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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1973

7 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Fire Engines

Sawtell Guardian · Thursday 1 March 1973 · page 3

The New South Wales Forestry commission is to build up to 20 fire engines this year,…

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Mill gutted by fire

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 19 June 1973 · page 1

Damage estimated at $10,000 was caused to a mill at Korora on Sunday morning. The fire destroyed the repair and storage shed at Biggins mill. The shed contained…

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Big fire appeal with efficiency Winter Heating Feature

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 19 June 1973 · page 12

IN the miserable conditions of winter, your home should be alive with warmth and comfort. No longer is the open…

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Three Speakers at Bushfire Meeting

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 28 June 1973 · page 4

An officer with the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service addressed the annual meeting of the Korora and District Bushfire Brigades. He is Mr. A…

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Two Fires at Bakery

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 26 July 1973 · page 5

Detectives from the Scientific Squad based at Grafton are investigating two fires which occurred, within four days last week in the Nambucca Bakery…

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District Diary Bushfire brigades formed

The Bananacoast Opinion · Tuesday 25 September 1973 · page 7

Two new Bushfire Brigades have recently been formed in the Woolgoolga area…

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Cars Collide in Pall of Smoke From Fire

The Bananacoast Opinion · Thursday 15 November 1973 · page 1

The drivers of two cars were lucky to escape injury when their vehicles collided in dense smoke in Victoria Street, Coffs Harbour, yesterday morning. The vehicles crashed…

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