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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

282 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 15

Preparing To Fire Atomic Shell

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 4

LAS VEGAS, .Monday.--Bridges spanning waterless sand and trees planted in concrete were sprouting in the Nevada desert yesterday as officials prepared for…

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Automatic Fire Alarm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 3

A new type of fire alarm of extreme sensitivity was demonstrated yesterday by Mr. Thomson Campbell, of…

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Burned When Cleaning Fluid Caught Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Lady Collins, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins, First Naval Member, was…

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Dived Earthwards "Like Ball Of Fire"

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Monday.--The B.O.A.C. Comet jet-liner, which crashed hear Calcutta on Saturday killing all 43 people aboard, dived earthwards, wingless at terrific speed "like a ball of fire," according to eye witnesses…

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Rail Car Blaze

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 6

PUSAN, Sun.--It was announced yesterday that two British soldier guards and a Korean were burned…

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To Fire Atomic Artillery Shell

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

LAS VEGAS (Nevada), Mon.--Two atomic cannons were moved yesterday to the firing site from which…

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Two Die In Cottage Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--A mother and her 50-years-old son were burned to death in a farm cottage at…

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Lower Bucca Bush Fire Brigade

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 8

At a well attended meeting of the local bushfire brigade recently, it was decided to apply for a first aid kit and eight…

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Casino Council On Fire Brigade

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 5

CASINO.--Casino Municipal Council will give serious consideration to placing the Casino Fire Brigade on…

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British Troops Open Fire In Suez Village; Report From Cairo

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

CAIRO, Thursday. -- British forces to-day were reported to have opened fire on Egyptians in the Suez village of Kafr Abdou. The brief reports from the district said that only one Egyptian was injured…

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Bushfire Brigade

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 May 1953 · page 6

LOWER BUCCA.--At a well attended meeting of the local bushfire brigade, it was decided to apply for…

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£25,000 Damage In Sydney Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.--Fire today destroyed a two-storey weatherboard building and 14 boats in Broderick street…

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Flight Through Atomic Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 3

LAS VEGAS, Thurs.--A single-engined, propellor-driver Navy Skyraider, guided by radio and radar,…

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Children Helped Fight Fire In School

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

LISMORE, Monday.-- School children who formed a bucket brigade at Tregeagle School to-day…

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Verandah Posts Under Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 3

A notice of motion will be brought before the next meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Chamber of Commerce requesting the Grafton City Council formulate a policy…

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Rugby League Zone Selectors Under Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 10

With the announcement of the Northern Zone team to play Southern Zone in the first Weiley Shield match of the season at Macksville on Sunday, the zone selectors came under fire from local supporters of the code…

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Two Young Children Die In Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.--Two young children were burnt to death when fire destroyed their…

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Burnt In Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Doctors at Sydney Hospital to-night said that the condition of a woman severely burnt last…

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North And South Korea Say Truce Near Expect Early Settlement On Cease Fire Line

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

PANMUNJOM, Wed.--North and South Korea, in separate statements to-day, said that a Korean truce is very near. Both comments came a few minutes before the United Nations and Communist truce negotiators met for 35 minutes…

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Bush Fire Brigade Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 8

At a meeting of Bush Fire Brigades, held at Korora, only members of Korora Basin Brigade were present…

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