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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 17

Hotel Fire Was Major Disaster

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 July 1952 · page 1

FAIRBANKS (ALASKA), Wednesday.--Many persons are believed to have lost their lives and several…

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No Action Taken On Bush Fire Circulars

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 2

Three long circulars dealing with bushfire measures from the Chief Secretary's Department were received without action by the Copmanhurst Shire Council at Wednesday's meeting in Grafton…

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Life's Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 2

Life's fire, before whose blaze A man may warm his hands, But blest is he who understands The splendour of God's ways…

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Fire Destroys City Buildings

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.--Employees fled for their lives when fire engulfed two large buildings in George street, north, to-day, causing damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of…

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Ship Fire; Leap Into Sea

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 July 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.--Mr. passengers and 49 mem hers of the crew [?] from the burning Norwegia…

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Dismembered Body Found After Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Firemen found the dismembered body of a man after putting cut a fire in a garden shed of a house at…

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Police Fire On Rioters; Three Dead

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 1

TEHERAN, Mon.-- Police and troops to-day fired into a crowd of more than 2000 persons trying to…

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Bush Fire Brigades In Woolgoolga Area

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 July 1952 · page 4

WOOLGOOLGA: At the annual meeting of the Woolgooiga branch of the B.G.F. it was decided to form bush, fire brigades in the…

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Set Fire To Hall; Then Helped Brigade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed--A man who admitted setting fire to the Lismore Masonic Hall later returned to help the brigade fight the…

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Fire Department Orders Halt

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 1

CHICAGO, Fri.--The Chicago Fire Department to-day ordered the Democratic National Convention to adjourn at 4 a.m. (5 p.m…

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A Green Ball of Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

A green ball of fire on the horizon at about 9.35 on Saturday night is puzzling residents of Kangaroo Creek…

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Plucky Action Restricts Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sun. -- Damage by fire at the Wiles Manufacturing Company's extensive electroplating…

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Butcher Shop Fire Soon Quelled

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 2

Grafton Fire Brigade, under Station Officer J. Mundy, was called out early last night to a fire at…

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Cabinet Under Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues.--The Menzies Fadden Cabinet came under fire on three counts during a joint…

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Grass Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 3

Grafton Fire Brigade, under Station Officer J. Mundy, was called out on Saturday afternoon to a…

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Paterson To Ride Pure Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Apprentice D. Paterson will ride crack Victorian colt Pure Fire in the J. J…

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Guards Fire at Bulgarians

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 3

ATHENS, Tuesday.--Greek frontier guards fired a machine-gun at two Bulgarian soldiers last night…

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Forest Fires In Canada

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 4

VANCOUVER (British Columbia), Thurs.-- Wind-whipped flames roared across thousands of…

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Fire Deaths In America

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thurs.--Fires in the United States killd 11,000 persons in 1951 more, than…

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Grant of £500 for Fire Fighting Gear

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 2

The Coffs Harbour District Council of the Banana Growers' Federation Co-op Ltd. adopted a resolution from Woolgoolga branch to grant £500 from the District Council bushfire scheme to purchase equipment for…

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