Beware, Bush Fires!
With the approach of warmer weather the danger of bush and grass fires grows more imminent. The amount of dry…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
282 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 15
Fire Destroys Farm House
A cottage on Mrs. M. Crawford's property at Korora West was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon. It is…
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MONROE, Fri.--A prisoner was shot and killed and two others badly wounded, when they rushed the walls…
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HONG KONG, Mon.-- A British destroyer fired a warning shot at a Chinese Nationalist gunboat to-day…
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Two grass fires occurred at the same time on vacant corner allotments in Grafton yesterday afternoon…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Thurs. --The Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade was called out today to subdue a fire in…
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Grafton Fire Brigade was called to a fire which broke out in a stove at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R…
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BERGEN (Norway).--The Bergen fire brigade reversed their usual role by setting fire to a…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Monday.--The possible uses of helicopters in forest fire control was considered at to-day's session of the Ninth Autralian Forestry conference…
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A grass fire got out of control near Grubb's bridge on the Coramba Road on Tuesday morning last and caused…
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A timely warning is again given to landholders, motorists and the general public alike to exercise the utmost…
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Mr. H. Elkerton, Group Captain of the Woolgoolga Bush Fire Brigades, has been informed that fire fighting…
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Grafton Fire Brigade was called out to handle a serious grass fire yesterday afternoon near houses…
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SYDNEY, Sun. --While thousands of people flocked to beaches on Sydney's hottest day since…
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The responsibility of landholders to remove fire hazards from their property was explained at a public…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--The Bushfire Committee to-day decided to recommend the proclamation of a bushfire…
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Mr. H. G. Messer, Chairman of the Central Bushfire Committee, said in Grafton yesterday he considered the bushfire danger was as bad now as it had ever been on the…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.-- The chairman of the Central Bush Fire Committee, Mr. H. E. Messer, told a…
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SYDNEY, Wed. -- The N.S.W. Governor, Sir John Northcott, to-day proclaimed a bushfife danger period…
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Mr. H. G. Messer, Chairman of the Central Bush Fire Control Committee, and Mr. R. H. Luke, Senior Fire Officer of the N.S.W. Forestry Commission, gave many enlightening facts on the application of the Bush Fire Act 1949 to a public…
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