Children Perish In Garage Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Two children, a boy aged six weeks and a girl aged 17 months, were burnt to death in a garage at Merry lands to-day…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
282 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 15
Police Fire on Demonstrators
SRINAGAR, (Kashmir), Monday. -- Police and troops last night opened fire on mobs demonstrating against the arrest of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Abdullah…
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About 25 men will be unemployed or indirectly affected by the fire which completely destroyed a large sawmill at Moleton on Friday night…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday. -- A fire which raged in the State coal mine since early this morning was brought under control late to-day…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Wed. --Last night's gusty winds freshened up fires in the Moonee district and banana…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Thousands of people scrambled for safety and a youth was badly burned…
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ATHENS, Thursday.-- Fires raged on Greek islands in the Ionian Sea to-day, as earthquakes continued to rock the already terrified inhabitants. One report said 75 per cent, of the population of Zante Island had been burned. Complete cities have been wiped out, but rescuers have been unable to make…
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Damage to property through shire employees lighting fires to boil their billies, was…
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LITHGOW, Sun.--Members of the mines rescue squad are still on duty at the Lithgow State mine,…
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A South Grafton fire during the height of yesterday's gale winds could have been started by children,…
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YAMBA, Saturday. -- The chairman, Mr. F. J. Phillips, told a meeting of the Yamba Urban Committee that there was an excellent chance of having a fire brigade established at Yamba…
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BRISBANE, Sun.--Bushfires fanned by gale force winds, the strongest for the year, raged over many parts…
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BRISBANE, Mon.--South east Queensland's Granite Belt had its heaviest snow fall since the 1949 winter…
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LISMORE, Monday--Two motions dealing with the. starting time of Lismore High School were motions of censure directed against the management of his school, said the Headmaster, Mr. S. C. Jenkins, at the…
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TOWNSVILLE, Mon.--Crushing, at the Inkerman sugar mill will probably be held up at least a week…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday. -- A Mines Federation check inspector, Mr. Jack Barrett, has criticised the methods used to fight the underground fire at the Lithgow State mine…
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Copmanhurst Shire Council will not be represented at a regional conference of councils at…
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Knapsack sprays were used by the Grafton Fire Brigade to extinguish a fire in Grafton yesterday. The fire was in rubbish at…
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KEMPSEY, Wed.--Kathleen Cooper, (3), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Cooper, Frederickton, received…
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KEMPSEY, Wed.--Mr. Martin Dufficy District forester at Kempsey said to-day, that present fire…
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