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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 19

May Accept Cease Fire On Border

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 1

OTTAWA, Fri. (AAP).--The United Nations might be satisfied with a cease-fire "approximately" on the 38th…

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23 Killed in Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

TOKIO, Mon., (AAP-Reuter).--Twenty-three girl silk workers were killed when fire broke out during a party in the…

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Fire Destroys 2000 Chickens

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 2

LISMORE, Mon.--A hatchery fire in Lismore to-night killed 2000 chickens valued at more than £300…

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Not Guilty Of Setting Fire To De Facto Wife

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--A Quarter Sessions jury to-day found a man not guilty of maliciously setting fire to his de facto wife…

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Newspaper Office Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the newspaper offices of the…

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Mystery Origin of Army Citadel Blaze

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1951 · page 3

Origin of a fire which caused big damage to the Salvation Army Citadel in Pound street yesterday morning was still a mystery last night…

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Time for Cease Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP).-- The United Nations Secretary-General (Mr. Trvgye Lie) told students at Swarthmore College,…

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Five Killed in Petrol Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 3

HAVANA (Cuba). Tuesday (AAP).--At least five men have been killed and 11 injured in a raging petrol fire that swept…

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Against New Cease Fire Proposal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri. (AAP-Reuter). -- The United States is reported to be opposed to any action aimed at…

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Boy (10) Confesses to Starting Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 2

Grafton police investigating the fire in the Salvation. Army Citadel on Monday morning announced last night that a year-old boy had admitted-starting the fire accidentally…

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Orphanage Fire Deathroll Rises

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 1

MONTREAL, Sun. (A.A.P.). The deathroll from the disastrous fire which gutted an orphanaye and home for aged…

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Fire Damage To Motor Cycle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 2

Grafton Fire Brigade early last night used a foam extinguisher on a motor cycle which caught fire in Fitzroy street…

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Fire Escapes for Maclean School

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 4

MACLEAN,--Headmaster of Maclean Intermediate High School (Mr. L. W. Keisey) told members of the P. and C…

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Cease-fire Report "A Furphy"--Francis

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday.--The Minister for the Army, Mr. Francis, said to-night he had received no official…

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Grass Fire in N. Territory

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Mon.--The centre of the Northern Territory has become a blazing inferno, with a huge grass fire sweeping…

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Territory Fire Position Eases

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 3

DARWIN, Tues.--The huge Newcastle Waters grass fire is expected to die within the next few days if the…

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Fat Overflow Causes Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

LAWRENCE.--Ignition of an overflow of boiling tallow resulted in the destruction of premises at the slaughter yards…

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Cease-Fire Plan For Korea

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Fri. (AAP).-- It is officially announced that the Soviet Union has proposed that a cease-fire in Korea…

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Cease Fire Talks Agreed To

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 1

SINGAPORE, Sun. (AAP-Reuter). -- Peking Radio said to-night that the North Korea Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Kim II Sun, and the Chinese Field Commander in Korea, Gen. Peng Teh Husi, had accepted General Ridgway's invitation to…

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Cease Fire Plans Ready

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (AAP-Reuter).--General Ridgway to-day completed week-long negotiations with the Communist leaders in Korea for cease-fire talks at Kaesong…

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