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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

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Small Fire at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

Fire broke out in disposals materials at the rear of the residence of Mr Arthur Upton, Alfred st, Corowa, at 4 o’clock…

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Fire brigades’ display of Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 8

Rural -fire brigades in Region 24 of the Country Fire Authority which comprises an area from Chiltern to Porepunkah and…

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Four Grass Fires in Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

The electrically-operated fire siren at the Albury fire station did not work last night, when a power failure put it temporarily…

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Fire in Wagga District

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

WAGGA, Wed.: Thick timbered hilly country hampered 30 fire fighters of the Book Book bush fire brigade today in their efforts…

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Gerogery Fire Causes £1000 Damage

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 14

A team of firefighters stood by on a Gerogery property throughout last night to prevent the spread of a fire which destroyed 60 tons of hay, machinery and two sheds valued at more than £1000…

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Fire in Alfred Street

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 4

At about 3.45 on Monday afternoon the alarm for a fire in Alfred Street which broke out in the yard at the…

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Fire Captain Playing Hose

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

Jindera Fire Brigade’s captain Mr Bert Emery, playing a hose during the fire on Mr Otto Moll’s property at Gerogery on Wednesday night…

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Fought fire at Gerogery

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 16

Members of the Glenellen Fire Brigade who helped fight the fire on Mr Otto Moll’s property at Gerogery on Wednesday night, when a hay shed containing 60 tons of hay, and another shed, containing chaff and machinery, were destroyed, together with their contents…

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Fierce fire in hay shed at Gerogery farm

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 3

Contents of the hay shed burning fiercely on Mr Otto Moll’s property at Gerogery on…

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Fire leaves 1500 homeless

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 5

PUSAN (Korea), Fri.: Fire destroyed 125 houses in Pusan today. Damage to the buildings in the major South…

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Fire danger still persists, but is diminishing

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 7

Although temperatures in the last few days have declined sharply, the fire danger in certain parts of the north east of…

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Week-end Fires at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

Albury Fire Brigade was called to three, grass fires on Saturday. First outbreak on Saturday occurred at 10.30 a.m., when an…

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50 die in nursing home fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 12

LARGO (Florida), Sun.: About 50 persons, were killed when flames swept through a nursing home here today. Police said the…

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Fire Captain Fined Far fire Without Notice

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 6

Ronald Stanley Howard, captain of Burringbar bushfire brigade, was fined £30, at Murwillumbah, for lighting a fire…

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Fire in Letter Box

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 2

Albury police are inquiring into a fire a letter box at the comer of Ran and Hanel streets during the weekend…

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33 die in nursing home fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 14

LARGO (Florida), Mon.: A fire which ran swiftly through a nursing home for the aged early yesterday is believed to have…

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Brigade attended 41 fires in March

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 10

The three fires attended by Albury Fire Brigade yesterday brought the total reported for March to 41…

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Big Blaze Wood Stack

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

Thousands of gallons of water from an adjoining clay pit were pumped fey. Albury Fire Brigade engine into one of four stacks of…

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Fire Destroys Guest House

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Fourteen people asleep' in a Healesville guest house early today escaped in their night attire when…

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Round-up of Australian and World Sporting Items Pure Fire chosen for the Victoria Handicap (From “Hurst Park.”)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 15

Pure Fire, the outstanding two-year-old of last season made an auspicious return to racing at Caulfield lost Saturday when he flashed home along the rails to run fourth to his stable companion, Usage…

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