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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 19

Big Port Fire At Newark

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

NEWARK (New Jersey), Sunday (AAP).--At least twelve persons were injured and three million dollars worth of damage done in a fire in the Newark port…

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No Cease Fire If Reds on Top

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--The Russians and Chinese would not have proposed the cease fire in Korea if they thought they could win, declared the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gaitskell, last…

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Major Talks On Cease Fire To-morrow

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Sun. (AAP-Reuter).--U.N. and Communist representatives will begin full-scale talks on Tuesday on a cease-fire in Korea…

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Cease Fire Talks

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 2

TO-DAY, in a small wartorn town in Korea, the future of the world might well be settled. Badly mauled by…

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Abadan Fire Risk

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 2

THE spectacular blaze in the Newark port area on Saturday will be as a candle light to a bonfire should flames…

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Cease-Fire Talks Been Satisfactory

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 1

SEOUL, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter). -- United Nations' delegates and Communist Generals met to-day in a native house at Kaesong and discussed a cease-fire in Korea. Vice-Admiral Joy refused o comment on the talks, but…

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Fire Brigade District At Maclean

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 4

MACLEAN, Thurs.--A recommendation of the Town Clerk, Mr. G. W. Wann, that the necessary action be…

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Swede Considered For Cease Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs. (AAP).--The United Nations might appoint a widely known neutral, possibly from Sweden, as their…

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Fire Commissioners Pay Visit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 2

Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales visited Grafton and South Grafton yesterday…

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Fire Commissioners Visit Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 2

MACLEAN.--Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners visited Maclean to meet the members of the Volunteer Fire…

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Two Lives Lost in Wyan Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 1

Top picture shows the remains of a six-roomed weatherboard house at Wyan. 26 miles from Casino, after its destruction by fire on Sunday night and in the ruins of which the charred bodies of the two occupants, Mr. and Mrs…

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Fire Destroys Cottage

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.-- A fire which destroyed a five roomed Weatherboard cottage in Albany street, Coff's…

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House Gutted by Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

A weatherboard house in Albany Street occupied fay Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stdnley Moon and their two children, was…

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Spectacular Blaze At Steam Laundry

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 3

A spectacular blaze caused extensive damage at the Grafton Steam Laundry, Turf street, Grafton, late last night. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Weir…

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New Fire Station Long Overdue in Dorrigo Proper Drill Hall Would Induce Incentive

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 8

Firemen, strangely enough, while among the most important members of the community, receive possibly the least recognition in proportion to the services they render and are always ready to render, than any other group. The work for…

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Heavy Damage In City Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--Fire caused more than £250,000 damage to a large electrical heavy equipment factory at Alexandria to-night…

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Grass Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 2

Grafton Fire Brigade was called out at 4.30 p.m. yesterday to a grass fire on vacant land off Margaret street, east of the…

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Fire On Vacant Land Danger To Children

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Grafton Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak on a vacant allotment at the corner of Clarence and Dobie streets. The fire had broken out among sawdust and veneer peeling, filling in a depression…

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Grass Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 8

A grass fire at the Showgrounds on Wednesday morning threatened the Showgrounds buildings. The Fire Brigade was summoned and the…

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Coffs Harbour Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.-- Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade was called out shortly after midday to-day to quell a fire in a…

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