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Fires & bushfires, 1954

2,483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 125

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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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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Fire Razes Malt House

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Fire late last night caused £24,000 worth of damage when it destroyed a…

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Fire threats by Africans

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 4

PRETORIA, Mon.--South African police have been ordered to search out the phantom African "Cheesa Army," whose members have pledged…

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Mysterious Fires Follow Letters Phantom Army on Rampage

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 4

PRETORIA, Mon.--South African police have been ordered to search out the phantom African "Cheesa Army," whose members have pledged…

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Mysterious Fires Follow Letters Phantom Army on Rampage

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 4

PRETORIA, Mon.--South African police have been ordered to search out the phantom African "Cheesa Army," whose members have pledged…

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Escape from fire in flat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

A Sydney businessman had a narrow escape late last night when his flat caught fire at Darling…

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Home Goes Up in Fire

The Sun · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 11

A married couple who struggled for nine years to build their own home watched…

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Woman saves family in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 6

A woman awoke hearing a crackling noise in her home at Mt. Colah early today and saved the…

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Woman saves family in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 6

A woman awoke hearing a crackling noise in her home at Mt. Colah early today and saved the…

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Woman's dash through fire to save family

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

A woman dashed frantically through a blazing Mr. Colah house early today to awaken her family seconds before the home was destroyed by fire. The woman, Mrs. Maisie…

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Woman's dash through fire to save family

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

A woman dashed frantically through a blazing Mr. Colah house early today to awaken her family seconds before the borne was destroyed by fire. The woman. Mrs. Maisie…

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Color riots in London suburb end in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.).--A sudden outbreak of fire which threatened a terrace of houses in Camden Town (London) last night climaxed two days of race rioting between white and colored people living in the street…

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Color riots In London suburb end in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.).--A sudden outbreak of fire which threatened a terrace of houses in Camden Town (London) last night climaxed two days of race rioting between white and colored people living in the street…

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Color riots in London suburb end in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.C.).--A sudden outbreak of fire which threatened d terrace of houses in Camden Town (London) last night climaxed two days of race rioting between white and colored people living in the street…

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Color riots in London suburb end in fire

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Mon. (D.M.W.C.).--A sudden outbreak of fire which threatened a terrace of houses in Camden Town (London) last night climaxed two days of race rioting between white and colored people living in the street…

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Big Blaze When Truck Overturns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 3

Firemen spray extinguishing foam on to a truck containing 3,000 gallons of alcohol. The truck overturned and caught fire at the corner of Martin and Church Streets, Lidcombe, late yesterday afternoon. Firemen worked for more than an hour to put out the blaze. The truck was completely destroyed…

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Fire Bid Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 5

A 17-years-old laborer, after starting a fire at the Charlton Boys' Home, Glebe, on Friday, gave…

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Fire Bib Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 4

A 17-years-old laborer, after starting a fire at the Charlton Boys' Home, Glebe, on Friday, gave…

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