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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Half Million Damage in Asylum Fire Patients, Not Dangerous, Some at Large

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 1

The mental asylum at Beach worth was completely destroyed b fire this morning, and it is estimated that the total damage wil…

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Chimney on Fire Call to Brigade

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

About 8.30 o'clock on Saturday morning, the Fire Brigade received a call to Mr. W. Kinloch's residence in Sycamore Street, where a chimney…

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Three Children Perish in Fire Parents Temporarily Absent

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Three young children were burned to death at a sheep station at Albert, 50 miles north of…

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Big Fire in Taylor's Square Man Injured After Second Storey Jump

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—A man was taken to hospital after jumping from the second floor of a building in Oxford street…

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Man Dies in Fire at Marrar

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

A well-known Marrar resident, Mr. Christopher Hayes, 76, was burned to death when his home was destroyed by fire last night…

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Mad Stampede in Theatre Five Killed in Fire Panic

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 1

MEXICO CITY Tuesday.—Five persons died in a Mexico City picture theatre last night when a cry of fire started a mad…

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Dramatic Fight to Beat Fire on Ship Wharf Laborers Risk Lives

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Firemen are fighting a huge blaze on the island trading steamer Bulolo in Sydney Harbor. THOUSANDS of gallons of…

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Well Known District Resident Falls Into Open Fire, Burned to Death in Shocking Tragedy

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 4

ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S OLDEST RESIDENTS, MR. CHRISTOPHER HAVES, WHO CAME TO THE AREA AS A CHILD IN 1879, WAS BURNED TO DEATH IN SHOCKING CIRCUMSTANCES ON HIS PROPERTY AT MARRAR ON…

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Baby Saves Parents in Woodstock Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 8

A tiny baby saved its parents when their house caught on fire at Woodstock last week…

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Publican's Wife Rescued in Hotel Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A woman was rescued from an upstairs window when a fire broke out in the Royal Standard…

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Wool Price Fire But Buyers Are Cautious

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Wool values today [?] firm at yesterday's levels for all Merino description except best fleece and skirtings, which were [?] and at times in the buyers' favor…

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The Bulolo Fire Loss of Ship Will Hit Island Trade

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—Trade with Not Guinea and the northern islands will be disorganised because or the fire…

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Set Fire to Home of Son-in-Law, Police Allege

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: A middle-aged man was charged in the Kogarah Court today with having maliciously set fire to his…

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Junee Falls Into Open Fire Burned to Death in Shocking Tragedy

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 2

One of Junee's oldest residents Mr. Christopher Hayes who went to the area as a child in 1879, was burned to death in…

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Fire at Batlow House and Contents Destroyed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 2

Yesterday morning about 8.30 a.m, a house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. B Kendall at Batlow, was destroyed by…

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Thrills and Comedy at the Broadway "Borderline" a Sure Fire Top Line Hit

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 31 August 1951 · page 7

"Borderline", which opens tonight as one of the main attractions at the Broadway Theatre, costars Fred MacMurray and Claire…

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Liquid Fire Likely For Hdep

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 10

SIDNEY, Friday: Liquid. Fire is likely to run in the Three- Year-Old Handicap at Canterbury tomorrow, but a…

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Fire at Batlow

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

A house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Kendall, a Batlow, was destroyed by fire, on the property of Mr. A. E. Herring…

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Blasts Start Big Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 3

BORGER (Texas), Sunday: Explosions and a fire roared through the Government-owned butadiene plant yesterday,…

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Bush Fire Brigades Annual Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Combined Bush Fire Brigades of the Leeton Shire, will be held in the Shire Chambers, next Saturday, September 8th…

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