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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 125

Six Deaths In Two-day Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (A.A.P.).—Six people died in a two-day distillery fire at Pekin, Illinois, which…

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Fire Extinguishers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 7

Statisticians claim that one in every three cars has a fire during its life. If that is so, we surely should be interested in fire extinguishers. THERE are compelling…

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Goa Police Ordered to Open Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 5

BOMBAY, Mon. (Extel.).-- Police in Goa have received orders to fire on anyone trying' to enter Goa from India. Simultaneously. India is…

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Goa Police Ordered to Open Fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 5

BOMBAY, Mon. (Extel.).-- Police in Goo have received orders to fire on anyone trying to enter Goa from India. Simultaneously, India is…

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Fire and brimstone SIN: Sydney one of worst cities, says pastor

The Sun · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 2

Balding, fortyish New Zealand Pastor George Burnside (above) to-day warned Sydney of a "great…

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Heroism in blaze Family Out Just in Time

The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

A family of seven beat incineration by minutes when flames roared…

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Liquid Fire Back

The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 43

Smart sprinter Liquid Fire has been placed back in work by Rosebery trainer R. G. Easton after…

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Father's Bravery at Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Father's Bravery at Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Seven Children Die in Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

BOWLING GREEN (Virginia), Monday.--Seven Negro children from four families died…

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Father's Fire Save Braves flames to rescue children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Father's Fire Save Braves flames to rescue children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Father's Fire Save Braves flames to rescue children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Father's Fire Save Braves flames to rescue children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Father's Fire Save Braves flames to rescue children

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 7

Screaming children were courageously rescued by their father after a fire had almost trapped a family of seven on the upper floor…

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Judge Was Criticised After Three Strangled on Gallows Sir William Windeyer Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

GAY young blades wending their way home in Sydney in the early hours of Saturday, November 27, 1886, were surprised to see lights still burning in the Central Criminal Court. They would have…

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Judge Was Criticised After Three Strangled on Gallows Sir William Windeyer Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

GAY young blades wending their way home in Sydney in the early hours of Saturday, November 27, 1886, were surprised to see lights still burning in the Central Criminal Court. They would have…

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Judge Was Criticised After Three Strangled on Gallows Sir William Windeyer Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

GAY young blades wending their way home in Sydney in the early Hours of Saturday, November 27, 1886, were surprised to see lights still burning in the Central Criminal Court. They would have…

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Judge Was Criticised After Three Strangled on Gallows Sir William Windeyer Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

GAY young blades wending their way home in Sydney n the early hours of Saturday, November 27, 1886, were surprised to see lights still burning in the Central Criminal Court. They would have…

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Judge Was Criticised After Three Strangled on Gallows Sir William Windeyer Under Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 19

GAY young blades winding their way home in Sydney in the early hours of Saturday, November 27, 1886, were surprised to See lights still burning in the Central Criminal Court. They would have…

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