indo-China has stopped — ahead of schedule. Officially the cease-fire…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five off his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother Jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five off his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother tumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother, jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Mon. (Extel), -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Mon. (Extel). -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother Jumped from…

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Six Killed in House Blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Men. (Extei). -- A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which gutted their home in Birmingham. The mother Jumped from…

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