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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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New Australian Family Loses All in Fire at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 8

A New Australian family lost all their belongings and over £30 in cash when their dwelling was razed by fire yesterday morning. It was part of a canvas settlement opposite Albury…

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“Haunted” Fire Bug Gaoled

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sun. : Robert Dale Segee, a quiet youth who claims he is haunted by Ate figure of a “flaming Red Indian,”…

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£20,000 Tannery Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday : Fire gutted a tannery at Botany tonight and caused damage estimated at £20,000…

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Many Army Tanks Destroyed in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sun.: Several hundred army tanks and trucks were destroyed last night when fire gutted a building at the army…

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Ryan-walla Sub. Fire Brigade Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 November 1950 · page 10

At the annual meeting of Walla Sub Bush Fire Brigade it was decided to purchase a fire fighting unit, the government and insurance…

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Bemerembah District Forms Bush Fire Brigade

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 2

A meeting was held on Friday evening, 27th October, 1950, at the Area Hotel, for the purpose of forming a Bush Fire Brigade in the…

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Fire Damager Laundry

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

The Hay Fire Brigade was called yesterday to ah outbreak at the rear of the Orson Street residence of Mrs. Crawford. Brigade officers report that…

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Generous Help for Fire Victims

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 4

Rev. John Armour, president of the United Charities, desires to thank all who willingly [?] forward to help the New Australian…

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Fire at Garage

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 2

No damage was caused yesterday morning when oil and grease in a pit at the rear of Albury Motor’s workshop, Olive st., caught…

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Fire Brigades Meet at Beechworth

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 6

Delegates from Wooragee Beechworth, Gapsted and Bowmans-Murmungee brigades attended the annual meeting of the…

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Annual Meeting of Yerong Creek Bush Fire Brigade

The Observer · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Yerong Creek Bush Fire Brigade was held on Friday night, when Mr. J. C. Shaw presided and members present were:…

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Stock Inspector Bush Fire Risk Likely to Develop

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 2

In his report to the November meeting of the Hay P.P. Board yesterday, the stock inspector, Mr. K. Bray, said that repeated light falls of rain have…

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Fire Ravages Virgin Bush

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 3

GREYMOUTH (NZ), Thursday: Hundreds of acres of virgin bush is ablaze in the Nelson CreekBell Hill region on the west coast…

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Fire Hazards on Railways

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 11

Victorian Railways Commissioners stated last evening that the rapidly drying grass in portions of the northern districts may…

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Three Die in Hotel Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 10

LEDUC (Alberta), Sun.: Three persons were killed and 15 injured when an explosion of a gas heating system yesterday started a…

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Aeroplane Destroyed by Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 8

An aeroplane, originally purchased at the local air station from Disposals for two small boys to play in was completely…

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Indian Cease-fire Appeal, on Tibet

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 5

NEW DELHI, Mon.: India is reported to have sent a Note to Peking, Chinese Communist capital, suggesting a cease-fire be…

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Six Sleeping Children Die in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 1

GARRETT (Pennsylvania), Mon Six sleeping children died in a fire which swept through a wooden house in this little…

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Henty Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade

The Observer · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the Henty Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade on Tuesday night, it was decided that the brigade be reformed and reorganised…

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Bush Fire Hazard Greater Than Ever, Declares District Agronomist

The Observer · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

"The growth of grass and herbage in the South-east Riverina has been such that the bush fire hazard is greater his year than perhaps ever before for the past 20 years, and to accentuate the danger there is less fallow than normally and very few efficient firebreaks," Mr. G. C…

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