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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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Early Morning Fire at an Albury Cafe

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

FIRE which broke out early yesterday morning caused extensive damage to the kitchen of Hume Weir Cafe, Dean st., Albury (shown above), and two upstairs bedrooms of Hume House. Albury Fire Brigade was on the…

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Stubble Fire Was “Difficult”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 2

When a spark from the exhaust of a truck set alight to wheat stubble on the properly of Mr. Steve Purtell, of Holbrook,…

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Police Fire on Rioting Mob

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Fri.: Police today opened fire on rioting crowds armed with sticks and brickbats when stabbing, looting and arson broke…

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Fire in Service Station

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sat: Equipment was burned, cars damaged by heat and water and fumes almost overcame five firemen when fire broke…

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Items of News Albury Grass Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 2

Fire destroyed an acre of grass and scrub land on Nailcan Hill yesterday afternoon. Cause of the fire is unknown. The…

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Fire Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

Yesterday at about 12.30 p.m. the fire siren sounded an alarm and there was prompt turn-out of the brigade to premises in Denilliquin road owned…

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Former Albury Fire Chief Death of Mr. J. S. Grinton

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 7

An old pioneer of Albury and district, Mr James Grinton, died in the Mansfield District Hospital on Saturday, February 11, at the…

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Sedan Car Destroyed in Fire at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 5

WANGARATTA, Thurs.: Fire early this morning destroyed a sedan car, a bicycle, a quantity carpenter’s tools and badly…

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Annual Fire Brigade Dernonstrations Depend on Memorial Park Facilities

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4

Desiring to secure a permanent water extension to Memorial Park Oval and so provide facilities for the…

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Wrecked in Early Morning Fire

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1

This sedan car was wrecked on Thursday morning when fire broke out in the garage of Mr. W. Thompson, Rowan st., Wangaratta. The fire its believed to have been caused by an electrical short circuit…

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Fire at Railway Station

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun : Fire swept through the railway station at Gunnedah, completely destroying the roof and causing damage…

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£10,000 Fire in N.z

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

AUCKLAND (NZ), Mon.: One employe was taken to hospital and two firemen were injured when fire this afternoon…

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“Marvellous” Escapes in Hotel Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

GLENFALLS (New York), Wed.: The five-story Towers Hotel here was destroyed by fire just before dawn today and police…

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£480 For Fire Victims’ Appeal

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 11

More than £480 was raised by anneals on behalf of two families in South Albury who lost their homes and belongings in recent…

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Bush Fires

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

Nine of the sixteen fire brigades within Carrathool Shire sent delegates to a recent conference with Shire representatives on matters…

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Items of News Fire at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

A fire started in a heap of rubbish and soon set long grass alight at the home of Mrs. J. A. Nixon, Deniliquin Road, Corowa, on…

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Station Homestead Partly Destroyed Blaze at Goolgumbla

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 3

A disastrous fire occurred at Goolgumbla Station, 40 miles north west of Jerilderie, on Monday night last, when a wing of the homestead…

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£100,000 Fire Guts Factory

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed. Fire completely gutted a factory in Bourke rd., Waterloo, tonight causing more than £100,000 damage…

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Items of News Investigating Fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Detective Smith and Constable Robinson, Albury, are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a three-roomed house…

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Car on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

Slight damage was caused to a coupe car owned by Mr K F. Wilson, Townsend st., when the engine caught alight in David st on…

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