Limit of Railway Dept. for Bush Fire Damage
The State Government proposed to make the penalty for starting a bushfire so light, and to treat this negligence so…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
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Timmsvale Mill Burnt out
The sawmill at Timmsvale owned by Messrs. T.B. Tim[?] Sons, was burnt out in a disastrous fire early this morning. The alarm was given at about 3 a.m. and a party of 60 men…
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Timms Mill at Timmsvale was gutted by fire early this morning. Damage is estimated at about…
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A spokesman for the South Grafton Forestry Office said yesterday that he anticipated a very light…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Women, Children Help At Sawmill Blaze
Women and children joined men in fighting a fire which destroyed T. B. Timms and Son's sawmill and powerhouse at Timmsvale early yesterday morning…
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Grafton Fire Brigade men, railway workers, and nearby residents fought a grass fire for an hour early on…
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LONDON, Sun.--Harold Larwood (above), former England fast bowler, critaincy generally in "Empire"…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Four double-storeyed shops, including a big deportment store were gutted in a spectacular fire at Kerang, in northern…
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ISTANBUL, Monday.--A giant fire which raged through Istanbul's famous covered bazaar destroyed…
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Two fires broke out at the rear of Grafton business premises last night within threequarters of an hour…
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BRISBANE, Sun. -- Fires in South Brisbane and Manly, a Brisbane suburb, last night and early to-day,…
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Grafton Fire Brigade, under Station Officer H. Hoey, made a fine save last night when fire broke…
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LOWER BUCCA, Wed.--The Forestry Department has advised that when a fire permit is issued to any…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Plans for Summer Cup runner Fire Dust are still uncertain, trainer G. Brown said…
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BELLINGEN.--Mr. Percy Pollock, of Bellingeh, has been appointed captain of the Bellingen Fire Brigade,…
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AUSTIN (Minnesota), Thurs.--A nine-year-old girl and her twin brothers died early last night in a…
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SYDNEY, Thursday--City theatre-goers rushed frantically through flames to safety when a fire swept through the Variety Theatre, Pitt street, to-day…
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LONDON. -- Glass fibre material which is fully resist ant to both fire and water is a feature of an…
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SYDNEY, Sun. -- Three large fires in the Sydney metropolitan area in the past four days caused…
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Chief Fire Officer E. J. Griffiths, well known to Grafton's volunteer firemen, will retire this week…
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