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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1947

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Firemen From Four Centres Fight Fire At Harwood Mill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 August 1947 · page 3

Twenty thousand bales of megass, a sugar cane by-product, were destroyed by fire in a shed near the C.S.R. Co.'s Harwood mill yesterday afternoon. Damage is estimated at £30,000…

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Bush Fire Brigades

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 5

BELLINGEN: In response to a request from Bellingen Shire Council, Mr. G. Gilmour, organising officer of Bush Fire Brigades,…

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Fire At Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 2

DORRIGO, Tues.--A house and its contents, owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. S. Akers and son, in Dorrigo…

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Harwood Mill Fire Under Control

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 2

THE fire which broke out in the megass storage shed at the Harwood Colonial Sugar Refinery mill, on Monday afternoon, was yesterday brought well under control. It is believed the fire will…

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Fire Sweeps Dock In British Columbia

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 1

PORT ALBERNI (British Columbia), Tues. (A.A.P.).-- Fire swept the waterfront last night and destroyed a 1,500,000-dollar…

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Firemen Battle Harwood Blaze

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 1

Firemen playing water on sheds at the C.S.R. Co.'s Harwood Mill where 20,000 bails of megass were destroyed. Damage was estimated at £30,000. When the photo was taken the interior of the shed in the foreground was a blazing inferno. The fire…

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Blood And Fire To Settle Punjab Problem

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI. Wed. (A.A.P.).--Reuter's special correspondent in Lahore reports that the people of divided Punjab continue with blood and fire to settle the problem which the Boundary Commission left unsolved--the separation of Moslems…

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Harwood Mill Fire Praise For Maclean Firemen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 August 1947 · page 2

MACLEAN, Wed.--Maclean firemen have been praised for their prompt response to the call to the fire at the Harwood…

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Fire Destroys House and Contents Tuesday Morning's Blaze Family's Big Loss

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

Fire completely destroyed the house and contents owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Akers and son Lloyd in Park St.,…

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Town Topics Fire Fighters Handicapped

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

It was painfully obvious that the Dorrigo Fire Brigade was considerably handicapped in its work of fighting Tuesday morning's fire (when…

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Bush Fire Brigades On Bellinger

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 3

BELLINGEN.--Three bush fire fighting bridages have been established on the Bellinger River as a result of a visit by an officer from…

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100 Killed By Fire And Panic

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Fire and panic killed about 100 people and injured another 200, in a Paris suburban theatre last…

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Arson Ruled Out In Royal Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 1

LONDON, Sun, (A.A.P.-).— The Superintendent of Berkshire Police, after investigations at the Sunninghill Park…

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Big Sydney Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—The most vivid fire in Sydney in months caused damage estimated at £20,000 and menaced goods and…

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Open Fire Ban

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 2

The lighting of any fire in the open for clearing land, except with the permission of the council, is prohibited in the city of Grafton,…

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Director Arrested For Cinema Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Police have arrested Antone Mouillade, 52 year old director of the burntout Rueil Cinema and charged him…

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Radiator Set Fire To Woman's Clothes

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 September 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.—A middle-aged woman was fatally burned : at Balmain to-day when an electric radiator set fire to her clothes…

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Cigarette Causes Petrol Blaze'

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—When a pas-ser-by threw down a lighted cigarette, petrol caught fire on the round at a garage at Rose…

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Lighting Of Fires In Open Prohibited

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 7

The Chief Secretary's Department advised yesterday's meeting of Orara Shire Council that the lighting of any fire in open…

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Many Violations Of Cease Fire Order

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1947 · page 3

BATAVIA, Friday (A.A.P.- Reuter),—A Netherlands Army official communique to-day accuses the Republicans with ever…

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