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South Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

45 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Help For Burnt Out Family

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 1

Some of the new and old Australians who worked to provide a new dwelling in five days for a migrant family who were burnt out at Maffra, Victoria, recently…

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Needed Little [?] Start Fires

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 10

The highly inflammable state [?] of the district, prior to the [?] arrival of the showers which [?] took some of the sting out [?]…

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Cobargo B’fire Brigade Men

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 2

The Cobargo District Bushfire Brigade has released a list of the deputy captains for the various areas within the…

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Fire Outbreaks Prevented By Cool Change

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 2

The cool change and light rain which moved across the southern section of New South Wales on Tuesday morning, brought relief to the Far South Coast, where the…

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Imlay Schools Will Learn About Bushfires

The Bega District News · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 1

A request by the N.S.W. Bushfire Committee that Shire Presidents give addresses to school children regarding fire prevention,…

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