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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

181 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 10

Asked For Cease Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 1

PARIS, Thursday. -- The French delegation at the Geneva conference has asked the Communists…

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£100.000 Damage At Factory Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY Thurs. -- Fire which swept through a Cremorne plastics factory to-night, caused damage…

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Fire Brigade Has False Alarm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1954 · page 2

The Grafton Fire Brigade was called out on a false alarm at lunch time yesterday…

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Fire Case Withdrawn

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 7

A prosecution against Joseph Reid Pty. Ltd. for unlawfully maintaining a fire in the open at Cloud's…

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Reds May Propose Cease-Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 May 1954 · page 4

GENEVA, Mon.--Western delegates in Geneva believe the Communist powers will propose an…

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Fire in London

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Thurs. -- Two firemen were killed and eight others injured in a fire which swept through a…

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City Hotel Fires

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.--Arson Squad detectives investigating two fires which occurred in the Burlington…

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Fireworks Cause Factory Fires

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.--One factory was destroyed and two others were extensively damaged by two fires near…

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Fire Destroys Flats

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Fire to-day destroyed a topstorey block of flats at Bondi. Damage is estimated…

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Bitumen Tanker Caught Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 4

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed. --A tanker carrying boiling bitumen caught fire at Coffs Harbour to-day. It…

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Prompt SaVe When Bitumen Tanker Caught Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Prompt action by a foreman employed by Broken Hill Pty. Co, Ltd saved a bitumen tanker from total destruction at Coffs…

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Young Children Die After Petrol Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two young children--brother and sister--died within a short time of each other in Alfred Hospital early to-day following a petrol fire in which they received severe burns at St. Kilda yesterday…

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Fire Brigades' Demonstrafion

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1954 · page 3

South Grafton Council last night decided to ask the Board of Fire Commissioners to stage the next country…

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Fire Held By Bucket Brigade

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Fri. -- A bucket brigade to-day, worked for an hour and a half to prevent a fire…

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Spectacular Fire In Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.-- At least £100,000 damage was caused by a spectacular blaze which at one stage…

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Did Not Extinguish Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1954 · page 7

Donald and Bruce Graham, of Glenreagh, appeared before Mr. A. E. Capp, S.M., at Coramba Court, for not notifying or…

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Fire and Explosion

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 3

GLEN INNES.--A fault developing in the motor of a refrigerator is believed to have caused a fire and a…

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Supply Centre Catches Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 1

SAIGON, Wed.--Saigon city was shaken by a huge explosion to-day when an ammunition supply centre…

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Saved Cripple From Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.-- Exlightweight champion of Queensland, Luke Brown, saved a crippled pensioner…

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£70,000 Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.-- A fire caused £70,000 damage when it totally destroyed a storage shed bf the…

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