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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

406 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 21

Tree Prunings on Embankment Reclamation Work to Continue Fire Danger Minimised at Council Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council the engineer (Mr. H. J. Chaston) reported that from the rear of Dalgety's…

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City Fires Two Big Buildings Ablaze £170,000 Damage

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two more disastrous fires, making the third within three days, occurred in Sydney yesterday. Damage estimated at about…

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"Daddy Is On Fire" Called Youngster to Passer-by

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 4

"Daddy was lighting the fire and the kerosene blew up", were the pathetic words of the youngster, eleven-year-old Hazel…

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Krupps Again Essen Heavily Bombed by R.A.F. Australians Participate Big Explosions and Fires

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The Germans admit considerable damage, particularly in Friday rights British attack…

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Another Fire at Adelong Determined Effort To Burn The Town

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 1

Adelong 's firebug struck again on Thursday night prior to Good Friday when storesheds and outbuildings, the…

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Tunisia's Lessons Fire-power Compared

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Analysing the African campaign in view of the application of its lessons to the second front, two Reuter's…

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Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area The Story of the M.I.A. Area Threatened by Fire Organisation of the Brigades

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 4

Is the summer of 1932 the residents of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area received their first vivid impressions of the dangers to life and property associated with the unbridled fury of a bush fire out of control, and it was the fright that they…

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Two Big City Fires Tea and Coffee Go Up in Smoke

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

Two more disastrous fires, making the third within three days, occurred in Sydney on Saturday. Damage estimated at about £170,000 was caused…

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Fire in Wood Heap Extinguished by Brigade

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

Shortly after midday yesterday, a fire broke out in the woodheap of Duff's milk depot in Kurrajong Avenue, and a message to the fire…

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Big Brisbane Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday. — D. R. Lowe's case factory in Montague road, South Brisbane, was destroyed by fire early this…

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Fire at Tumut Shire Office a Timely Save Was It the Work of a Fire-bug or Accidentally Set Ablaze?

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

There was quite some excitement in Tumut on Saturday night last at 6.30 p.m. when the alarm sounded to…

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Station Fires. "Firebugs" Suspected

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Damage by fire to suburban railway stations, for the second time in 24 hours, has led the police to…

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Was Thief Responsible for Fire at Shire Office?

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 12 May 1943 · page 1

There was some excitement in Tumut on Saturday night last, when the alarm sounded to advise the fire brigade that the Shire…

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City Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—When a fire broke out in the premises of Cox. Findiayson & Co., early this morning, the top floor of the building was…

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Duisburg Raid 1500 Tons of Bombs Dropped Big Fires Seen U.S. Bombers Over France

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—More than 1500 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the indutrial area of Duisburg on…

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Origin of Fires Boy's Alleged Confession

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The police to-night alleged that a 16-year-old boy, whom they arrested at Parramatta to-day, wrote a confession in…

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Origin of Sydney Fires

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 2

The police allege that a 10-year-old boy, whom they arrested at Parramatta, wrote a confession in which he declared that he had caused the…

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Fire Near Junee Common

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

Fire this morning destroyed a house in which Mr. and Mrs. F. Gardiner have been living for some time near the common…

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A Huge Fire at Spain's Largest Naval Base

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: It is reported by Berlin Radio that a huge fire in the past two days has been sweeping berroll, Spain's largest naval base. It…

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Junee's Fire Wood Scheme Settles Down to Work

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 4

Neighbouring towns are having extreme difficulty in handling their firewood questions, but the scheme put into operation in Junee…

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