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Eastern Hill Fire Station

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A black and white postcard published by Robert Jolley, Melbourne.  It is postmarked Hamilton 14 November 1906, but is earlier as from 1905 all postcards were printed with a vertical line down the centre, allowing for a message on one side and the address on the other.  This postcard has no vertical line. 

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Firefighter's funeral 1968

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On the 2 March 1968 a grass fire broke out in Alphington, near Melbourne.  Two fireman, Sub-Station Officer Gordon Bruce Adams, and Senior Fireman Eric Jamieson, suffered severe burns.  Both later died in hospital.  Jamieson on 3 March and Adams on 23 March.

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