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Fires & bushfires, 1949

336 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 17

13 Lose Lives In Disastrous Fire In Glasgow Firemen Recover 11 Bodies London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

AT least 13 persons—all girls—lost their lives while 24 people, including two firemen, were injured in a disastrous fire which turned a large fashion house in Glasgow into…

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S25,000 Fire in Paint Store

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE Fri.: Ba[?] most destructive fire fee years today gutted the two storey building occupied by Stanfield…

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Policeman Fires Shots Into Tyre of Car

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A police constable clang to the aide of a speeding ear and fired shots into a rear tyre until the car…

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£3 Million Racecourse Fire Inglewood

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 12

The California police are searching for a man whom they believe started the disastrous fire that reduced the…

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Chimney on Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 6

The wail of the fire siren had its usual electrifying effect on Wednesday night, when a few minutes before eight o’clock the…

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Bus, Fire Wagon Collide 60 Passengers Escape with Shock

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Sixty passengers in a bus suffered shock, but escaped other injury, in a head-on collision…

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Four Racehorses Die in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday : Badly burned in a fire which yesterday destroyed racing stables at Ascot and killed three…

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Firemen Fight Ship Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Mon. : With smoke and sparks pouring: from the funnel and with the side plates buckling from the…

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Fire Near Howlong Children Run Mile for Help

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 5

The homestead on “Boggley Wallah,” a property owned by Mr Thomas Doolan, of Howlong, has been completely destroyed by…

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Fire Costs Causing Concern

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

"Increased cost of Fire Brigade administration is causing local government bodies some concern", said the Mayor (A[?]d. Bunton) upon…

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Empire Night Blaze on Monument Hill

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 1

Flames leapt high into the sky last evening when the city bonfire on Monument Hill was lit. Around it gathered thousands of people. (Story page 3.)…

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Car on Fire in Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1949 · page 2

A car owned by Mr Arthur Lindsay Patrick Danaher, of Upper Indigo, caught fire while parked outside the Mechanics'…

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A.N.A. Bristol Damaged By Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Wed.: One of ANA's three Bristol freighter aircraft which were purchased recently at a cost of £200,000…

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Fires Started by Soldier Caused £143,000 Damage Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

DAMAGE to Commonwealth property in Japan by fires started by an ex-sol -dier, Prank Loyal Weaver, amounted to £143,805/2/9, the Minister for Army (Mr Chambers) revealed in a written reply in the House of Representatives today…

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Some Famous Fires in History

The Corowa Free Press · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 3

One of the greatest fires that took place in modern times, was that which broke out in San Francisco after the earthquake of…

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Fire at an Albury Hotel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 2

Floor boards in the bar parlor in the Gloucester Hotel were lifted early on Saturday morning to enable a garden hose to be played…

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Fire Destroys Shanty-town

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

CAPE TOWN, Mon.: Hundreds of African natives were left homeless yesterday as a result of a fire which swept…

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Two Firemen Injured Fighting Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: Two firemen were injured, one seriously when a 30ft. brick wall collapsed while they were fighting a…

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£25,000 Fire in Shopping Block

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Mon.: Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a shopping block at Crow’s Nest…

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Cease-fire Near in Indonesia

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 15

BATAVIA, Tues.: The first step towards a cease fire in Indonesia was taken today when Dutch and Republican…

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