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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

370 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 19

£14,000 Fire in Kilmore Mill

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tues. — A fire which swept through Brady and James knitting mill, Kilmore, early this morning destroyed…

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Fire in Dutch Palace

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 9

LONDON. Wed. — Fire which broke out in an upper storey of Queen Wilhelmina's Palace at The Hagne threatened valuable…

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Two Fire Officers to Go From Albury?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 9

Following a visit by the Board of Fire Commissioners to Albury yesterday, the City Council last night decided to apply to the Industrial Commissioner for a variation of the fire officers' award to allow of only one officer being stationed at…

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There’ll Be a Big Blaze on

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2

Many truck loads of prunings from shrubs In Monument Hill gardens will make an Empire night treat for Albury youngsters…

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Council Property to Value of £140 Lost in Recent Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

Electrical equipment valued at £140 was destroyed by fire recently on the property of Mr. Hardman. The material was the property of the…

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Albury Fire Brigade

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 6

Sir.—In Thursday’s “Mail” was a report of a meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Albury City Council concerning…

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Ease Fire Order Rejection Confirmed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

| LONDON, Wed. — Reuter’s correspondent in Damascus reports that the Premier of Syria has announced that the Arab…

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"Set Fire to House to Destroy Fingerprints"

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wed.: A man had set fire to a house to destroy his fingerprints after he had broken into and entered the…

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Man Charged with Set- Ting Fire to House

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed,- A 69-year old man, William Park, appeared a in Balmain court today charged with maliciously setting…

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Arab States Reject Cease-Fire Order, Says Amman Report LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

The Associated Press correspondent at Amman states that it is authoritatively learned that the Arab League has rejected the cease-fire order of the United Nations mainly on the ground…

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Soldier Admits Lighting Fires

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A 21-year-old Australian soldier who confessed to burning down several BCOF buildings in Japan,…

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Bales [?] Cotton on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Bales of cotton salvaged from the £750.000 fire which almost completely destroyed the Commonwealth Government cotton stores…

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Forest Fires In-ontario

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

TORONTO, Wed.: While British Columbia battled with huge floods, the residents of Ontario were fighting forest…

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Jews Claim Egyptians Violated Cease - fire Order Tel Aviv

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 3

Egyptian troops violated the cease-fire order to-day and attacked Negab, on the southern front, according to Israel military headquarters…

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Government Under Fire Canberra Sitings Will Be Lively

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 1

Resumption of the sittings of Federal. Parliament in a few days' time will certainly also mean a resumption of the concentrated attack upon…

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Cease Fire in Palestine Mediator to Set Time

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK Thurs The United Nations 'Security' Council today instructed its Palestine mediator (Count Bernadotte) to set…

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Fire Destroys Planes Worth £13,000

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday : Three privately owned Avro Anson aircraft, totally valued at £13,000, were destroyed along: with the…

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Ship Aground and on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

PERTH, Mon.: A SOS message by lamp sent out by a apparently aground and on fire was seen by the tanker…

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Fire May Destroy Mine

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 10

BRISBANE, Wed.: The fire which broke out in the Aberdare Extended coal mine today at Ipswich last night, and which…

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Fire Closes Mine

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 11

IPSWICH, Thurs.- Aberdare Extended coal mine near Ipswich may be closed for more than two months by an explosion and fire…

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