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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 19
THE appeal by the Inspector of Police for the creation of bushfire fighting squads in the shires on the Clarence deserves immediate support. Accustomed to abnormally wet seasons for the past five or six years, most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The brass helmet worn by firemen in New South Wales was specially designed to afford the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CASINO.--Casino school and fire brigade authorities have warned parents of what they termed "a death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Twenty thousand pounds has been made available for the relief of buslifire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LISMORE.--The equipment of bush fire fighting brigades in Byron Shire will be placed in the care of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CANBERRA, Wed.--Persons who suffered losses in New South Wales bush fires would not have their plight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many parts of the district are still being swept by the most serious outbreaks experienced for many years. Forestry workers and volunteers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MACLEAN, Thurs.--A deputation of police officers was received by Harwood Shire Council at its meeting to-day on bushfire precautions. The president, Cr. D. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.--Increased winds to-morrow morning will cause a serious bushfire threat throughout the State, a Weather Bureau spokesman said to-night. The main danger points…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Fri.--Volunteer bush fire fighters in the Warrringah Shire will not officially resume duties until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Friday--The small mining township of Angus Place is threatened with complete destruction by bushfires. The fires have completely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire which broke out among rubbish in the yara of Gibbins' case mill, near the Grafton railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weaknesses, practically and psychologically, in the title of "Junior Farmers" were emphasised yesterday at a meeting of the Clarence River Junior Farmers' Regional Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--"Some people think we are going to have a cease fire in Korea, but that cease…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Mon.--The total prohibition on fires in the open would be continued until midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. N. Hamey, captain of the Sawtell Fire Brigade, reported to the first annual meeting that the brigade attended 19…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Monday--Heavy rain in the west and north to-night brought relief to bushfire stricken areas, and relief to pastoralists. Orange reports to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MACLEAN, Tuesday--A cigarette butt thrown from a car is thought to have caused a fire which threatened the 35-year-old Palmer's Channel bridge this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TOKIO, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter)--United Nations and Communist armistice delegations to-day approved a provisional cease-fire line across Korea. But the truce teams cannot agree on arrangements for an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LISMORE, Wed.--Thousands of pounds worth of tobacco and Christmas groceries were destroyed in…
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