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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

642 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 33

£300,000 Fire in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Machinery and equipment valued at nearly £300,000 were destroyed in a fire which followed an…

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Search for Clues in Hut Fire Debris

The Observer · Friday 5 October 1951 · page 2

Detectives searching for shares among the debris in the burnt-out shack in which the late Purturb Singh lived in Smart Street…

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Hopefield Bush Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the above there were present Messrs M. Palmer, D. Nolan, T. Carroll, Carroll, Jnr., P…

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Cease-fire Talks to Resume

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Mon: General Ridgway tonight accepted the Communist proposal to resume Korean cease-fire talks…

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New Wahgunyah Fire Station Approved

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

A new fire station for wahgunyah Fire Brigade is to be [?] in Elisabeth Street adjoining the tennis courts…

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Mother, children die in fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wed.: A mother and her four small children, ranging from two years to six years, died yesterday in an explosion and…

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Cease-fire talks Reds meet U.N. officers

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed.: The Communists today met UN liaison officers at Pan Mun Jom to discuss an immediate resumption of the Korean…

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Cease-fire Talks Nearer

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 23

TOKIO, Fri: United Nations and Communist liaison officers have agreed on all “ground rules” for resumption of…

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Eight Die in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 15

CHIPMAN (New Brunswick), Mon: Eight persons including five children were burnt to death in their sleep on Saturday night when…

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Fire Chief on extortion charges

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 11

NEW YORK, Tues.: The former first deputy Fire Commissioner, Janes J. Moran, has been indicted; by a New York Grand…

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Public Warned of Bush Fire Danger

The Observer · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

"In two months' time the bush fire danger wil be high, and everybody should regard the position as one necessitating every precaution, such as avoiding the careless use of fires, making of suitable fire breaks, overhaul…

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Local and General Henty Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade

The Observer · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 2

A demonstration of the new fire-fighting equipment will be given at Mr. Chas. Edwards' property after the Kilo-Klein…

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Fire Danger Stressed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 6

Murray Shire Council is very concerned with the possibility of fires in the shire, is was revealed at their last meeting…

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Mulwala Proposed Fire Brigade

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 4

After bearing a report from Mr. Jim Corboy on the establishment of a fire brigade at Tocumwal and the method of…

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News from Wangaratta WANGARATTA, Sunday: Mac to Light Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 9

Memorial Town Hall Appeal Committee, which has arranged a bonfire and fair for Monday, November 5, Guy Fawke’s Night, has…

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Fire Hazards in Streets

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 2

The thick grass and weeds skirting some footpaths in Hay are now showing signs of drying off, creating a very serious fire hazard for…

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Cann’s Is Gutted in Fierce Blaze

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

Fire gutted Cann’s city store yesterday in the worst Albury blaze in years. The store in Dean street, in the heart of the city. Stock worth thousands of pounds was destroyed and the front…

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Fought fire in hailstorm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: In a heavy hailstorm, 100 firemen fought a blaze which roared through a block of shops, offices, a…

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Fire Delayed School Children

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 2

Hundreds of Albury school children were late home from school yesterday afternoon. Reason was that they had stopped to watch…

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Man Dies in Shack Fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: A 50-year-old man was incinerated when his weatherboard shack was destroyed by fire at Padstow today…

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