Eight Die Children Trapped in Fire
SALISBURY (Southern Rhodesia), Tues.--Eight German and Italian child internees from Tanganyika were burned to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
273 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 14
Bush Fire Losses
Loss of life, of property and of good supplies have often been caused during the summer months by bush fires. Most of the conflagrations…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.--As a result of a fire which last night destroyed two main dormitories of th Salvation Army Eventide Home…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--A series of fires occurred in a small area at Newtown within two hours tonight. Police believe that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spring Fair Presbyterian Hall Blaze of Flowers Opened By Mrs. C. G. Wingfield
The Presbyterian Hall, Grafton, was a blaze of tempered color yesterday for the opening of St. Andrew's Spring Fair. Although the show of…
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SPARK FROM BUSH FIRES. The Camelback sawmill, situated on Heifer Station and owned by the Northern…
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Fanned by the terrific wind during the week, bush fires swept the country between and beyond the two branches of the river and damage was done to…
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MACLEAN, Sun.--Some 13 acres of cane growing on the farm of Watts brothers, Harwood, was destroyed by fire on…
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MILES OF COUNTRY SWEPT. Thousands of acres of grass and scrub land, in Woolgoolga anti adjoining districts, have been swept by devastating…
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Bush fires, which have been raging throughout the district for the past week or more, have considerably abated…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--With smoke pouring from her hold an overseas vessel was towed into an Australian port last night by two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destroyed by Fire Nambucca Railway Station Early Morning Blaze
The Nambucca railway station, about 1½ miles from Nambucca Heads, between Macksville and Coff's Harbor, was…
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NEW DELHI, Thurs.--Twenty-five were killed when police fired on a mob attempting to raid the police station at Erum in Orissa…
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LONDON, Mon.--Berlin radio gives a report from Vichy that recent fires in grain stores of occupied and unoccupied France…
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At about 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a grass fire, which soon attained considerable proportions, broke out in the hills at the back…
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On Sunday a bush fire broke out at Nymboida in the vicinity of the homes of Mrs. Uren and Messrs. D. and T. J. McCaughey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroyed by Fire Nambucca Railway Station Early Morning Blaze
The Nambucca railway station, about 1 1/2 miles from Nambucca Heads, between Macksville and Coff's Harbour, was…
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A bush fire commencing on Sunday morning a few miles to the north-east of Coramba fanned by the strong wind was not long…
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SYDNEY. Fri.--The Minister for N.E.S., Mr. Heffron, said to-night that a high standard of efficiency had been reached in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nymboida Shire Fire-Fighting Brigades Centres Asked To Co-operate Meeting of Council
The question of the formation of bush fire brigades throughout the shire was discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Nymboida Shire Council as the…
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