51 Workers Die in Factory Fire
HONG KONG, Mon. (A.A.P. Reuter). --Fifty-one workers were killed and 39 were seriously injured when a fire destroyed a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
199 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 10
Fire At Woodburn
LISMORE, Wed.—A fire destroyed a building at Woodburn occupied by Townsend and Pyers as a butchery early this morning…
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The season is approaching when permits will be necessary to burn rubbish, fallen timber etc, to guard against bush fires,…
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Sir Earle Page said on his return from a visit to North Queensland that the movement for a new State was spreading…
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RENO, Fri. (A.A.P.).--Two nine-year-old nergo boys yesterday confessed to starting a fire which killed five and injured…
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HONG KONG. Thurs. (A.A.P. Reuter).--Two huge fires on the China coast in the past 24 hours destroyed thousands of pounds…
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SYDNEY, Sun.-- Police investigating a mysterious fire at the Royal. Theatre, West Ryde, early this morning believed…
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The first hot day of the season yesterday, when the maximum temperature reached 90 degrees in Grafton, saw the first bush…
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A disused car was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon at the rear of a residence at 96 Clarence street, Grafton…
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LISMORE, Thurs.--Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out on Unumgar State Forest,…
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NARRANDERA, Sunday.--One hundred passengers had a narrow escape when a motor train caught fire in a cutting near…
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AMSTERDAM, Sun. (A.A.P.).--One of the biggest fires in the history of Amsterdam, gutted cold storage buildings on the quayside,…
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BELLINGEN.--Mr. F. A. Phillips reported to Bellingen council meeting that a number of permits had been issued for burning off…
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WELLINGTON, Wed. (A.A.P-Reuter).--The story of how members of a RNZAF fire-crew at Rongotai Station, Wellington, had allegedly deliberately…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--A five-year-old boy, Geoffrey Cantwell set himself on fire with a box of matches while playing…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Mr. Anthony was under constant fire in the House of Representatives to-day when he attacked the Federal Government's Budget as an honest document, but dishonest in the application of its principles for national recovery…
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HONG KONG, Wed. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--At least 25 are dead, and 56 admitted to hospital as a result of a tenement and…
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This year's Fire Prevention Week will open on Monday next 27th September, earlier than in preceding years. The…
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The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has advised Dorrigo Shire Council that suitable metal badges are in course of…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Monday (A.A.P.).--Ninety-three of the 100 people aboard are believed to have died when a fire destroyed…
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