Is There a Fire Bug in Albury?
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2
The number of grass fires in Albury this summer, and particularly on Monument Hill, suggests that a fire bug is responsible for the outbreaks. In nearby centres there are not nearly the number of calls on fire-fighters…
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Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tues.: Fire early tonight destroyed a leather goods factory at Chippendale, causing an estimated £120,000 worth of damage. The entire interior of the three-storey factory was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ban on camp fires
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 16
SYDNEY, Wed.: A prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open for camping purposes was announced today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →“Farmers often responsible for fires”
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 8
Farmers were often themselves responsible for bush fires which swept hundreds of acres of valuable land, a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To Help Huon Fire Victims
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 2
A public meeting will be held in the Kergunyah hall at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 28, to arrange aid for the Crockett family, of…
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Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wed.: The arson squad of the CIB will investigate last night’s fire at a factory in Chippendale in which damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Board elections on June 3
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 5
SYDNEY, Wed.: Elections of members of the Board of Fire Commissioners will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 1952, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hour-long battle with fire on Forrest Hill
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1
Firemen battled for an hour at lunch-time yesterday when a home in Forrest Hill avenue was threatened by flames which swept through two vacant allotments. Chief Fire Officer H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire watcher on Mt. Stanley (By a “Mail” Staff Reporter.)
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 8
A strong breeze humming through the steel girders of the fewer is all that breaks the [?] mountain silence. Lanky Jim O’Neill s[?]res…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sad Sequel to Bush Fire Near Milbrulong
The Observer · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5
An instance of the great risk fire-fighters run in their, eagerness to quell an outbreak was given at a bush, fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General New Bush Fire Brigade Formed at Culcairn
The Observer · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2
At a meeting called for the purpose at Culcairn, it was decided to form, a bush fire brigade, to be known as the…
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Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1
NEW YORK, Thurs.: Eight children died in a fire which yesterday destroyed their home nine miles north of Coos Bay, Oregon. Only the mother, father and daughter survived…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Near Garage Workshop
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3
Fire broke out in grass in the paddock at the rear of Upton's garage in Deniliquin Road, next to the old cemetery,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Danger in Cars
The Observer · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5
The N.R.M.A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in their cars. Mr. C. H. Napthali, chief engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Warning to Harvest Workers
Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2
Issuing a warning to all harvest workers to exercise every care to prevent fires, Mr. C. A. Daw, chief officer of the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Near Thing for Wangaratta Fire-fighters Wind change fires truck
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1
Four members of o Wangaratta Rural Fire Brigade crew had narrow escapes from being burned to death at Springhurst on Saturday when a gust of wind changed the course of a fire they were fighting and swept the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quiet Weekend for Fire Brigade
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2
Albury Fire Brigade had a relatively quiet weekend—one of the quietest for many weeks. The brigade was called to only one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at university destroys cosmic equipment
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 7
DENVER (Colorado). Sun.: A fire at Denver University today destroyed equipment which had been used in top secret…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce fire destroys 3000 poultry at Wagga
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5
A fierce fire which swept through the premises of the Southern Poultry Supply, on Farm road, North Wagga, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To the Editor Fire Danger in Albury North
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 5
Sir,—I draw attention to the danger of fire in Albury North, Some owners of building blocks in this vicinity have received…
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