Grafton Show Grandstand Lost by Fire
The Grafton Showground grandstand and contents, valued at £10,000, was totally destroyed by fire on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
199 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 10
Fire Officers Get 25 A Week Rise
SYDNEY, Mon.--The Board of Fire Commissioners has agreed to 25 a week increase for fire officers throughout N.S.W. The…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Fed by explosive lacquers and paints, a roaring fire gutted a factory the size of a small city block in half an hour at Five Dock this afternoon. The factory, owned by Richard Hughes Pty. Ltd. manufactured tin canisters for use in…
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Cost of replacing band instrument's destroyed in the grandstand fire at the Grafton Showground is much higher…
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CONSTRUCTION of a new grandstand at the Grafton Show ground was discussed by the council of the C.P. and A. Society at a meeting yesterday. The council adopted a…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).--An elderly man, who leaped from four floors when a fire swept through the fifth floor of the…
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A large omnibus owned by Mr. W. J. Roberts, of Iluka, was heavily damaged by fire yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--More than 90 bushfires were reported to-day from outlying districts around Sydney. There were…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The bushfire danger which threatens New South Wales this Christmas is described as the gravest in the history of the State. The Bushfires Advisory Committee at a special meeting to-day declared that "extreme measures" were…
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BANYABBA.--The recent severe heat culminated in several storms. The accompanying heavy rain was welcome as it disposed…
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Mr. Charles Wilmot, representative of the British Council in Australia, who recently visited Grafton for the…
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LISMORE, Tuesday.--Mystery explosions in a hangar preceded a fire which caused over £40,000 damage to a Mosquito bomber aircraft at the former R.A.A.F. station aerodrome at Evans Head to-day. Police and firemen who made investigations…
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SINGAPORE, Thurs. (A.A.P-Reuter).-- A tremendous fire, visible only four miles north of Tientsin last night, was the first…
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PARIS, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Supported by Colombia and Syria, the United States yesterday called on the Security Council to order an immediate cease-fire in Indonesia and the immediate withdrawal of Dutch troops to their side of the demilitarised…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--A "plague" of fires in the city during the past 12 months has caused damage estimated at, nearly £3,000,000…
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PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.).--The Netherlahds Embassy at Paris last night issued a statement denying the Dutch Government…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--The ban on he lighting of fires in the open has been extended, until 6 p.m. next Wednesday…
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PARIS, Tues. (A.A.P.).--The U.N.O. Security Council was told yesterday that the Dutch Government was still considering the Council's cease-fire order in Indonesia. Holland's delegate (Mr. Van Royen) told the Council that his Government had…
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LISMORE, Thurs.--A fire in a garage at Old Bonalbo at 1-30 a.m. to-day totally destroyed the building and an adjoining shop…
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