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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 23
A deputation which waited on the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) to-day suggested that the Royal Commission which is to investigate the recent Victorian bush fires should be closed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two school teachers who, had planned a motor, trip to Alice Springs during the Christmas vacation have returned home. Without having penetrated the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To prevent a burning tree possibly causing serious bush fires, Charles Wagner (45), of Winnalea, father ol ten children, decided to cut it down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The entire works of the Australian Glass Manufacturers Pty., Ltd., at Waterloo, valued at £700,000, were saved from destruction on December 11…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bush Fires Advisory Committee which was formed in 1937 has been very active in bringing before the notice of the general public the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Judge Stretton, of the County Court, was to-day appointed by the State Cabinet to act as Royal Commissioner to investigate the recent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A special life saving cage is being provided on a combined fire engine and turntable escape which is being built by a Lancashire firm for the use…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →William Bau, laborer, was fined £10. with costs, at the Cobden Court to-day for havnig lit a fire in the scrub on January 13. The fire, it was stated, had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sequel to the fire in the Sydney Arcade at 3.10 a.m. on January 8 was the committal for trial to-day of Harry Oliedikoff, 24, chiropodist, on a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"I melted four candles arid made a big candle out of them, which I placed in the drawer of the wardrobe Harold Ernest Glen is alleged to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two elderly women, Mrs. Cairns and Mrs. Harry, both 87, had to be rescued from their homes at Selby, in the Dandenong Ranges, this afternoon, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to hot northerly winds, a recurrence of bush fires is f[?] at several Victorian centres. Men are standing by to fight the flames should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Grafton branch of the Red Cross Society have organised a public meeting, to be held in the Town Hall, Grafton, on Friday next, at 3.30 p.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The value of motor cyclists in maintaining efficient communications in time of emergency' was strikingly demonstrated during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fires in Victoria yesterday destroyed 57 homes, but to-day. the wind changed and further serious damage is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire- nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not a great number of motor vehicles' catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An eight-roomed house at Inverell, owned by Mr. Robert Watchman, and situated in Tihgha road, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members of the Red Cross or other organisations and all interested are cordially invited to be present this afternoon at the meeting convened by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Applications by bush fire victims for relief totalled 1500 when the time for lodging claims expired. They represent claims amounting to…
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