Fire Destroys Tourist Bus
SYDNEY, Wednesday—The driver and 11 passengers escaped with all their luggage when a Pioneer tourist bus caught fire on the Great Western Highway, near Bathurst, late to–day…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 19
Bushfires Under Control
SYDNEY, Wed.—All bushfires throughout N.S.W. were under control to–night, according to Forestry…
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Yesterday the fire which has been burning for some days in the Orara West State Forest broke out and threatened the…
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The first prosecutions under the Bush Fires Act, 1949 and in accordance with a proclamation in existence proclaiming a bush…
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Bush Fires, which have raged throughout the Coffs Harbour District during the past two months have left in their wake a trail of destruction which is staggering. Young forests have been wiped out, farms and plantations are blackened wastes and the fear of fresh outbreaks is constantly before dwellers in the area…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Thursday—In intense heat to–day, large teams of men had a gruelling experience fighting fires in the Coffs Harbour–Dorrigo district…
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Two Crossmaglen residents were bitten by snakes when fighting bushfires which recently swept through that district…
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ARMIDALE, Thursday— Archibald Gray, of Heogla, was to–day fined £3 in the Armidale Court on a charge…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—At least 80 homes have been destroyed by a huge bush fire which late to–night was raging on the eastern slopes of the Blue Mountains. The position, which is worsening hourly, was so grim that the…
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SYDNEY, Friday--Disastrous fires which have raged in the Blue Mountains and Ungarie districts are under control to-night. Light rain, which commenced to fall at 3.30 p.m. in the Blue Mountains, was still falling to-night…
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MELBOURNE, Fri. --The western districts water catchment area of Victoria is threatened by a forest…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Light rain over most of N.S.W. eased considerably the bushfire danger…
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The Upper Orara Bush Fire Brigade carried out a splendid job last week when fires threatened to wipe out the banana…
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Although the rain in Grafton on Sunday night did not do much…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- The total prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open had been extended until…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.-- Small bush fires were still burning near Spring wood late to-day…
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BELLINGEN.-- A fire in the smokeroom of the bacon factory at East Bellingen could have caused great…
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ADELAIDE, Wed.-- The most serious bush fire for many years to-day swept through 100 square miles of…
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A recommendation that local councils be given unconditional power to proclaim or set aside bush fire danger periods was…
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Bush fires, which have raged throughout the Coffs Harbour district during the past two months have left in their wake a trail of destruction which is staggering. Young forests have been wiped out, farms…
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