Bush Fire At Seelands
THIRTY men fought a five-hour battle against a bushfire at Seelands yesterday afternoon…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Fire at Brick Works
A small fire at the brick works in Arthur street was quickly extinguished by the Grafton Fire Brigade…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Two young boys playing with matches caused an explosion and fire which wrecked premises at Mascot last night. Detectives investigating…
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Grafton Fire Brigade answered a call about 9.15 p.m. last night to extinguish a blaze which developed in…
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Thursday's rain would not alleviate bushfire danger in the Clarence district to any appreciable extent, Mr. T…
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Two fires which broke out in Grafton yesterday at the same time, were extinguished by Fire Brigade…
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Fire destroyed a six room farm house at Coramba yesterday. The building was owned by…
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An elderly man collapsed and died while fighting a grass fire which threatened his sawmill at Urunga…
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BELLINGEN--The town was saved a major fire when an outbreak was quelled in its early stages…
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Fanned by a' strong westerly, a grass fire which broke out among a considerable quantity of…
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Fire gutted a timber mill at Central Bucca on Saturday afternoon and caused damage to the building and stocks estimated at £14,000. The mill was one of the oldest in the district…
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Full details are now available of the fire at Messrs. Eades and Sons' sawmill at Urunga, when Mr. H. E…
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Knapsack sprays and a garden hose were used by the Grafton Fire Brigade to extinguish a small grass…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. --The height of the bush fire season is approaching on the North Coast and…
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WOOLGOOLGA, Thurs. -- Mr. and Mrs. A Graham, whose home at Sandy Headland was recently…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--The need for precautionary fire measures during the weekend was to-day stressed by…
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SYDNEY. Sun. -- A total prohibition on the lighting of all classes of outdoor fires in the…
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MACLEAN, Sat.--At a meeting of Harwood Shire Council a report was received from the Board of…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Thousands of volunteer firemen battled to save homes, bush and grasslands throughout N.S.W. to-day. Big fires are raging on the North and South Co[?]sts and are threatening valuable State forests…
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Bush and grass fires caused damage to banana plantations in the Milleara district south of Grafton, at…
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