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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 19

Fire Destroys Japanese Town

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 3

TOKIO, Wed. (AAP-Reuter).--Fire last night destroyed almost the whole town of Atsumi, a hot spring resort in…

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Prompt Action Averts Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Wed.-- What might have been a large fire and a threat to other buildings in the main street of Bellingen…

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Fierce Blaze In Barn

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 May 1951 · page 2

A spectacular blaze occurred on Monday night in a two-story barn in Breimba street. Grafton, owned by Mr. D. G…

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Chimney Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 May 1951 · page 2

Grafton Fire Brigade was called to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Maguire, of 120 Bacon street. Grafton, yesterday…

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Fire Destroys Spraying Unit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN, Mon.--This afternoon a tar spraying unit, the property of B.H.P. Pty. subsidiary, was destroyed by fire in…

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Fire Destroys Convent

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 2

DENILIQUIN, Tues.--Nuns fled in their night attire when fire gutted St. Joseph's Convent, Deniliquin, early this morning…

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Israeli Forces Fire On Village

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 1

DAMASCUS, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--A Syrian military spokesman said Israeli forces to-day fired on an Arab village in the demilitarised Israeli Syrian border zone, despite the Security Council's…

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Fires Threaten Buildings

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Fri.--Business premises and private homes were threatened by two separate grass fires within the…

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New Cease-Fire Agreement

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 3

TEL AVIV. Sun. (AAP).-- Reports from the Syrian border said that Syria and Israel had reached a new cease fire…

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Good Saves by Fire Brigade

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade received two calls on Friday to extinguish grass fires which threatened fencing and…

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Many Killed In Cinema Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 7

LAGOS, Tues. (AAP).-- More than 100 people died and several hundreds were injured, when a fire destroyed a cinema…

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Pilot Escapes Plane Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--When a Moth aircraft crashed in a Bankstown backyard to-day a young student pilot jumped from…

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Blaze on Submarine

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Mon.--A minor blaze aboard the Royal Navy submarine. Tactician, early this morning delayed the vessel's…

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Showground Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

Early last night Grafton firemen in charge of Sub-Station Officer, J. Mundy, answered a call to a fire in Grafton…

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Man Burned in Hotel Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.--A Brisbane man was badly burned and £17,000 damage caused by a fire which destroyed five…

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Priest Rescued From Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

MACKSVILLE, Thurs.--When the Catholic Presbytery at Bowraville was found ablaze late last night, rescuers had to break…

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Fire Brigades For Byron Shire

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Thurs. -- Three complete fire brigade services have been offered Byron Shire for main towns of Byron Bay,…

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£20,000 Damage In Melbourne Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Goods valued at more than £20,000 were destroyed in a fire which swept through A. W. Jackson's…

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Hopeless Battle Against Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 May 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed. -- Timber workers and residents fought a hopeless battle against a fire which gutted a timber mill and…

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Fire at Sawtell

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 7

The newly formed Sawell Fire Brigade received its second call on Monday when a brooder house on Mr. O. G Edwards…

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