Children Rescued From Fire
MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Seven children were assisted to safety from a midnight fire in a shopdwelling at Sale, 127 miles from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 19
Increase in Fire Calls
During 1950 Grafton Fire Brigade, in charge of sub-station Officer J. Mundy, received 21. calls, a substantial increase on…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. -- The entire shopping block at Rainbow was threatened by fire which swept through two shops…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday (AAP). -- Failure of the U. N .O. mediation group to negotiate a Korean cease-fire with the…
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NEW YORK, Fri., (A.A.P.).-- Damage estimated at more man £4.464.286 was caused by a fire which swept through the heart…
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Traditional French fears have been the main on stac[?] in the way of re-armament of West Germany. With a mobilised Eastern Zone and [?]terland casting an ominous shadow over the Atlantic countries, inclusion of Western Germany in a European, Army has become a necessity…
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MACLEAN, Wed.--The Coroner (Mr. W. J. Rolph) found thai The Ritz private hotel at Yamba, was accidentally destroyed by fire. He also held an inquest into the death of…
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PARIS, Sun. (AAP).--Thirty of 50 passengers perished when the Vietnamese steamer Trung Viet caught fire on January 8…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Sun. (A.A.P.),--The Political Committee yesterday approved of the principles of the five-point cease fire plait providing for a conference on Far Eastern problems as soon as fighting…
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CHICAGO, Sun. (AAP).--A fourth fireman died yesterday from injuries suffered in the warehouse fire and explosion…
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BALTIMORE (Maryland) Wed. --An uncontrollable fire swept by a 40-m.p.h. wind destroyed a five million dollar (£2,232,142)…
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WASHINGTON, Wed. (AAP).--The Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Dean Rush), told Senators yesterday that the United States had supported the latest United Nations appeal for a Korean…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.--All available men are fighting a bush fire raging on a 50 mile front near Charleville and…
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LONDON, Thurs. (AAP).--Communist China has rejected United Nations' proposals for a cease-fire in Korea. A counter proposal by the Chinese Foreign Minister (Chou En Lai) offering a seven-nation conference in china to discuss Korea…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.--Three Adelaide police officers were burned to death while fighting a fierce bush fire in a gully at Upper Sturt Estate to-day…
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BRISBANE, Sun.--Forty men are fighting a six-mile wide fire 80 miles east of Wyandra in south-west Queensland. The…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.--Comic Court, which will go to Sydney for the Sydney Cup, began his autumn campaign in a blaze of glory at Moonee Valley yesterday…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Premier (Mr. Play ford) with 14 other people was trapped by a bushfire at Cherryville this morning. CAUGHT between two walls…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A goods shed at Geelong railway staion was almost completely destroyed last night in one of…
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Delegates from Woolgoolga and Coffs Harbour, at the BGF District Council meeting on Wednesday night, decided to recommend to the Board that in view of the stability of the Coffs Harbour and District Banana Growers'…
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