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1946 Fire on Table Mountain

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Date: 9th December 1946

Location: South Africa

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Fire Devastates Slopes of Table Mountain

SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town:

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CAPETOWN Shot of Table Mountain in the background behind Cape Town

FIRES FOREST fire on the slopes of Table Mountain

FORESTS Forest fire on the slopes of Table Mountain

TABLE Mountain (South Africa) Forest fire the slopes of Table Mountain

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