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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Cattle Relish Brown Lucerne Hay Fire Risk the Main Drawback

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 3

Brown lucerne hay is more succulent and freer from dust than the dry green hay; most cattle show a decided preference…

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Quandialla's Big Fire Store, Home Razed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 2

Valiant efforts of the Quandialla Bush Fire Brigade saved that town from what seemed at one stage certain extinction when…

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Two Calls for Junee Fire Brigade. Outbreak at Shop Could Have Been Serious

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 6

The Fire Brigade was called out just before midnight on Monday last and again before seven o'clock the next morning…

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Fire Station Building to Be Completed

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 6

At last Thursday's meeting of the Tumbarumba Shire Council the captain of the fire brigade (Mr. T. E. Cottam) asked that…

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Cease Fire Debate Motion for Seven-Power Committee

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday.—The proposal that the United Nations should set up a seven-power committee to discuss a…

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Tractor Turns Over Twice Lad has fortunate Escape When Machine Catches Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 8

When 16 year old Frederick Taylor was driving a tractor past the Murringo post office, the wheels on one side slipped…

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Fire Alarm

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

A fire which could have had very serious consequences was discovered between Hankinson’s furniture store room and an out-house of…

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Town Nearly Destroyed by Raging Fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 6

The town of Quandialla was almost destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon, but splendid work by five brigades brought it under control…

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Children With Matches Start Fire At Hartfield

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 8

Children smoking cigarettes behind a cow bail are suspected of having started a bush fire at Harefield this week…

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Bush Fire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon an out-break of fire occurred on the "Wandinong" property of Mr. H. S. Kennedy…

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Fire Brigade called to grass fires

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

The Leeton Fire Brigade was called out to two grass fires last Saturday evening. The first was along the road, adjacent to the Leeton Cannery, while…

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Camper Left Fire at the Fire Station

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

A man, who evidently considered his trouble public property, left a blazing mattress on the footpath in front of the Leeton…

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Korean Cease Fire? Further Negotiations

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday — The 12-nation Arab-Asian bloc last night amended its resolution on Far Eastern questions to…

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Campers on Leeton Tourist Area left homeless by fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

Fire destroyed a parlour coach and. camp on the Leeton Tourist Camping Area yesterday afternoon. The parlour coach…

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S.a. Premier Caught by Bushfire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday — The Premier (Mr. playford), with 14 other people, was trapped by bushfire at Cherryllie…

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Bushfires Menace Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Victoria is facing its worst fire danger for ten years. Rural fire brigades and…

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S.a. Premier Trapped by Bushfire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday: The Premier (Mr. Playford), with 14 other people, was trapped by bushfire at Cherryille this…

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16 Convalescents Die After Fire Sum Home

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

(A.A.P.) WASHINGTON: At least 16 persons lost their lives When a fire swept the convalescence home for agent Hoquaim…

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Danger of Record Bushfires in Vic

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE Wednesday — Bush fires raging in nearly every part of Victoria threaten to rival those of 1939, the worst in…

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Gundagai Man Burned Car Catches Fire — Grass Fire Started

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

ONLY presence of mind and amazing courage prevented what could have been a serious burning accident on Saturday night last. When refuelling a car with petrol on the Wagga road, the inflammable liquid suddenly…

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