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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1945

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

Fire Regulations Warning to Farmers Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 April 1945 · page 8

Regulations recently gathered [?] all formers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors. power driven harvesters or portable engines used…

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Bush Fire Precautions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spart arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters or portable…

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Bush Fire Precautions

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 3

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters…

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Protecting Town Against Fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 2

Determined to do all possible to see that Albury receives adequate protection from fire the Chamber of Commerce at its meeting last evening, on…

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Plan for Rapid, Fire Rocketing of London LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 3

The story or Germany’s third secret weapon, which was to [?] London with 10 rocket shells per minute day and night is reported from one of the sites near…

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U.s. Marines Land Under Jap Fire and Wait to Advance

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 4

Pressing themselves into the heavy volcanic sand along the south-eastern coast of two Jima, these U.S. [?] possible target to Jap fire as they “sweat it out” waiting to advance. From the…

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Farmers Required to Fit Spark Arrestors Bush, Crop and Grass Fire Precautions

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 3

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arresters to the exhausts of motor tractors, power-driven harvesters…

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Cemetery Hedge on Fire Again

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

For the tenth time in several months the hedge around Albury cemetery mysteriously caught fire again yesterday morning. Police are…

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Tanks of Fire Dropped by U.S. Planes. London

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 2

The Flying Fortresses which raided the Bordeaux area today dropped large numbers of tanks filled with highly inflammable liquid which, when they struck the…

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Fire Destroys Two Planes. Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 5

J. H. Bowden, a [?] “flying doctor,” suffered a heavy lost by fire this [?] when a shed housing two planes he owned —a Percival [?] worth [?] and a…

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Bush Fire Precautions

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1945 · page 5

Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers to fit spark arrestors to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven harvesters or portable engines…

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Truck Destroyed by Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 1

A track was completely destroyed by fire at North Deniliquin rubbish tip yesterday. While- the vehicle was being…

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£40,000 Fire at Adelaide. Adelaide T[?]

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 6

The wool-scouring works of [?] and Sons Ltd., Hindmarch was destroyed by [?] early [?] was estimated at £40,000 The [?] leaped [?] high…

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Berlin’s Last Hour: Big Fires Raging Russians Blasting Way Into Heart Of Capital LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 1

Berlin now resembles Dante’s “inferno,” with fires raging everywhere amid the continuous roar of guns and incessant streams of planes, which drop their bomb loads into the heart of the city, to which point Russian troops are steadily blasting their way. The Associated Press “listening post” reports that the entire German radio network…

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Big Theatre Fire Luxurious Melbourne Regent Destroyed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 2

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused when a fire completely burned out the luxurious Regent Theatre in Collins [?]…

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7th Warned on “Cease Fire” LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 1

The whole of the Seventh Army from (in Southern Germany) has been warned to be ready for the sudden [?]tion of hostilities, says the British…

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Big Melbourne Fire Regent Theatre Gutted Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 3

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused when a fire burned out the Regent Theatre, Collins Street, and destroyed the whole…

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Baptism of Fire Baptism of Fire SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 2

Three escort frigates of the BAN had their baptism of fin during the Tarakan landing. They are the Hawkesbury. Barcoo and Burdekin…

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“Monty’s” Guns Fire Victory Salute LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 2

The first British victory salvo of the war was fired at Field-Marshal Montgomery’s headquarters at 3 p.m. on Saturday when three batteries each of…

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No Japanese to Fire At From John Scarlett) AITAPE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 2

Australian manned Matilda tanks this morning fired their first shots in support of our infantry advancing east along the coast. Moving along the…

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