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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 17

Social Camp Fire Concert At Upper Coldstream

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 2

A camp fire concert in the school grounds at Upper Coldstream on Saturday night entertained a large gathering. The newly-built shelter shed was used as a stage…

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Fire Damages Poles

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.--Damage estimated at between £400 and £500 was caused by a fire in a pole…

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Rent Of Maclean Fire Station

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

MACLEAN.-- An application was before the Fair Rents Court, at Maclean, by Emily G. Schipp, against…

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Poles Damaged by Night Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 1

A fire late on Tuesday night damaged a stack of poles in the vicinity of Allen Taylor and Co.'s mill on the Woolgoolga…

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Engine on Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Fri.—The Australian Prime Minister Mr. Menzies, sat and watched flames shooting from one of the engines of his plane on the way from…

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Fire Escapes Not Of Wood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 5

Grafton City Council, on Monday night, refused an application by the Grafton Base Hospital Board for…

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Soon Fire First Atomic Shell

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wed.--The first atomic shell in history will be fired within the next 20 days in Nevada, the New…

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Hughenden Hit Hard By Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 December 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun. -- Fire wiped out most of the business section of Hughenden, 230 miles west of…

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Fierce Blaze At Depot

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 2

About a dozen tyres were destroyed yesterday in a brief, fierce blaze at Mr. Les Helton's Grafton…

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Two Fires In Country Towns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wed.--Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused by two fires In Queensland…

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Fire Near Narromine

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.-- Hundreds of fire-fighters were fighting a huge bush fire raging 12 miles west of…

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Sidelights At The Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 3

Every situation no matter how serious has its lighter side. The fire at Gibbins' mill yesterday…

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Grass Fire At Coffs Harbour

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs.--During the afternoon the Fire Brigade was called out to cope with a…

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Timber Mill Destroyed in Grafton Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 3

Damage estimated at between £15,000 and £20,000 was caused at G. W. and F. R. Gibbins' timber mill yesterday afternoon in the fiercest fire seen in Grafton since the showground grandstand was burnt down…

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Township Threatened By Bushfire Sheep, Homesteads, And Buildings Destroyed

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday--Trangie residents were standing-by to-night to fight any fresh outbreaks of a huge bushfire which threatened to engulf the town earlier to-day. The fire has ravaged 400 square miles of rich grazing land,…

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Fires In Manning Area Three Under Control

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--Fire-fighters to-night had three out cf four fires in the Manning River national forest under control. The forest, covering…

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Bushfire Danger Will Be High

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The bush fire danger will be high in most of N.S.W. to-morrow, the Weather Bureau…

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Realistic "Fire" Caused Concern

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 4

PALMER'S ISLAND.— One of the outstanding aspects of the splendid Palmer's Island School…

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Acute Fire Hazard At Coffs Harbour

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1952 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Tuesday. — Aggravation of the water shortage at Coffs Harbour by the continued hot weather has created a dangerous fire hazard in the town…

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Fire Hazard

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 2

Sir.--Some time ago I read with interest that the Grafton City Council intended to insist on people…

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