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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

156 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 8

Fire Damages Railway Station

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.--Fire swept through the railway station b[?]ing a t Gunneiah, New [?] Wales, completely destroying the…

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Sawtell Request Fire Brigade

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

BELLINGEN.--Mr. Watt, of the Board of Fire Commissioners, waited on meeting of Bellingen Shire Council about…

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Bed on Fire in Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA, Mon.-- A man was severely burnt, and what could have been a most disastrous fire narrowly averted…

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Australian Pianist Averts Panic in Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

ST. PETERSBURG (Florida), Mon. (AAP).-- Adelaide pianist, Vina Barnden was credited with averting a panic among the…

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Fire Brigade for Sawtell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 6

Mr. Watt, of the Board of i Fire Commissioners, attended last meeting of Bellingen Shire Council to discuss the proposed…

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Hotel Fire at Woolgoolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

When a boarder at the Sea View Hotel, Woolgoolga, was awakened by smoke in the early hours of Sunday morning,…

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Guests, Fireman Hurt in Hotel Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs. (AAP).--Nine guests were injured and six firemen hurt by a falling wall When a fire raced through the…

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Factory Gutted by Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wed.--Fire completely gutted a factory in Bourke road, Waterloo, to-night, causing more than £100,000…

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Disastrous Fires in U. S. A.

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday (A. A. P.).-- Thirteen members of two American families yesterday perished in two fires in the United States…

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Sydney Officialdom Under Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

The failure of departmental officers in Sydney to accede to a simple commonsense request made repeatedly over the past…

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Beware of Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

Relative to a freak fire outbreak at Deervale recently, a correspondent writes: It was no doubt a great shock to the Deervale farmer when…

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Bushfire Danger Proclamation Revoked

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--"The Chief Secretary, Mr. Matthews, said to-day that the bush fire danger period which had been…

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Open Verdict On Dalmorton Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

An open verdict was returned by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. F. M. V. Earle) at the conclusion of a coronial inquiry,…

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Forest Fires Rage In Western Australia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 2

PERTH, Wed.—Some of the worst fires in the history of Western Australia are devastating large areas of forest country and…

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Damaged By Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 March 1950 · page 2

A spark from an engine "back–fire" set alight to the Grafton City Council's motor mower at the works depot…

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Believe Radio Caused Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Arson squad detectives were, called in late this afternoon to investigate a fire which caused more than £5000…

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Explosion, Fire Gut City Block

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

STATESBRO (Georgia), Sun. (AAP.).--A terrific explosion followed by a raging fire, virtually wiped out a block of…

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Fire Brigade at Yamba Mooted

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

Possibility of establishing afire brigade at Yamba was mentioned at the last meeting of the Yamba Urban Area. In his minute, the chairman…

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Says Wife Set Fire to Him

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- A man said in the Divorce Court to-day that his wife poured methylated spirits on his back while he…

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Admits Starting Fatal Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 3

PHILADELPHIA, Fri.(AAP).--Ex-G.I. patient, 26-year-old Nicholas Varna, admitted starting the fire that kilted nine…

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