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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

357 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 18

British Signaller Works Under Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 4

The FA. signaller, seldom mentioned in the news, supplies one of the most vital needs of the guns in action. He lays the wires and operates the phones from the forward observation posts to the gun positions. Without the continual operation of the field telephones the…

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Husband, Wife and Child Die Were Fatally Burnt by Fire MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 3

When holl[?] [?]er flowed over them at their home at Avoca, Mrs Nellie Pr[?] aged 36, her husband and inlent daughter, Lerralhe, [?] months,…

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Fire Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

At about 1 o'clock p.m. on Saturday last, an alarm was sounded by the old fire bell, and the brigade turned out promptly to a grass fire in…

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Japanese Cinema Fire Heavy Death Roll

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.— According to the Berlin radio, 200 persons were incinerated when a fire broke out in a small cinema on the Japanese…

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200 Die in Cinema Fire London, March 8

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

Berlin radio reports that 200 people Were burnt to death when a fire broke out in a cinemas on the Japanese island of Hokaldo. The high death roll was…

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Test of Steel Superior Allied Fire LONDON, March 9

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 1

According to a correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph,” who is with the First Army, tank for tank, the Churchills in the Axis offensive…

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Stirrup Pumps for Fire-fighters. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 3

Supply of 500 s[?]rrup pumps has been obtained for distribution to councils in approved areas for bush fire fighting. The equipment will be in the hands of the…

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Fire Brigade Welcomes Comrades

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

A a social gathering members of the Fire Brigade tendered a welcome to two of their comrades, Sergeant G. Schulties and Private T. H. Shennon,…

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Fire Causes £5[?],000 Damage at Fellmongery Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Damage estimated at £50.000 was caused by a fire which swept the fellmongory Jowltt and Sons Ltd. H[?]ndmarsh. early today. Valuable machinery hundreds of…

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Boys and Girls for Fire Services Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 4

Boys and girls over the age of 15 will be eligible to enrol in the new fire guard service being established by the NES. The consent of their parents will be required,…

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Suspicious Fires in City Store. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 4

Within the last 24 hours four separate fires have been discovered at Grave Bros.’ building in Broadway. The fire are believed in have been deliberately caused…

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Second Fire Engine for Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Albury Council was informed last night by the NSW Board of Fire Commissioners that the installation of a No. 110 Dennis motor fire engine at…

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Items of News Fire in Wodonga Bakery

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Last night a fire broke out in Bell's Bakery at the rear o[?] Awburn's store in Sydney st, Wodonga. Wodonga Fire Brigade was on the job instan[?]ly…

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Garage Destroyed by Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

Shortly before midnight on Saturday night. Mrs. R. C. Hurst discovered the garage to be on fire. The alarm was quickly raised and in a…

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A Youthful Fire Bug Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 2

A nine years old boy, living at Hawthorn (Adelaide), has confessed to the police that he lit a fire which destroyed dews and caused other damage at the…

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Bush Fire Danger From Producer Gas Units

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1943 · page 3

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, directs attention to the bush fire danger arising from the careless use of producer gas units…

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Valuable Machinery Lost in Factory Fire MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 3

Many thousands of pounds’ worth of irreplaceable machinery was destroyed tonight when fire completely gutted the factory of John Ogden…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Bush Fire Danger From Producer Gas Units

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 4

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, directs attention to the bush fire danger arising from the careless use of producer gas units. The…

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£5000 Fire Damage to Private Home. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire which partially destroyed the home of Mr A. C. Roach, managing director of Kellog (Aust.) Pty Ltd., today. The…

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Rommel’s Retreating Nazis Under Fire From The Land, Sea And Air British Vanguard Passes Through Gabes Swift British and American Advances LONDON, March 30

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 1

In the House of Commons this morning the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) announced that the vanguards of the British Eighth Army in Tunisia had passed through Gabes this morning…

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