26 Chinese Dead In Boat Fire
HONG KONG, Sun. (A.A.P.- Reuter). -- Twenty-six Chinese passengers are believed dead and fifteen were taken to hospital as…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
199 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 10
£500 Lost in Shop Fire
KEMPSEY, Wed.--A fire destroyed a shop adjoining a store room and dwelling at Kew near Kendall on the North…
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KEMFSEY, Wed.--One man who bemoans the incidence of the coal strike is Ray Fowler, of Frederickton, Macleay River,…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter)--Some time before the actual fire at Ballantynes, a false alarm had been given from…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--A fire caused heavy damage to the County Council supply show rooms in Burwood Road, Burwood,…
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WELLINGTON, Friday (A.A.P.- Reuter).--Detailing rescue attempts during Ballantyne's store fire, Paul Molineaux, told the…
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MIAMI (Florida), Sunday (A.A.P.).--Twelve rescue planes and two blimps carrying rubber boats and rafts went…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spanish Troops fire On Procession
TANGIER, Mon. (A.A.P.)-- Spanish troops fired on a Moorish nationalist procession at Tetuan, and killed and wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guerrillas Fire on Salonika
ATHENS, Tues. (A.A.P).-- Guerrillas fired mortars on Salonika at three points early this morning, resulting in one British…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.--With flour smouldering in two holds and deck plates still warm the freighter, Willesden (7000 tons),…
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PERTH, Sunday.-- Building materials and timber valued at £20,000 were destroyed in a spectacular fire which partly gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine Policy Under Fire
NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)--The Third Party Presidential candidate, Henry Wallace, yesterday bitterly attacked the United announcement in the Security Council on Palestine. Wallace described the statement as a complete sell-out of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rates for 1948 Practically Unchanged Dorrigo Fire Brigade Rate Drops
Rates fixed by Dorrigo Shire Council for 1948 are practically the same as those for the year just closed. The general rate…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Opposition plans to attack the Government on many issues during the State Parliamentary session…
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SHANGHAI, Tues. (A.A.P.- Reuter).--Civil Air Transport vealed this morning one of its planes was fired on by two pl[?]nes…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Severe thunderstorms occurred over Sydney, Dubbo and Eden this afternoon. Lightning, which struck the power…
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AUCKLAND, Mon. (A.A.P. Reuter).-- A fire heavily damaged a four-storeyed. confectionery factory of Heard's, Ltd., Parnell,…
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The District Coroner, Mr. James Emery, JP, in the Coroner's Court at Coffs Harbour on Wednesday conducted an inquiry into the…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.). --The Big Four called on Palestinian Arabs and Jews to state by tomorrow whether they would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Story Of Child's Death In Boambee Fire
COFF'S HARBOUR, Tuesday.--The tragic circumstances surrounding the death of a 10-month-old baby girl in a fire at Beamble on October 27 last, and the determined but fruitless efforts of the child's father to save it from the flames, were part…
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