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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 125

Big fire in city centre

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 4

BRISBANE, Fri.--Fire raged through two floors of Epworth House, Adelaide St, opposite the…

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Strong Protest On Fire Damage Limit

The Land · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 2

THE Primary Producers' Council yesterday decided to send a strong protest to the N.S.W. Government against the decision to limit bushfire damages, the result of railway…

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Brewers fire big guns to end bar movies revolt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 8

TOOTH'S and Tooheys breweries put on an intimidatory show of strength…

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Kid Berg Still Eats Fire—as Stunt Man Herald Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 10

Stephanie, a bright little brunette of eight, would be very indignant if anyone insisted that her father, the doting father who drives her to prep, school at…

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Pure Fire "Casualty"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sat.--The list of spring "casualties" this year has been opened by Pure Fire, one of the…

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Pure Fire "Casualty"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sat.--The list of spring "casualties" this year has been opened by Pure Fire., one of the…

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Pure Fire "Casualty"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 9

Melbourne, sat.--The list of spring "casualties" this year has been opened by Pure Fire, one of the…

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Pure Fire "Casualty"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sat.--The list of spring "casualties" this year has been opened by Pure Fire, one of the…

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Cease-fire Terms Announced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Aug. 13 (A.A.P.).—The Cambodian cease-fire agreement says that Cambodia will not join…

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Classroom On Fire

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 15 August 1954 · page 1

Fire last night severely damaged a classroom at Fort Street Girls' High School, within 50 yards of…

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Airports testing new fire tender

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 August 1954 · page 4

LONDON, Sat.--Australian airports are testing a new fire tender that cuts its own rescue path, according to the Municipal Journal. The Journal says the…

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Bravery in plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Mon. -- The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Bravery in Plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Mon. -- The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Bravery in plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Mon. -- The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Bravery in plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Mon.--The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Bravery in plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 13

LONDON, Mon. -- The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Man's Dash Through Flat Blaze

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 1

A man escaped through the blazing lounge-room of his Darling Point flat early this morning, seconds before…

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Bravery of hostess in plane blaze

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 2

LONDON, Mon. -- The courage of an air hostess enabled the passengers to escape from a Viking…

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Prisoners fire gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 4

KINGSTON, (Ontario), Mon. (A.P., U.P.). --Thousands of convicts yesterday set fire to Kingston penitentiary before attempting a mass break-out…

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Fire in Flat

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 5

Mr. W. Fowler (33) fought his way to safety through the blazing lounge room of his flat in…

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