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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

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Fire period begins in one N.E. Victorian region today

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 24

Although the proclaimed fire period comes into force in Region 23 today, it would not operate in Region 24 for another week, Mr. C. Howe, regional fire officer for the latter region, said in Wodonga last night…

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Appeal against £45,000 bush fire damages award

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: A bush fire in the Riverina in January, 1952, was not due to any act of negligence on the part of railways employes, Mr. N. Jenkyn, Q.C., stated in the High Court today. Mr. Jenkyn appeared for…

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Grass Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 4

A small area of grass in a vacant allotment in Thorold street, West Albury, was burnt yesterday. Albury Fire Brigade received the…

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Petrol Pumps Destroyed by Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

Up to £30.000 worth of damage could have bees caused by Tuesday’s fire at the Border Service Station if a…

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Bush Fire Danger will be Serious Factor Throughout District

The Observer · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 6

The bush fire danger will become a very serious factor throughout the district when the present green herbage dries, said the Albury district agronomist (Mr. G. R. Godden) in his monthly crop report for November…

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Fires from tractors

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 12

The Chief Officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority (Mr. C. A. Daw) issued yesterday a warning of the dangers of…

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Fire in Storeroom

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 2

Albury Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a storeroom at the rear of Jack Skinner’s machinery agency, Townsend street, Albury,…

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Charge Follows Car Fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 22

WAGGA, Thurs. : Ronald Alfred Day, a 20-year-old laborer, now living at Figtree, near Wollongong, was discharged at…

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Bandits fire snot in shop

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Two armed men fled from a Brunswick news agency and post office tonight after firing…

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Oaklands Home Destroyed By Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

Mr. Con Fealy, junr., "Nyora," Oaklands, suffered a severe loss on Monday afternoon when his home was…

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Electric Stove on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 2

No damage was caused when the contents of an electric stove caught fire at a house at No. 422 Guinea street on Saturday at about 3…

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Fire brigades demonstrate at Mt. Beauty

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 12

Mt. Beauty Fire Brigade conducted an open urban fire brigades’ demonstration on Saturday. Despite the bad weather, seven teams attended and…

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Fire Danger Period

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 11

Proclaimed fire danger period for the Victorian Fire Authority’s No. 24 region begins today. No. 24 region takes in the Shires…

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Pence Damaged by Rubbish Fire

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 December 1954 · page 2

Two wooden fence palings were burnt by a rubbish fire at the rear of the Liberty Inn in Volt lane yesterday. Albury brigade…

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Warning on fire hazard

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Following the record December rainfall throughout Victoria, there has been a prolific growth of gross and scrub, and a hot, dry wind is oil that is needed now to provide…

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Henty Bush Fire Brigade

The Observer · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 5

The following office-bearers were elected at the annual meeting of Henty Bush Fire Brigade: President, Mr. O. A…

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Three sons of millionaire perish in mansion fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thurs.: Throe young boys, sons of Edwin Grove, heir to o patent medicine fortune, and on elderly couple who were caring for the boys, perished yesterday when the Grave mansion at Northport, Maine, was…

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Holiday Fire Hazards

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 2

The chief officer of the Victorian Country Fire Authority, Mr. C. A. Daw, said yesterday that he was most concerned to…

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Dederang policeman fires shot to stop fugitive car: man arrested

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 1

A Dederang policeman fired o shot to stop a car, which had been reported stolen, on the Kiowa Volley Highway yesterday afternoon. At 12.30 p.m., Charles Edward Boulton, traveller…

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Prairie Fire Wins the Flying Handicap

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 7

Prairie Fire (M. Gray) defeats Paramark (R. Steiner) by half a length in the Flying Handicap at Albury…

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