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Fires & bushfires, 1939

744 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 38

Fire Brigades Kept Busy Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 2

Fire brigades established new records in 1933. The secretary of the Fire Board stated to-day that brigades had answered 6185 calls in the city and…

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Firemen Shocked Fighting Fire Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

More than 20 firemen fighting a timber fire at Surry Hills to-day received shocks when their hoses became alive with electricity. An overhead main…

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300 Fighters at Ring wood Fire Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 1

Three hundred fire fighters battled in a desperate but successful attempt yesterday to save the homestead of Mr. William Keenan,…

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3000 Acres Swept by Fire at Grong Grong

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 1

A fire which broke out at Grong Grong yesterday at 12.30 "destroyed 3000 acres of grass on private and Crown property. The fire began on the…

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Items of News Car Damaged by Fire in East Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 4

A touring car owned by Mr. A. Braddy, East Albury, caught fire in Electra street yesterday about 6.12 p.m. and was extensively damaged…

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