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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1950

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Earmarking Or Fire Branding Of Cattle? P.P.U. in Favour of Retaining Fire Branding

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 3

After a lengthy discussion on tUe possibility of replacing fire branding of cattle with car-marking the Gloucester and…

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Bush Fire Potential

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

Council received a letter from the Shires' Association asking that reports of bush fire potential in the district be furnished…

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Family Killed in Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

DILLONVILLE (Ohio), Dee. 6. —Smoke from a fire burning below their second floor flat killed a family of six yesterday…

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Four Dead in Train Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 December 1950 · page 1

MADRID, Dec. 4.—Four persons were killed and 18 injured in a fire on the Gijon-Madrid express at Pajares yesterday…

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Narrow Escape From Guest House Fire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed. — A young couple and their nine-months-old baby narrowly escaped being burned to death when fire gutted…

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British Save Coats and Cigarettes From Fire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 December 1950 · page 2

TOKIO, Dec. 6 (AAP-Reuter).—British troops rescued hundreds of 40 dollar trench coats for themselves when the Americans set…

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Mother Saved Children From Fire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday—Mrs. Thomas Hayes saved her three young children from being burned to death early this morning…

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False Fire Alarm At Burlington Mills

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 7

Line interference caused a false fire alarm to he sent from Burlington Mills to Maitland Fire Station yesterday afternoon…

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Fire Guts Paint Works Explosions Shake Industrial Suburb

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Many employees suffered shock and burns when fire swept through Taubman’s paint and varnish factory at St. Peter’s today. Deafening explosions rocked the district as gun cotton…

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Heat Wave Increases Fire Menace

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 December 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A sweltering heatwave had created a serious danger of bushfires throughout the State, the Chief…

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Sawmill Blaze Extinguished By Bucket Brigade

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 2

A bucwet brigade, which in[?]cluded women, saved from fire destruction a timber mill at Windy Woppa, near Tea Gardens, last…

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Fire in Cars

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 2

The NRMA urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in ther cars. Mr. C. H. Napthali, chief engineer, says fired…

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Heavy Stock Losses In Bush Fires

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Huge losses of stock are feared in bushfires which are raging along a 110-miles front on the NSW-South…

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Fires Rage on 110-Mile Front. Huge Stock Losses Feared. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 2

Huge losses of stock are feared in bush fires which are raging along a 110-mile front, on the N.S.W.-Soulh Australian border. In N.S.W., tiu;…

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Support for Cease-fire Britain, U.S. Back 13-Nation Proposal

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, December 13 Britain and the United States yesterday told the United Notions Political Committee that they supported the proposal of the 13 Asian and Middle-East countries for e cease-fire in Korea…

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Attempt to Arrange Cease-fire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 7

LAKE SUCCESS, Deo. 14—Re[?]otting opposition from the Soviet group, the United Nations political committee has approved…

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Russia Rejects Cease-fire “Allies Would Use Time To Prepare A New Attack”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS December 14.—Russia has rejected the Arab-Asian plan for a Korean cease-fire on the ground that-the United States and Britain would use the truce to prepare their forces for a new attack…

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£500,000 Blaze In Launceston

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 4

LAUNCESTON, Friday.—The worst fire in the history of Launceston last night gutted two buildings and damaged…

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Fire Menaced Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 3

NEW CASTLE, Friday.—A timely sou[?] change switched a mile-loug [?]ushfire away from the Rankin Park Hospital, New…

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"Cease-Fire" Plan

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 1

FLUSHING MEADOW, Friday.—General Assembly by 52 votes to 5 has approved the proposal by 13 Arab and Asian…

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