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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1954

181 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 10

Fire Station at Yamba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 4

MACLEAN, Friday. -- A visit of Board of Fire Commissioners and other officials to Harwood Shire…

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Banana Growers Fire Conscious

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR.--Sat. --It was pleasing to note how fire-conscious growers were becoming, as shown…

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Heavy Damage in Circus Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tues.--Part-owner of Bullen Brothers' circus, Ken Bullen, fell from the top of a tent into…

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Fire Destroys Bakehouse

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 2

BELLINGEN, Tues.--Mr. A. Huegill's bakehouse at Repton, and the contents, together with a motor truck,…

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Fire And Song

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 2

How we need the words of fire In these dark and dismal days! God grant me visions to inspire All the darkness of men's ways…

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Mother, Children Die In Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 1

WELLINGTON, Friday.-- Four young children and their mother were burned to death when a…

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Chinese Fire on Aircraft

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

TAIPEH (Formosa), Mon. Chinese Nationalist antiaircraft guns opened fire on unidentified planes over…

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Bush Fire Brigades Full List of Officials

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 4

With the approach of the bush fire season, the "Advocate" has obtained a full list of bush fire brigade captains and officials and has pleasure in publishing them for the infornmation of all…

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Two Die In Mt. Isa Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sun.—Two men were burned to death and two firemen injured in a fire which destroyed a…

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Fatally Crushed By Fire Engine

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- A 12-year-old schoolgirl was killed and a mother and her eight-year-old daughter seriously injured, when a careering fire engine…

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Fire Caused by Power Line

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Mon. -- A southerly gale at 3.30 p.m. to-day brought down an 11,000 volt high tension wire…

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Maclean Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 5

MACLEAN, Tues.—An outbreak of fire in an old, untenanted double-storeyed building in Lower River…

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Fight Megass Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed. -- Fire brigades from Lismore, Coraki and Evans Head were called to Broadwater…

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Spectacular Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Thousands of people and cars jammed streets around an entire city block [?]…

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Fire Lighting Prohibition

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday. -- The method for prohibiting the fighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise during the coming…

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Railway Fire Claims Limit Set

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon. -- The limit of compensation arising out of damage from railway operations was…

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Chief Secretary's Statement on Lighting of Fires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 6

The method of prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise…

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Fire in New Building

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 2

Fire broke out in Pidcock and Sons' new building, Prince street, Grafton, yesterday morning…

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Ship on Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 3

CASABLANCA. Sun.--The crew of a 4721 ton Norwegian cargo ship, abandoned ship, when it caught fire…

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Boys Questioned About Church Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 1

BERRY, Sunday.--Two boys, aged six and seven, were questioned by police following destruction of a church by fire yesterday…

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