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Fires & bushfires, 1954

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The Constellation Crash at Singapore Airport Pilot Made Error, But Poor Fire-fighting Equipment Caused the Deaths

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1954 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Tuesday—Captain Trevor Hoyle, captain of the B.O.A.C. Constellation which crashed at Singapore on March 13 with the loss of 33 lives, made an error by trying to land the…

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Culcairn Bush Fire Brigades Bdes want hydrants

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 2

Bush Fire Brigades in the Culeairn Shire are seeking more protection form bushfire danger by the installation of hydrants within the Shire. The S.R.C.C. received a request to this effect from…

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Fire destroys Holbrook home

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 1

ALBURY, Tuesday: A manager's dwelling owned by G. A. Fairbairn, Mountain Creek Estate, Holbrook, was burned to the ground about 9.15 a.m. today…

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£200,000 fire in Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE. Tues.: A fire swept through the ground floor ot a tobacco and cigarette factory in Brisbane…

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Tarcutta News £40 Raised for Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 2

A Wagga concert party which played at Torcurta recently raised £40 for the Tarcutto Township Bushfire Brigade. The Tucutta Memorial…

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No Co-operation From Council If Blocks Stay Small Subdivision Of the Common Under Fire

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 2

The Municipal Council in-tends to tell the acting-Dis-trict Surveyor of the Lands Office that workmens' blocks…

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Fire Prevention Week

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 3

The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. A. Kelly) this week appealed for support from all Councils and other rural organisations and…

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Fire Prevention Week

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 6

The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, M.L.A., on Friday appealed for support from Councils…

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Minor fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1954 · page 1

The Wagga Fire Brigade yesterday were called out to fight a fire in a heap of rubbish at 75 Trail street…

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Bushfire Damage £2.000 Limit on Railway Liability

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 7

The State Government proposed to make the penalty for starting a bushfire so light, and to treat this…

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Burnt-out Muffler

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 4

If four muffler has been burnt out, the probability is that it should have been renewed some time before…

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Lightning Hit Produce Store on Saturday Electricity Board Catches on Fire

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 1

In addition to striking an t hotel chimney in Junee On Saturday last, a streak of lightning hit a building…

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Water Extensions Proves Its Worth Gundagai House Saved From Destruction by Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 1

The water extensions recently carried out to the East Gundagai area, to-day proved their worth, for the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ern Morton of the ,Railway Line, was saved from destruction by fire by the copious supply of…

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£3000 Damage in Coolac Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 2

Damage estimated at £3,000 resulted from a fire on a semitrailer at Coolaa at 4 o'clock this morning. It was caused when a…

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Huge Loss in Fire in North Victoria Big Department Store Burnt Out

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday—Four double-storeyed shops, including a big department store, were gutted in a spectacular fire at Kerang, in Northern Victoria, yesterday morning…

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House Fire Rescue at Weethalle

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

Prompt action by two contractors saved a man and a woman from probable death in a blazing house at Weethalle…

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£1-M. Victorian Fire; One Dead

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Four double-storeyed shops, including a big department store, were gutted in a spectacular fire at Kerang, in Northern Victoria, this…

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Fire Insurance by Railways Country Party Suggestion

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

The Railways. Department should Institute its own system of insurance to .cover the payment of damages for…

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Car Fire Put Out by Extinguisher Police Equipment Was an Advantage

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 4

The advantages of having a foam extinguisher attached to a motor vehicle wan em-phasised in Junee last night…

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Transport and Car Bodies Destroyed by Fire at Coolac Drivers’ Great Work in Salvaging Vehicles

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 1

TRANSPORT DRIVERS gave valuable assistance to one their mates on Friday morning last, when they assisted in off loading a haulagpe vehicle that was blazing fiercely. The fire occurred on the Hume Highway at Coolac and…

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