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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

926 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 47

Bushfire Relief

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 2

The Wagga office of the Department of Agriculture advised yesterday that cash donations to the Wagga…

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Local Items Bushfire Belief

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 2

Following his personal representations to assist primary producers affected by the bushfires in the Wagga…

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Family Perishes in Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): An old wooden house at Som­erset, Pennsylania, became the funeral pyre of a disabled…

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U.s. Army Fire­power Greater Than Ever

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP): General Lawton Col­lins has claimed that the Army has increased its…

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Bushfire threat again in Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Nearly 1000 sheep were burned to death and scores of miles of fencing were destroyed when die worst bushfire since the height of the summer ravaged several sheep stations near Casterton during the weekend…

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Super. Stocks Damaged in Bush Fires Can Still be Used

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

"Stocks of superphosphate damaged by fire on many farms during the recent bush 1 Ires can still be used," said P. W…

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Sedan Gar Gutted by Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

A Plymouth sedan caught fire about three miles from Young, on the Temora, road. The car appeared to have been…

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Inquiry at Wagga on Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

Superintendent McAuley, of the Wagga Police said yesterday that the proposed date for the inquiry into the…

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To the Editor Bush Fires

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 4

Sir,--In regard to the need for an investigation into the cause of the recent bush fires, the steps to be taken to deal with the…

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Bush Fire Relief

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

At the last stock sale conducted by Younghuband Ltd. at the Rosewood saleyards, ladies of the Wolseley Park and Rosewood…

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Bush Fire Exhibit at Royal Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 4

The exhibit of the Bush Fire Committee at the Royal Easter Show this year will attract special attention because of the…

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Bushfire Council Plans Fire Moves

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

General improvements to Bushfire Brigades and the overall fire fighting organisation, to avoid the confusion evident in last summer's disastrous fires, were sought at a special meeting yesterday of…

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No Fire Fighting Equipment on Tractor Share Farmer Fined

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 4

Roy Stanley Matthews pleaded not guilty at the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions on Friday, before Mr. K. Smith,…

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2 fires in coal ship

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1952 · page 1

PERTH, Friday: Carry­ing 9000 tons of coal from India to Melbourne, the British freighter Swan…

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Chaff on Fire at the Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

The Cootamundra Fire H[?]ade was called out at 1 o'clock this morning for a fire in some trucks of chaff at the railway…

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Fire in Culcairn Hotel Room Gutted

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

ALBURY, Monday —A room at the Culcairn Hotel was gutted by fire and seven other rooms were badly damaged by…

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Rooms damaged in hotel fire at Culcairn

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

ALBURY, Sunday: A room at the Culcairn Hotel was gutted by fire and seven other rooms were badly damaged by water and smoke this afternoon…

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Fire Hydrants

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 4

The Clerk of the S.R. County Council, Mr. H. B. Moyle, has informed Mr. V. E. Schirmer, hon. secretray of Lockhart F. and S…

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Ship Fire Out

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

PERTH, Monday: The fire in the motor vessel Swan Valley, now in Fremantle, was considered to be completely…

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Notes For Women Scouts' camp .. .. Camp food .. .. Camp fire .. .. Leaders wanted .. .. Old Scouts .. .. First-aid for loose covers .. .. Washing hints .. .. Scouts' camp

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 4

There will be a number of mothers in Wagga and the surrounding district who will see their sons off on Saturday…

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