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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

926 stories in Riverina's papers · page 31 of 47

Floods and Fires a Timely Warning

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 2

Athough it may appear incongrous to mention bush fires whilst so much country is still recovering from flood damage,…

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Fire causes £10,000 damage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday: a spark from an electric drill is believed to have been the cause of the fire which did…

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Disastrous Hotel Fire in Alaska Confusion Over Death Roll

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 1

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Tuesday — Four persons are believed to be dead and several are reported missing in a hotel fire…

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Regional Meetings to Be Held on Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Regional Conferences of councils and fire fighting organisations will be held in N.S.W. soon to plan methods of fighting bushfires next summer…

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Police probe on fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday: Police have opened extensive investigations in the cause of a fire which caused damage…

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Bushfire conferences

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 2

The news that regional conferences of councils and fire-fighting organisations will be held soon to plan methods of fighting bushfires Will be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of country residents…

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"Controlled bushfires" Leeton Man Flood Control Ide[?]

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 2

Latest suggestion for flood control from .Mr. W. J. Adams, of Farm 451, Leeton Mr. Adams suggests, among other "controlled bushfires" to clean up debris…

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Fire Brigades’ Conference

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 2

Representatives of Fire Brigades within Zone 6, which comprises practically the whole of the…

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Employee[?] fle from [?] Sydney fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: [?]ployees fled for their [?] when fire engulfed [?] large buildings in [?]…

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Junee Wins Golf Semi-final. Associates' Fire Nil Win Over Henty

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 7

Junee associates won the semi-final of the R.D.G.A. zone competition by defeating Henty in a match played…

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Department Seeking Positive Action From Councils to Remove Summer Fire Hazards in Danger Areas

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 1

IF COUNCILS DO NOT UNDERTAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORGANISING OR ENFORCING THE REMOVAL OF SUMMER FIRE HAZARDS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT…

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Police Fire at Mob

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

TEHERAN, Monday (AAP): Police and troops today fired into a crowd of more than 2000 persons trying to storm…

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House Destroyed by Fire Near Tumut Newly Married Couple Lose all Possessions

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 1

A four-roomed weatherboard house on Red Hill Station, the property of Herbert Field Pty., Ltd., and occupied by Mr. and…

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House Destroyed by Fire at Red Hill Newly Married Couple Lose All Possessions

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 2

A four roomed weatherboard house on Red Hill Station, the property of Herbert Field Pty Ltd and…

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Fire Protection for Walla Sought

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 3

The N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners will confer with the Culcairn Shire Council on the question of fire protection for the town of Walla Walla when the board visits that centre on…

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"People think Wagga wiped out" Concern About City Reports on Bushfires, Floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 2

Sensational, exaggerated outside reports of bushfires and floods in the Wagga district are blamed for a widespread belief throughout other parts of the State and Queensland that this year's Wagga Show has been…

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Cease-fire Sought in Macao

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

HONK KONG. Sun (AAP-Reuter): A delegation of Chinese residents of the tiny Portugese colony of Macao…

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Bush Fire Control Shire correspondence from various sources

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 6

CONDENSED by Mr. R. B. Selleck, the Shire clerk, Lockhart Shire Councillors, at their last meeting, listened with interest to various communications relative to Bush Fire Control and the experience gained last year…

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Bond for Man Who Lit Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 2

A rabbiter and drover, Harold Stanley Munday, 28, of Tasmania, was yesterday placed on a £20 bond at the…

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Rabbiter Released on Bond On Charge of Setting Fire at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 6

A rabbiter and drover, Harold Stanley Mundy. 28, of Tasmania, was placed on a £20 bond at the Quarter Sessions in Wagga to be of good…

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