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Fires & bushfires, 1948

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Country Fire Authority

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

There was no reason why Municipal Councils should have to complain as a lew Haye already done—about, the extent of their contributions to…

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Barrister’s Remark Draws Fire From Coroner

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thurs.-The City Coroner (Mr M. Aitkin) today threatened to have a barrister (Mr E. E. Jones) rejected from…

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M.p.'s Fled When Chim- Ney Caught Fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 June 1948 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues.: About 12 members of the Parliamentary Labor Party fled their party room at Parliament House this…

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Fire Makes 8000 Home- Less

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 June 1948 · page 1

KINGSTOWN (St. Vincent, Brit., West -Indies), Mon.: Castries, the capital of the nearby island of St. Lucia, was…

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Costly Showgrounds Fire Damage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 June 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: A spectacular fire in the Royal agricultural showgrounds tonight gutted the pavilion, and destroyed several…

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Union Leaders Here Under Fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 June 1948 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Tus.—Mr R. C. Wilson, the Australian employers’ delegate to the International Labor Organisation,…

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Row Among Reds Grows Fiercer “Yugoslavs Add Fuel To Fire” LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 July 1948 · page 3

The Yugoslav Communist Party, in the strongest possible terms, to-day rejected the Cominform criticism of its policy, report Agency correspondents in Belgrade…

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Chimney Fire Yesterday Evening

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 July 1948 · page 1

The Fire Brigade was called out at about six o'clock last night when the bar parlour of the Court House Hotel caught fire. The brigade arrived…

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Big Fire at Cootamundra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 July 1948 · page 14

SYDNEY; Friday : Damage estimated at between £40,000 and £50,000 was caused early today by a fire which burned out a store at…

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Vessel on Fire Abandoned by Crew

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday : All the crew of the stricken Swedish vessel, Dagmar Salen, which caught fire off the Delaware…

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Fire Alarm

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 3

When an alarm of fire was given on Saturday evening, quite a large number of people who came into the street believed, from the glow in the…

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Disastrous Mid-day Fire C.W.A. Building Gutted Family Loses Heavily - Mayor Opens Appeal

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 July 1948 · page 1

A spectacular fire at lunch time today drew the population of Deniliquin to the scene, the C.W.A. Rest Rooms, at the corner of Duncan and Edwardes Streets. The fire severely gutted the…

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Time Limit on Cease-fire Answer Tel Aviv

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 2

Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator, in Palestine, has given the Arabs and Jews until tomorrow to answer his proposal for prolonging the Palestine cease-fire…

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N.S.W. May Be Without Fire Protection Firemen To Hold Initial Meeting Monday SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 July 1948 · page 1

NSW will be completely without fire protection if fire officers and firemen decide to stage a general strike from next Monday. Most fire stations in NSW will be…

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Fire at Yarrawonga

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 2

The whole township of Yarrawonga turned out to answer a fire alarm when the ceiling rafters behind the chimney at the home of…

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Serious Fire in Deniliquin

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

The Deniliquin C.W.A. Rest Room and Baby Wealth Centre buildings were destroyed by fire last Tuesday. The fire severely gutted the…

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C.W.A. Fire Damage Not So Extensive

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

Later inspection of the fire damage done at the C.W.A. and Baby Health Centre on Tuesday revealed that damage was not so extensive as at…

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Albury Fire Officers N[?] to Stop Work

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 2

An officer of Albury Fire Brigade announced last evening that the stop-work meeting of firemen in Sydney to-day would not affect Albury brigade. “We have received no notice from the union on the…

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Fire Strike Off

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday: A mass meeting of Fire Brigade officers and men decided, this morning, to return to work immediately…

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District Doings Pars From All Parts the Deniliquin Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 2

"The Pastoral Times" writes in respect to last week's fire in Deniliquin Later inspection of the fire damage done at the C.W.A. and Baby Health…

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