Thousands of Pounds Worth i of Damage Caused in Junee's Worst Fire Threat
Junee Southern Cross · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1
A FIRE WHICH COMPLETELY DES[?]ED MR. F. MAT'S OYOLE SHOP IN LISGAR STEET ON MONDAY MORNING LAST THREATENED TO RAZE ONE OF JUNEE'S MAIN BUSINESS BLOCKS AND…
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Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3
ADELAIDE, Friday: A bushfire near Jamestown destroyed 300 sheep and 2000 acres of grazing land and…
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Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Monday: Fire severely damaged a sedan car being used to take the President of the Senate (Senator…
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Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 4
Taking into consideration the size of various towns, it is hard to make rhyme or reason out of the variation in…
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The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3
According to Cr. R. T. Attwood officers of two district Bush Fire Brigades were hurt by recent…
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Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1
HONGKONG, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Four thousand Chinese were homeless here last night after fire…
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Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1
The Registrar, Workers' Compensation Commission (Mr. H. Learoyd), said recently[?] "Claims for injuries to fire fighters or…
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Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2
According to Cr. R. T. Attwood, officers of two district Bush Fire Brigades were hurt by a recent decision of the…
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The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2
Mr. Hussey of Gogeldrie Siding collapsed while fighting a grass lire which broke out near his hut on Monday evening last. The…
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The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2
A fire broke out in the town quarry about 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The fire brigade attended and pumped…
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The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2
Mr. Martin Rourke of Turkey Flat, complains that some idiot lit two fires on his property on Sunday afternoon…
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The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2
Residents along the Yanco road must have got a scare on Sunday morning as five telephone calls were received at the Leeton Fire…
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Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2
The South Wagga Progress Association may shortly press for the erection of an overhead railway bridge to replace the existing level crossing in Docker Street, which [?]regards "as a hnnerance and bottleneck to the growth of the city." A fire caused severe damage to a timber furnace-staging at Mr W. Rorrison'a foundry in Morgan Street late last…
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The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 1
In his report to Lockhart Shire Council, Mr. P. A. Prichard, the Shire Bush Fire Control Officer, had this to say about bush fires…
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Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3
CANBERRA, Tuesday: A 24-year-old garage attendant was badly burned today on the body, arms and hands when a…
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Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3
The responsibility of keeping fire hydrants free of grass and easily accessible, rests with the local government authorities. This was stressed at…
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Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday—Aircraft of the Volunteer Coastguard Corps will patrol about 2,000 square miles of the N.S.W. coast…
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Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2
The fire brigade was called to two grass fires yesterday. The first, at about 5 p.m., was in the backyard of Mr. Les…
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The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 6
When asked at the S.R. County Council meeting whose responsibility it was to maintain fire hydrants free of weeds and grass…
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The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2
Mr. Martin Rourke of Turkey Plat would like lo thank Messrs. Vie Wallett, Clarrie Clayton and J. Johnson, for the quick action…
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