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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Riverina Bushfire Brigades Make New Plans

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3

A conference of representatives of bushfire brigades within the area, convened by the Culcairn Shire Council, was held in the Council Chambers…

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Local Items Two Small Fires

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

Wagga Fire Brigade was called out to two small fires during the weekend. About 6.30 on Saturday night a fire…

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Fire destroys ray equipment

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 3

DENVER (Colarado), Sun. (A.A.P.): A fire at Denver University today destroyed equipment which had been…

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Valuable Ram Dies in Henty Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

A four-year-old Merino ram valued at £50 was burned to [?] 5540 acres of grass, an outstation and six miles of fencing were lost on [?]urday in disastrous grassfires in two widely-separated centres in Rive[?] The most serious damage…

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3000 Fowls Perish in Wagga Fire Firefighters Save House

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

A fierce fire which swept through the premises, of the Southern Poultry Supply on Term. road, North Wagga, on…

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Fire Threat in Southern States Heavy Rain on Qld. Coast

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—While N.S.W. and Victoria are threatened once more with grave bush fires, Queensland coastal…

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3000 Fowls Lost in Fire Near Wagga Firefighters save house

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

A fierce fire which swept through the premises of the Southern Poultry Supply on Farm Road, North Wagga, on Saturday afternoon, destroyed:—…

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Saw Historic Fire at Glenrowan Elderly Lady, Mrs. Perch Passes Away

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 8

A lady who name to Junee in 1881 passed away in the metropolitan area at the week-end…

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2 New Fires in Riverina

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

Two new bushfires and with the high perature, the threat of more, kept Riverina ades on their toes yesterday. One of the fires which started yesterday…

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Woman Braves Fire to Save Her Possessions

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Mon.: A woman was forcibly prevented today by her neighbors from going into her blazing home a third…

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Lighting of Fires Prohibited to Cook or Boil Water in the Open Air

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced on Wednesday that he had prohibited the lighting of fires in the…

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Fire in forest on river bank Fate Was Kind, Saved a Holocaust

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

At 10 o'clock on Saturday night last the Bush Fire Brigade was alerted, that a fire had broken out in the…

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Born During Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): [?]nly by a policeman. [?] Murray, 35, gave [?] a son in her ground…

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3 Injured on Way to Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

A woman and two men were injured in a road accident yesterday afternoon while on their way to assist in fighting a bushfire at Mangoplah. Mrs Mariorie Kendall, 50…

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Three Injured on Way to Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

A woman and two men were injured in a road accident yesterday afternoon while on their way to assist in fighting a bush…

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Fierce Fires Again Swee[?] Large Areas of Riverina Estates £5000 Damage at Mango[?]

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 2

Fierce fires sweeping through three different in the Riverina yesterday destroyed— 12 sheep. 880 acres of grass…

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Cottage in Thomas Street Gutted by Fire Yesterday Afternoon; Serious Loss to Young Married Couple

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 8

FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON GUTTED A HOUSE IN THOMAS STREET OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY MR. AND MRS. PETER MUTTON, WHO WERE MARRIED A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO…

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Barellan Bush Fire Brigade Meets

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

At a meeting of the Barellan District Bush Fire Brigade it was revealed that two 100 feet lengths of new hose and an extra nuzzle have…

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Two Big Bush Fires Threaten Properties at Muttama and Frampton

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

At time of of going to press two bush fires were burning in different corners of the district…

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Wagga Fire Was Organised

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

Tinder-dry grass and sawdust blazed fiercely at Bolton Park last night when firemen carried out an organised burn-…

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