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PEANUT SILO FIRE: Anecdotes from the fateful day

The aftermath of the Kingaroy peanut silo fires in February 1951. Picture: State Library of Queensland 64913

On 6 February, 1951 after 1pm a fire made its way through the Kingaroy peanut silos. More than 100,000 pounds […]

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