Bed Set on Fire by Cigarette
Awakened from his sleep when his arm came in contact with burning bedclothes, Mr. Jack Stewart, of Kyogle, had a lucky…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
213 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 11
Fire Destroys Home While Family At Beach
A fire which started at 1 a.m. in Kyogle last Thursday almost completely destroyed the home of Mr. C. Biggs in Wyndham,…
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LONDON, Sat.—It was officially announced last night that a fire which broke out on the liner Corinthic, at the Cammel Laird shipyard at Birkenhead, early yesterday morning, had been brought under control…
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BERLIN, Mon.—Twenty-five miners, including six German prisoners of war were killed in a fire in a Silesian mine, reports…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Police are investigating a fire which damaged a cottage in Orange last night. The cottage was one of many…
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NEW YORK Thurs.—One of New York's costliest waterfront blazes for many years destroyed two Hudson River piers yesterday…
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LONDON Friday.—Five children, whose ages ranged from three to 13 years, were burnt to death in a fire at the house of…
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A bush fire on Oyster Island, three miles off the coast at Woolgoolga, is believed to be the origin of reports that distress…
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A bush fire on Oyster Island, three miles off the coast at Woolgoolga, is believed to be the origin of reports that distress signals were…
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WAGGA, Monday.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in Wagga's biggest fire for years when a cool store was…
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LONDON, Tues.—Shaw Saville and Albion Co. state that the completion of the 15,000 ton liner Corinthic, which was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.A.F. Planes To "Bomb" Bushfire
MELBOURNE, Tues.—Five R.A.A.F. planes will bomb a "bushfire about a mile from Anglesea, on Thursday afternoon, in an experiment to determine whether bush fires can be extinguished by aerial bombing…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—There were farther bushfires to-day menacing the township of Anglesea, 20 miles from Geelong. The fire started yesterday and burnt…
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ADELAIDE, Fri.—Police and firemen believe that two fires, one of which destroyed the Baptist Church, Rose Terrace, and…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—A fire reported as having its origin in a spark from a steam roller, swept through 3000 acres of trees and…
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BURNIE, Wed.—Fanned by a 58 mile an hour gale, a bushfire swept an area two miles from Queenstown on Tuesday at…
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Two Mustangs recently divebombed a fire at Point. Cook, using chemical bombs, as part of the R.A.A.F.'s experiments and…
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LONDON, Fri.—Sixteen members of the crew and two passengers are reported to have been drowned, following a fire on the 7219 ton steamer Samwater in the Atlantic. The vessel was bound from Fremantle to Antwerp and Liverpool…
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LONDON, Sun.—Finally confirmed figures of the loss of life resulting from fire aboard the 7219 ton freighter Samwater in…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—A youth who "did not feel like drowning" a cat which had been worrying his pet canary and pigeons,…
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