Coramba Wants A Fire Alarm
Following the recent installation of a town water supply and steps for the establishment of a volunteer fire fighting unit,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
158 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 8
1000 Dead In Disastrous Fire
HONGKONG, Sun. (AAP-Reuter).--About 1000 people are dead and 100,000 are homeless in Chungking as a…
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PARIS, Mon. (AAP).--A new forest fire which by last night had already encircled an area of 7500 acres, broke out in…
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NEWCASTLE, Fri.--A fire developed in a section of Aberdare colliery this morning and the men were withdrawn about 10.30…
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TORONTO, Sunday (A.A.P.).--At least 216 people are believed to have been killed in the swift disastrous fire which swept the Great Lakes cruise ship, Noronic, 6905 tons,…
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TORONTO, Mon.(A.A.P.).-- Although 154 passengers of the pleasure cruiser Noronic have not yet been accounted for police…
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TORONTO, Tues. (AAP).-- The Canadian Government today ordered the crew of the lake steamer, Noronic, to…
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BELLINGEN.--A meeting of representatives of Gleniffer, Repton and Mylestom Progress Associations held in Bellingen…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Under the Bush Fire Prevention Bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly to-night any person guilty of starting a fire will be liable to a…
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PUERTO CABELLO (Venazuela), Tues. (A.A.P.).--A fire of undetermined origin totally destroyed the 1350 ton Norwegian…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. (AAP).--Australia's White Australia policy was "in some respects more brutal" than the…
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UPPER ORARA.--The organisation of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades was commenced at Upper Orara when officers of the…
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HONOLULU, Sun. (AAP).-- At least three men were killed and three missing in an explosion which set fire to and sank…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday .--Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by the fire which swept through a medical stores shed at the No. 2 R.A.A.F. depot at Regent's Park early to-day. The cause of the fire is not…
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A fixe yras discovered about 3 o'clock yesterday morning in the joinery works of Messrs. Young & McCrae in the main…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--An Avro-Anson aircraft, fully charged with petrol, was gutted by fire at Bankstown aerodrome to-day…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--When a fierce blaze swept up a wooden staircase of the Coniston Private Hospital, nurses carried aged, bedridden men and helpless elderly women to safety at about 2 a.m. to-day…
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LONDON, Sun. (AAP).--Use of atomic bombs in another war might set up a chain of reaction turning the world into a "ball of…
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HAMBURG, Mon. (A.A.P.).--Russia was playing with fire in her attempts to whip up German nationalism in the…
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The question of a town fire brigade's liability or otherwise to attend a lire outside its area was raised at…
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