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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

653 stories in Riverina's papers · page 33 of 33

Fire in Urana Street Lockhart Brigade Called

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 4

Late on Saturday afternoon Lockhart Fire Brigade was called out and soon concentrated upon extinguishing a grass fire which…

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Fire at Windella Standing Crop and Wheat Burnt

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 2

Between 3.30 and 4 p.m. on Friday a fire broke out on Windella station, the properly of Messrs. D. A. Jenkins and E. R. J. Oddie…

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Canadian ship fire horror

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

ASTORIA (Oregan), Tuesday (A.A.P.): The bodies of 12 persons were recovered yesteraay from the still burning…

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Drinkers flee from fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Drinkers fled from first-floor lounge when fire broke out today in the…

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Train on fire: two rescued

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Police and firefighters risked their lives to extricate two seriously injured people from the flaming wreckage of a train after it had plunged down a…

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[?]80,000 fire at half-built hotel

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 4

HOBART, Wed.: Fire burnt out a party-built luxury hotel and caused £80,000 damage at Old Beach, on the…

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Bushfires Menace Beekeeping Valuable Flora Destroyed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 6

"The recent disastrous bushfires in many country districts have caused serious and extensive damage to honey-producing flora." said W. A…

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Protect Your Home Against Bushfires

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 2

"Keep doors and windows closed when bushfires are near your house," said a C.S.I.R.O. spokesman to-day. This simple advice…

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Fire at Tip

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1951 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out at 8.30 p.m. yesterday to attend a fire in the council tip in Tarcutta…

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Two Fires Sweep Areas in the Riverina One Serious, One Small

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 December 1951 · page 2

A serious bushfire and a small grass fire yesterday afternoon swept two areas of the Riverina between Burrumbuttock and Jindera, near Holbrook…

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Walla Fire Detectives' Theory

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 December 1951 · page 2

Detectives who investigated a bushfire at Walla Walla on Friday night said that the fire was caused by a short circuit in high-tension wires which fouled a tree…

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Family Loses Home Possessions: Wagga Fire No Insurance

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 December 1951 · page 2

Six members of the Wagga Thorley family lost their home and all their possessions when their house at 13 Charleville Road was burned…

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Bushfire near Tarcutta

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 December 1951 · page 2

Fire ravaged 500 acres of rough bush and damaged fences between Keajura and Book Book, near Tarcutta, late…

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