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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Migrant loses home in fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 3

[?] English migrant at Yackandandah yesterday afternoon saw his new home and all his possessions destroyed by fire…

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Smoke Without Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 7

"A cigarette is the perfect type of pleasure. It is exquisite and leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?" Thus spoke Oscar…

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Remove fire hazards now!

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, wed.: Bush fire authorities today urged councils to act at once to have bush fire hazards Removed from the vicinity…

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Spectacular Fire in Freighter

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.: A fire In the 10,000-ton interstate freighter Tesspool caused an estimated £10,000 damage tonight…

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Burnt-out Land Men to Sue Railways

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

WAGGA, Thurs.: Within the next few weeks approximately 50 writs will be served on the NSW Commissioner for…

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£80,000 Railway Fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Thurs.: The Silver Comet’s power van and other railway property was destroyed in a fire early today…

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Film Lot Fire Started “Deliberately”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

BURBANK (Oal.) Thurs.: Police believe a fire which swept across the Warner Brothers’ film lot yesterday was started…

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Fire Protection Measures In District Towns Shire Council to Approach Commissioners

The Observer · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners advised the monthly meeting of Culcairn Shire Council, held on Monday, that the Board would visit Walla when next on an inflectional itinerary in the district, and said the…

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Two Fires Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

Albury Fire Brigade was called out twice yesterday — to a ear which caught fire in David st at 1 p.m. and a house in Union…

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Studio fire not deliberately started

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 14

BURBANK, Fri,: A group of investigators yesterday ruled out arson as the cause of Wednesday’s multi million dollar fire…

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Film Made Here Under Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Sun.: “Kangaroo”, the 20th Century Fox movie filmed in Australia, took a drubbing from Washington film…

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Bush Fire Captain’s Complaint Tractors And Rabbit Fumigation

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 5

In a letter read at yesterday’s meeting of Murray Shire Council Mr C. Whittakers, captain of Bullatale Bush Fire…

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Spark blamed for £10,000 fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A spark from an electric drill is believed to have been the cause of the fire which did damage estimated at…

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Conferences will plan fire fighting methods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: Regional conferences of councils and fire fighting organisations will be held in NSW soon to plan…

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Early Morning Fire At Derelict Sports Ground

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 1

Deniliquin Fire Brigade answered a call at 7.30 this morning and the waiting siren brought many people from…

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Police probe £50,000 fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 14

LITHGOW, Tues.: Police have opened investigations into a fire which caused damage estimated at £50,006 at the…

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Fire in Albury bank residence

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 12

A lunch hour fire badly damaged the ceiling of the Australian and New, Zealand Bank residence, Albury, yesterday…

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Four or more die in hotel fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 10

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Tues.: At least four persons are believed to have been burned to death, while several others are…

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Flood, and Fire and Flood

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 2

South-eastern Australians, at least, have had a vivid illustration in the past two years of what Dorothea Mackellar meant when she spoke of Australia’s “beauty and…

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Big fire engulfs two buildings

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Employes [?] for their lives when fire engulfed two large buildings in George street, north, today,…

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