Park Beach and the Fire Hazard
The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised that it is quite prepared to extend the boundaries of Coffs Harbour…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
199 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 10
South Grafton Fire Station Neglected By Board
SOUTH Grafton Fire Station was being neglected by the Board of Fire Commissioners, stated Ald. C. T. Schwinghammer at last night's meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council. He was disgusted that the volunteer firemen were expected to work…
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In the shadows of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distrust and a certain amount of international…
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BERLIN, Fri. (A.A.P.).-- A Russian lieutenant fired on a German mob in the American sector of Berlin yesterday, wounding at least one German, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Close Watch On South Grafton Sawmill Fire
After a fire had been extinguished at the Clarence River Timber Co.'s mill Commercial Road, South Grafton, yesterday,…
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CARR'S CREEK.--At 3.30 a.m. on Saturday, residents of Junction Hill were awakened by a glare from a fire. On…
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COPENHAGEN, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- After every available fire engine had been used to control the stem to stem blaze on…
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BANYABBA.-- A forest fire which started up on Wednesday has enshrouded the district in a thick pall of smoke. Clouds of…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--£10,000 damage was done by a fire which gutted the York Garage and motor works in Flinders' street, Sydney,…
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BARCELONA, Sun. (A.A.P.).-- Fifty persons were injured 26 seriously, and 60 families lost their homes when fire caused…
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ROME, Sun. (A.A.P.).-- One civilian was killed and two wounded in Pistoia-- Central Italy-- yesterday when police used…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Israeli Disregards U.N. Cease Fire
LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.)-- Israeli authorities have refused to comply with a UN request for a cease fire the Negev…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quick Action Saves Lives When Fire Destroys Hotel
HILLSTON, Mon.--Quick action by the licensee, Mr. R. Plumb, helped to save several elderly women from death when…
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BRISBANE, Fri. -- Supernumerary Constable Leslie Norman Richters (21), was wounded twice by exploding 32 calibre…
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SYDNEY, Sun. -- Thousands of acres of heavily timbered land owned by the Water Board were destroyed by a two-day blaze in…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun. --Damage estimated at over £1500 was caused when a sawmill owned by Messrs. Hobbs…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun. -- In the Coff's Harbour area, although no serious fires have occurred, several minor outbreaks have…
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About £2000 damage was caused by a fire which last night, destroyed the shop and home of Mr. Maurice Ward, on the…
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Continued dry weather and westerly winds had made the lighting of fires in the open, inside and outside the city…
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SYDNEY, Mon.-- Pilots reaching Sydney after flying over northern areas to-day reported an alarming chain of bush fires…
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