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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 17

Korora Bush Fire Brigade Called Out

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 2

At 4 am on Tuesday morning the Korora Basin Bush Fire Brigade was summoned to fight a fire in the Forestry reserve at…

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They Souvenired A Fire Engine

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thurs.--When a policeman, in the early hours of the morning, saw…

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Dorrigo Shire Not To Buy Fire Equipment

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

The Dorrigo Shire Council has decided to advice the Department of Local Government that because of…

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Slept Through Factory Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.--An elderly deaf and dumb couple slept in their cottage home at Rosebery this morning while chemicals exploded and flames roared in a burning next-door factory…

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Last Week's Korora Bush Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

In reference to the bush fire which, as reported in Friday's "Advocate," was so splendidly put under control by the Korora…

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Thousands Watch Sydney Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.-- Several thousand people watched a spectacular fire gut a threestorey factory and two…

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Fire Engines Collide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Wed. -- Three firemen were killed and six others seriously injured in the collision of…

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Woman's Prompt Action Quells Motor Cycle Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

On Saturday morning in High Street a motor cycle burst into flames when its owner attempted to start the machine. Efforts…

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Woman's Prompt Action Quells Motor Cycle Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 8

On Saturday morning in High Street, Coffs Harbour, a motor cycle burst into flames when its owner attempted to start the machine. Efforts by…

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Charge Follows Fire Deaths

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--A woman who owns a block of flats where seven people died in a fire on Wednesday was charged last night…

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Heroic Rescue in Brooklyn "Death" Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday.--A [?] brigade official alleges that an arsonist set fire to a four-storey Brooklyn…

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Fire Destroys Building, Leaves Money

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Fire destroyed an office building at Auburn last night, but left a tin containing…

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Two Fire Calls Over Week-end

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 2

Grafton Fire Brigade answered two calls to fires during the week-end. One fire was at McKenzie's…

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Sooty Chimneys Cause Fires

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 2

Yesterday Grafton Fire Brigade received two calls, making,a total of four so far for the month…

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Kyogle Fire Station

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 3

Plans for a new fire station at Kyogle are to be prepared immediately by the Board of Fire…

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Want Conference On Fire Control

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 June 1952 · page 4

The Forestry Commission wil! be requested by the Clarence branch of the Graziers' Association, to send officers to Grafton to discuss methods of busbfire control with local graziers…

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Bush Fire on Blue Mountains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wed.--A bush fire, which started during a gale on the Blue Mountains last night, is burning…

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Tar Trough Catches Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 4

MACLEAN, Wed.--At noon to-day a huge billow of smoke enveloped part of Maclean…

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IDEAS About Fire-Places

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 5

WHETHER they are in use or not, fireplaces are still the symbolic centre of family life, even though…

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Charred Bones Of Missing Girl In Burnt-Out Log

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The strangled, charred body of a two years old girl was found in a burnt out log,…

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