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Fires & bushfires, 1953

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Fires Atomic Shells

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 1

An 85-ton mobile cannon that fires both conventional and atomic shells is displayed by the United Stales Army. Loaded by a hydraulic rammer, the new cannon has a firing range of 20 miles. Tests show it to be more accurate at conventional ranges than…

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Season Saved Nsw Serious Bush Fire Damage Trangie's Freak Outbreak Was Worst

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3

Bush fire damage in New South Wales during the 1952-1953 season totalled £460,000. This is revealed in the…

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£10,000 fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire caused about £10,000 damage to a top storey of a factory in Bourke Street, Waterloo…

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Bastille Day in Paris Police Fire to Stop Riots

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday — At least five people were killed and more than 220 injured in heavy fighting between North Africans…

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Want Gangs Issued with Three Sprays for Fighting Fires

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

The Mitchell Shire Bush Fire Advisory Council will ur[?] the Department of Railways to equip railway burning-off gan[?] with at least three knapsack sprays, instead of the usual two knapsack sprays…

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Observation Posts for Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

The Mitchell Shire Council Engineer (Mr. [?] Butcher) yesterday was instructed to investigate the best locations for the erection of fire observation posts in the shire to enable the Fire Control…

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Fire holds up trains

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: A huge which tonight destroyed a four-storey factory in Redfern, paralysed Sydney's…

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Town to Be a Blaze of Light

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

The Shire President, Cr. C.B. Stribley, has requested co-operation from all business houses, to fall In with…

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Big Fire in Victoria

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday: Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by fire which destroyed two…

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Prison Van on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A prison van used to convey prisoners to Long Bay Gaol caught fire today on the way to the…

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Junee's Defeat by Competition Wooden Spooners Due to Lack of Fire by Visiting Team

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 22 July 1953 · page 3

THE JUNEE RUGBY TEAM ON SUNDAY KEPT UP THEIR CONSISTENT (BAD) FORM IN "AWAY" GAMES BY GO NG DOWN TO THE COMPETITION TAIL-ENDERS, TUMUT. BY EIGHTEEN…

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New bushfire equipment for councils

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: New bushfire equipment worth £120,462 would be distributed to councils before next…

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Court Case After Bush Fire. Hot Coal Stack to Lunch-time Billy

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 7

A rabbiter, Stanley Charles Jenkins, seemed to get out of a Court case at Boorowa a few days ago rather easily…

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Korean Cease Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 July 1953 · page 1

The Korean armistice was signed at Panmunjon at 11 a.m. this morning, and the cease fire will begin at 11 p.m. to-night. It is reported that activity has already decreased over…

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Weatherboard Cottage at Old Junee Completely Gutted by Early Morning Fire

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 29 July 1953 · page 8

THE NEED OF A MOTHER TO FEED A ONE- MONTH OLD BABY AT 2 A.M. YESTERDAY GAVE THE WARNING THAT A OME OCCUPIED BY MR. AND MRS. MAX SIMS, OF OLD JUNEE, WAS…

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Wagga Bushfires Verdict Against Railways Commissioner

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Mr. Justice Herron, in the Supreme Court yesterday, awarded £45,000 against the Railways…

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£45,000 Damages Awarded Verdict in Case Over Last Year's Bushfires

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 July 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Mr. Justice Herron, in the Supreme Court today, awarded £45,000 against the Railways Commissioner for damages caused by a bushfire in the Wagga district 18 months ago…

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Court Case After Bush Fire Hot Coal Stuck To Lunch-Time Billy

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 1

A rabbiter, Stanley Charles Jenkins, seemed to get out of a Court case at Boorowa a few days ago rather easily…

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Fires Award Appeal by Railways is possible

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Railway Department legal officers are considering whether an appeal should…

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"Cease Fire" Doesn't Mean "Cease Work"

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Diggers of Second and Third Battalions, Royal Australian Regiment, are finding out that "cease fire" doesn't mean "cease work," according to a message received at…

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