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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

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Midnight Blaze. Motor Cars and Garage Burnt

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 2

A LITTLE after midning, about 12.30 a.m. on Tuesday, the peaceful slumbers of our townspeople were awakened, by the cries of Fire!…

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Big Queensland Fire. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 3

A big fire is reported from Charleville. It started at the Ten-mile Gate and is driving everything before it…

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Skeleton Buildings and Fire Traps. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 2

Sir,—The unfortunate Ere at Johnstone's garage painfully reminds us once again that our town is far from safe. It is to be hoped that in…

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