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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 27

Big Areas Burnt by Bush Fires

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 7

Forty men are fighting a sixmile wide fire 80 miles cast of Wyandra, in south-west Queensland, says a Brisbane message…

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Should Ear-Marking Replace Fire-Brands?

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 5

Mr. W. L. Hindmarsh, Chief of the N.S.W. District, Division of Animal Husbandry, is considering whether car-marking of cattle…

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Fire In Overhead Wires

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

A short [?] among over head electric wires in Victoria-street Maitland, started a fire last [?]…

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Heavy Loss in Goods Shed Fire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

A fire in a railway goods shed at Geelong caused damage estimated at £600;000. The shed contained wool,…

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Compromise On The Cease-Fire Lake Success

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 1

Twelve Arab-Asian nations, in a move to attract more support from middle-of-the-road delegations, last night amended their…

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Sixteen Fire Deaths Waseington

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

At least is person lost was lives when are swept a [?] home for the aged at [?] Washington, yesterday…

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Fire Danger in Victoria Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

With the temperature daily hovering just less than 100 degrees, and the scrub lauds parched and dry, the bush fire danger…

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U.N. Group Seeks Cease-Fire in Korea

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

Three men were called upon last December by the United Nations General Assembly “to determine the basis on which a satisfactory cease-fire In Korea can be arranged.” They are (left to right) Mr. Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Secretary of Foreign Affairs;…

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Copra Lost in Ship Fire (Australian Associated Press) MANILA

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

A fire on board the American President Line steamer, President Taft, which docked at Cebu city, destroyed about 15,000 dollars…

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Chinese Favour Arab-asian Plan U.N, Moves On The Cease-Fire Proposals Lake Success

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 1

Communist China Regarded the Arab-Asian proposols as providing a genuine basis for a peaceful settlement in the Far East and would be willing to co-operate in negotictions for such a settlement, India's Sir Benegal Ray yesterday told…

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Fire at Old Floodgates

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

A stack of timber, from the old Wallis Creek floodgates being dismantled near Victoria Bridge, Maitland, caught fire yesterday…

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Fire at Garage

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 5

Prompt action to quell a fire ` to-day saved heavy damage at Shield’s garage, in ward street, Maitland…

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Started Ten Fires

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

Ten grass Cres had been started by a young immigrant who had thrown matches while travelling on the back of a truck,…

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Car on Fire

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

Early this afternoon, Maitland Fire Bridge was summoned to put out a fire which had taken place murder the from seat of a…

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Waterfront Blaze. £200,000 Damage. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

A spectacular blaze lit up the eastern waterfront early this morning and caused damage estimated at £200,000. Warehouse transport…

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Disastrous Fire on the Waterfront. Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

A spectacular blaze lit up Melbourne waterfront early this morning and caused damage estimated at £200,000. A warehouse,…

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Fire in Peanut Silo Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 5

A are bas caused more than £100,000 damage to the Queensland Peanut Marketing Board’s [?]llos and installations at…

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Conserve Your Forests by Preventing Bush Fires

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 5

FIRE is the enemy of Trees, Robbing the country of its beauty birds and animal life. Remember little fires become big fires, so be careful with…

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Fire Destroys Gum Crop On Island HOBART

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

Fire swept through Cape Barren island yesterday, destroying most of the Island’s yacca gum crop, the inhabitants’ main source…

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£600,000 Fire

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

A fire in Dalgety and Company's store at Parnell, Auckland, destroyed wool worth £500,000 and caused £100,000…

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