Much Damage Caused by Fire
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sun.—Thirty thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which travelled for a mile along…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 13
Timber Mill Fire
CAIRNS, Tues.—A fire causing damage estimated at many thousands of pounds broke out at mid-day to-day at yards of Cairns…
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The fire siren attracted considerable attention yesterday morning when it sounded about 8.15…
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LONDON, Monday.—When four large minesweepers caught fire in a dock in Dover Harbour yesterday the roads near the harbour were closed because there was a danger of arms magazines exploding…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.—A fire occurred in one of the buildings of the Coff's Harbour District Hospital about 8.30…
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BANGKOK, Thurs.—All available British troops, Ghurkas and Sikhs were called out to help fight a great fire which, within a few…
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KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tues.—Fifteen male inmates of a Kingston mental institution were burned to death on Sunday when…
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CALCUTTA, Tuesday.—Crowds fired at trains between Dacca and Narayanganj on the BengalAssam railway after making…
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BOMBAY, Thurs.—An official communique issued by Rear Admiral Rattray, Flag Officer of Bombay, described the R.I.N…
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LONDON, Mon.—After one of the greatest riots in the history of the British Army, Aldershot "Glass House" last night was a burnt out shell, says the "Daily…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—A Bushfires Bill of the most comprehensive nature was now being drafted by the Bushfire Advisory…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Commissioner, in a reserved judgment to-day, increased the salaries of…
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Gutted, still-smoking ruins, with twisted girders rising from mounds of charred stores, are all that remain of the Nugarin ordnance store after what was probably Western Australia's most costly fire. Damage is semi-officially estimated at…
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At the final meeting of the John Hayes Fire Relief Fund on Wednesday, which was presided over by the Mayor (Ald. J. C. O'Brien)…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Damage caused by the fire in the luxury liner Empire Waveney (16,754 tons) is estimated at over two million sterling. The Waveney is one of five ships in which fires broke out in Liverpool docks…
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LONDON, Monday.—The fire which gutted the 16,000-ton Empire Waveney from end to end on the Liverpool docks was…
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LONDON, Tues.—Strong patrols last night guarded the luxury liner Reina Del Pacifico, following attempts to set her afire in…
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LONDON, Fri.—The biggest liner in the world, the Queen Elizabeth, is on fire at Southampton…
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CAWNPORE, Wed.—Two persons were reported killed and 40 injured in serious rioting which broke out when a Sikh temple…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Sun.—On Thursday night the home of Mr. Guiseppe Rossi, of Coramba road, was totally destroyed by fire. At…
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