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Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Fires Still Rage at U.s. Dump

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

SEOUL, Tues. [?] Flames still raged out of [?] early today at [?] 14 hours after the first…

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Seven Perish in U.S. Tenement Blaze Spectacular Rescue by Negro Ex-Marine

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday—An arsohist is blamed for a fire which swept through a Brooklyn [?]nement yesterday, killing…

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Money Not Touched in Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Fire destroyed an office building at Auburn on Saturday night, but left a tin containing £7000…

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£700 Not Touched in Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire destroyed an office building at Auburn last night but left a [?] containing £700 un-…

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£27,000 Damage—aftermath of Transport Fire Inquiry To Be Held At Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

WHEN a transport was burnt out on the Hume Highway near Tumblong some weeks back, it was estimated…

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Bushfire Inquiry Today

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

A finding on the cause of the bushfires at Mangoplah on January 22 last will be…

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Inquiry Into Transport Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

When a transport was burnt out on the Hume Highway near Tumblog some weeks back, it was estimated that the…

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Mangoplah fire finding has been deterred Inquiry Opens Into Ladysmith Outbreak

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 1

The hearing of evidence in the inquiry into the origin of the bushfire in the Ladysmith area on January 25 began in the Wagga Court House yesterday morning, and is expected to last about a week…

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Floods and Bush Fire! Nature Goes Mad

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday The levee around the small town of Darlington Point early today was…

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Believes Train Started Ladysmith Bushfire, Witness Tells Inquiry House ringed by fire, but saved

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

A witness at yesterday's hearing of the inquiry into the Ladysmith Bushfire on January 25 said he believed the fire started on railway property and spread into "explosively" inflammable pasture land. He is Lyle William Edward…

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Three Ladysmith Fires Caused by Train, Solicitor Claims

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 2

Sydney solicitor, Mr. C. D. L. Mears, at yesterday's hearing of the inquiry into die Ladysmith bushfires on January 25, submitted that a train running through the area had caused three fires on three consecutive occasions, including Hie 25th…

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Fire and Flood at Koorawatha

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

In the height of the floods at Koorawatha last week, a stack of 700 bales of lucerne was almost destroyed by fire…

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Bushfire on Mountains

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A bushfire, which started during a gale on the Blue Mountains last night. Is burning in…

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Ladysmith Fire Could Not Have Been Started by Train-witness Bushfire inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

The fireman of a train which passed through Ladysmith district shortly before a fire broke out there said at yesterday's hearing of the inquiry into the cause of the fire that he considered it could not possibly have started from the engine…

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Court to Inspect Rail Loco. Fire inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1952 · page 2

The hearing of the inquiry into the cause and origin of the bushfires at Ladysmith on January 25…

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The Odd Column Fire and Flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 2

In the height of the floods at Koorawatha last week, there was an unusual occurrence — a stack of 700 bales of lucerne was…

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Fire Finding Deferred

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott) yesterday deferred until tomorrow morning the announcement of his finding on…

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Local Items Fire-fighting Display

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Members of the wagga Fire Brigade will give a general display of fire-fighting tomorrow evening at 7.15, at…

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Counsel in Clash at Fire Probe

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

Mr. N. Jenkyn, Q.C, at yesterday's hearing of the inquiry into the cause of the Bomen bushfire on February 5 accused Sydney barrister Mr. C L. D. Meares of "fishing for evidence" which was irrelevant to the inquiry, but which could be used at any later proceedings…

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Huge Damage by New York Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK Tues (A.A.P.): Forty firemen were injured and a watchman was missing and feared dead yesterday in…

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