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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

370 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 19

“Bonnie” Night Blaze Spectacular Fireworks at East Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 1

A spectacular blaze was provided by the East end bonfire on Friday night. A big crowd, probably about 300 people, attended…

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Grass Fire Sweeps 300 Acres Fought by Over Fifty Volunteers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 1

Over 50 volunteers fought a. fire Which, swept 300 acres of grass oil Dr. C. Middleton’s property, Boundary Park East, along Tuppal Creek, last…

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Man Burned to Death in House Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 November 1948 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wed. James Sydney Field, [?] of Granville, store[?] was [?] to death at his home early this morning when…

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Bush Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 4

Flee from the front of the fire [?]and's fury As he riderless, bridleless, galloping go[?]s;…

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Combating the Red Terror—fire The Necessity for District Voluntary Bush Fire Brigades

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

THE risk of disastrous fires is ever with us and the extensive damage to property and loss of human life during the summer of 1938-39 through bush £res of unprecedented magnitude is still remembered…

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Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 4

A fire at the Commercial Hotel, Balranald, of which Mr. Harry Pill, formerly of Deniliquin, is now licensee, destroyed a large store room and…

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£100,000 Tannery Fire

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Fri.; Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by fire which gutted the tannery of T. Partridge and Sons at…

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Mr. C. Martin Captain of Tuppal Bush; Fire Brigade

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 1

Tuppal Bush Fire Brigade was formed on Friday night, with Mr. C. Martin as captain. It was in the near Tuppal Crieek area…

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Paint Survives Ordeal by Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 1

Paints which will resist temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Fahrenheit have been developed as a result of research by…

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Our Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 1

In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distrust and a certain amount of international,…

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Bushfires Along North Coast

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday : Century mark temperatures and dry winds brought a renewal of bushfires along the north coast…

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Mairjimmy Bush-fire Brigade

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Mairjimmy Bush-fire Brigade was held recently, when Mr J. Council presided over a good attendance…

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Stock Dies in Fires

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: Volunteer firemen, police and farmers in the Wee Waa district today brought under control a blaze…

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Bush-fire Menace in Hume Shire Cr. Jelbart’s Suggestion

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 14

“Travelling through the shire during the last few days I have been much impressed by the extreme danger from bush-fires that will exist…

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Bushfires Are Sweeping Through State Forests

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 November 1948 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH, Fri. : Bushfires which for days have been raging in the Tweed Heads, district are sweeping…

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Sequel to Barmedman Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1948 · page 3

Following a £5000 shop blaze at Barmedman on October 31, a man appeared at the West Wyalong Court on Wednesday. He is Mervyn Lyle…

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£1000 Fire in Kiewa Street

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 November 1948 · page 3

DAMAGE estimated at £1000 was caused by a fire which broke out yesterday afternoon in a storeroom containing kapok and coconut fibre at the back of Mate’s bulk furniture store, Kiewa street. Fire is believed to have been…

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Sequel to Barmedman Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 3

Following a £5,000 shop blaze at Barmedman on October 31, a man appeared at the West Wyalong Court on Wednesday of last week…

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Fire Bug Strikes Again

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 November 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Graziers in south west Queensland are convinced that a fire bug is trying to disrupt the wool industry in the district. The…

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Small Grass Fire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 November 1948 · page 1

A small grass fire yesterday morning in a paddock next to Mrs. M. Wilson’s home in Victoria Street, North Deniliquin, was quickly extinguished by…

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