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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 17

Grass Fire at Coffs

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.--The Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade was called out shortly after 7 o'clock…

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Charged With Setting Fire To Guest House

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A pantrymaid was committed for trial at Camden Court today on a charge of having…

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Firebreak Caused Bushfire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 2

WAGGA, Wed.--A bushfire, which did considerable damage at Westby, near Wagga, last January,…

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Fire!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 4

A fire broke out in Mr. Pat Sinclair's residence in Hickory Street in the early hours on Thursday morning. The…

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Grass Fire Quickly Extinguished

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 2

A grass fire on a vacant allotment at the corner of Hoof and Little Villiers streets was quickly…

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Fire At Public School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 3

A smart save was effected by the Grafton Fire Brigade early this morning when a wooden structure at the…

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Police Investigate Deaths In Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--South Melbourne detectives are investigating the deaths of an elderly crippled woman and her 42-years-old son in a fire which damaged the dining room of their home in Ross street, Port…

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Fire Started After Express Passed

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

GRAFTON Fire Brigade was called early on Saturday night to extinguish blaze in grass,…

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Rubbish Dump Fire Outbreak

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

A smouldering rubbish dump in Hoof street Grafton, which contains a considerable quantity of…

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£35,000 Damage By Fire On Freighter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A fire in the 10,000-ton Interstate freighter, Teespool, caused more than £35,000 damage to-night. The fire destroyed a huge quantity of…

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Landholders Serve Writs For Bush Fires

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 2

WAGGA, Thurs.--Within the next few weeks, about 50 writs will be served on the N.S.W. Railways…

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Fire Sweeps Film Lot

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 3

BURBANK (California), Thurs.--Police believe that a fire which swept across the Warner Brothers film…

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Railway Fire At Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 July 1952 · page 1

BROKEN HILL. Thurs.--The Silver City Comet's power van and other railway proper was destroyed…

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Arson Not Cause Of Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

BURBANK, Fri.--A group of investigators yesterday ruled out arson as the cause of Wednesday's…

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Flame Throwers For Fire Break Burning Tests

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 July 1952 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways has directed that special tests be made with a view to seeing if any…

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Coastal Vessel Swept By Fire Port Moresby, Sun

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 July 1952 · page 1

Two Europeans and about 50 natives are believed to have been saved from a coastal vessel which…

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House Destroyed By Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1952 · page 2

WOOLGOOLGA. -- A house owned by Mr. R. H. Jackson, of Holloway's road four miles from Woolgoolga,…

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Inquiry Into Cement Works Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tues--Police have opened extensive investigations in the cause of a fire which caused damage…

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Car Destroyed In Maclean Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 2

MACLEAN, Tues--The continuous sounding of a car horn excited the curiosity of Mr. L. McDonald,…

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Fire Destroys Hotel In Alaska

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 July 1952 · page 1

FAIRBANKS (Alaska), Tues.--At least one person is dead and five are massing following a fire which swept…

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