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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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£10,000 Fire at Lismore. Lismore

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 2

Damage, estimated at £10,000, was caused early to-day when a fire gutted three premises in South Lismore. The premises…

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Girls Flee From Fire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Thirty [?]st unemployees fled from a firs which broke out in a paint store In Fripwell Engineering…

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Eighteen Die In Calcutta Fire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 5

CALCUTTA: . Eighteen people, including nine women and five children, were incinerated, and 17 people…

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Communists Propose Resumption Of Cease-Fire Talks (A.A.P.-Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: Immediate resumption of the Korean cease-fire talks was proposed to-day by the Communist high command in o Note handed to the supreme Allied commander (General Matthew…

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Fire at Dry Cleaners

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 4

A fire which broke out at the rear of Messrs. Alexander's premises in John Street, on Wednesday night,…

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Post Office Will Help Bush Fire Brigades

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 4

The Postmaster General (Mr. H. L. Anthony) stated that the Post Office will operate as usual during the forthcoming…

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Playing With Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 2

THE SITUATION IN THE SUEZ CANAL zone looks bad enough to-day, but a lot of anxiety is likely to be removed this week. Actually Britain was already negotiating for a widening of the…

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Fire At Chemical Works

Singleton Argus · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire caused £10,000 worth of damage to Hill's chemical works, Concord, in half an hour this…

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Fire Causes Heavy Damage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A fire this morning caused £10,000 damage to the Hills Chemical Co.’s factory at Lane Cove in Half an…

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Eight Die in Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 3

NEW YORE: Eight persons, including Eve children, died in their sleep at Chipman, New Brunswick,…

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Grass Fires at Bourke

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Big grass Ares are raging in the Bourke die[?]let one fire has a front of more than two miles…

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Two Grass Fires at Week-end

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

Cessnock Fire Brigade employed knapsack pumps and beaters to extinguish two grass fires on Sunday…

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Fire Head Indicted for Conspiracy

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: James J. Moran, former first deputy fire comm[?]loner, has been indicted by a York graced…

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Truck Destroyed By Fire

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 3

Hennessy's "Gun Joint" sideshow was completely destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. After showing- at Singleton on…

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Post Office Services in Times of Bushfires

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1951 · page 2

The Postmaste-General (Hon. H. L Anthony) stated this week that the Post Office will operate as usual during the forthcoming summer…

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Worst Bush Fires For Years

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: The worst fir[?] for years in north-wett[?] N.S.W. have desfroyed over 200,000 acres of pasture land, and gr[?]xiers fo[?]ar that thousands of sheep may have also pes[?]shed in the blose. The fires, which are bu[?]ing…

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Post Office Services in Times of Bush Fires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 6

The Postmaster-General (Hon. H. L. Anthony) stated this week that the post office will operate as usual during the forthcoming…

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Aberdeen News Truck Burnt Out

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 4

Extensive damage was caused to a truck when it caught fire at Aberdeen on Sunday while parked in front of Stewart's…

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Police Puzzled by Man's Death Mysterious Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Friday.— Police are mystified by the death of a man whose body was found at Drake late…

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Sawmill Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1951 · page 2

Damage estimated at £8,000 was caused on Thursday when a sawmill at Lansdowne, near Taree, was destroyed by fire. Swan timber valued…

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