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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 27

Fire Leaves Many Homeless (AAP-REUTER)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 5

HONGKONG: Up to 25,000 persons were left homeless by a fire which destroyed at least 8000 wooden huts in…

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Young Man’s Ordeal In Bushfire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 4

Mr. and MM. Keith Cast of Morpeth, are being congratulated on the bravery of their son, Neville, 19, during the…

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Bush Fire Position

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 3

The co-operation of all churches, schools, business houses, In fact, all citizens, Is sought in giving the…

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Long Shire Debate On Bush Fires

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 4

The Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday discussed the bushfires position in the Singleton district for more than two hours. It was one of the longest…

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Three Fires in Two Hours

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 5

Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to three fires in two hours yesterday afternoon. The first was a grass fire…

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The Bow Reserve Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 8

Few shires, aifr bettor equipped to fight bushfires than the Merriwa Shire. Those fires which occurred on Bow Reserve on…

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Fire Threat To Poultry Farms

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 3

A fire broke out this morning in scrub near Siding B on the railway from Naitland to Kurrl…

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Rubbish Dump Is Fire Hazard

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 7

Alderman Clive Bourke described a rubbish dump in John Street as an acute fire hazard…

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Two Elderly Men. Burned to Death in Tent Fire. Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 2

Two elderly men were burned to death in their tent at a pensioners' camp at Rockhampton last night. They were. James…

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Grass Fire at Muscle Creek. Volunteers Bally to Call for Help

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

Muswellbrook police sent out a call on Wednesday night for help to fight a lire which had broken out at Muscle Creek…

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Denman. Bushfires in Maetindalk Area

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 8

Fires have again broken out in the Martindale district. On Tuesday strong winds blew pieces of burning bark from the top…

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Bushfire Controlled

Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Firefighters have Successful checked a bushfire which threatened Coonabarabran In. the north-weat…

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Poultry Valued at £200 Lost in Fire

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 2

On Wednesday a fire at Warnervale, near Wyong, destroyed about 200 laying pullets valued at £200 At. Gresford a fire at Chad's Creek…

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Chinese Go Through Artillery Barrage Attack Passes Proposed Cease-Fire Line

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: Charging with fixed mayonefe in a human see” attack, Chinese shock troops drove [?]nifed Nations forces from B dominating hill west [?] Yanchon last night…

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Most Fires in Forests Dying Down

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

Apart from a fairly big blazing Myall River State Forest, fires in the Bulahdelah area had subsided, a…

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Open Fires Ban. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

The total prohibition on fires in the open would be continued until midnight on Monday, 3rd December, the…

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Fire Brigade Had Quiet Weekend

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

Cessnock Fire Brigade, which has been extremely busy with bush and grass fires over the last few weeks, had a…

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Agreement Reached On Cease-Fire Line (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

NEW YORK: Allied and enemy staff officers yesterday reached final agreement on a cease-fire line in Korea, says an American Associated Press report. Now that the staff officers…

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Difficulties to Be Cleared Before Armistice Truce Negotiators Sign Cease-Fire Line

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

LONDON: British Government quarters ore cautions in optimism that the Korean least-fire agreement will lead to a speedy end of the Korean war. The feeling is that vital as the cease-fire lines decision in its importance in the overall armistice settlement has been very much exaggerated and might be…

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To-Day's World News British Government Cautious. Korean Cease-fire Agreement. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 2

British Government quarters are cautious in optimism that the Korean cease fire agreement will lead to a speedy end of the…

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