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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"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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