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Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Two fires Extinguished in Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Wagga Fire Brigade was called out to two fires yesterday. The first was a grass fire on a vacant allotment off Morrow-street…

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U.S. Grand Jury Says Hotel Was "Fire Trap"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 1

ATLANTA (Georgia), Tuesday: The proprietors of the Winecoff Hotel, where 121 persons died in a fire on…

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Car Destroyed in Bushfire at Darlington Pt

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 December 1946 · page 5

A motor oar belonging to A. J. Sutherland, of Grimth, was totally destroyed when surrounded by a bushfire on Sunday. It was at a…

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To Prevent Bush Fires Some Simple Rules

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 4

Nine out of ten bush fires are man-made, points out the New South Wales Bush fires Advisory Committee…

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Fire Brigade Called Out

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in a sawdust dump in Albury street yesterday. The call was received at midday,…

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Big W.a. Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday: Started by a spark from a tractor exhaust, the worst fire in the history of Wangan Hills, 132 miles from Perth,…

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Serious Bush Fires in W.a

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 1

PERTH, Friday: Damages estimat-ed at £150,000 has been caused by bushfires in some northeast districts of the wheat belt of Western…

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Riverview Cabaret Destroyed by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Riverview Cabaret, at Tom Ugly's Point, was destroyed by fire early this morning, about two hours after 760 holiday…

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West Austn. Fires Destroy Crops

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 2

PERTH, Sunday: Bushfires which have destroyed crops in Wongan Hills, Merredin and Cunderdin districts, are still smouldering in scrub…

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"Cease Fire" in Southern Indo-China

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 1

PARIS, Sunday: Vietnam authorities have issued a "cease fire" order to their forces in Indo-China, according to a French…

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To Prevent Bush Fires Observe These Primary Precautions

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 2

Nine out of ten bush fires are manmade, points out the New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee. Most of them are caused by…

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