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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 27

Bush Fires Committee’s Unsatisfactory System

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON. President of Patrick [?] Shire Council Cr. A. F. Fank[?] sold a [?] the council yesterday that…

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Soviet Proposal for Cease Fire Gromyko’s Statement To U.S. Ambassador

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON: It is officially announced that the Soviet Union has proposed that a cease-fire in Korea— limited strictly to military questions—should be arranged between the United Notions and South Korean commands on…

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Hopes High for of Korean War Order For Negotiations On Cease Fire

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK: Supreme Allied commonder in the Far East (General matthew Highway) has proposed that the commander-in-chief of the Communist forces in Koren should meet him on a Danish hospital ship in Wonsan horbour to discuss an armistice. This follows immediately on orders from Washington to General Ridgway to…

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Police Fire on Car

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Police fired on four men in a stolen car when they allegedly attempted to ram a police car at Northcote early…

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No Reply From Reds On Cease-Fire Talks

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

TOKYO: Continued silence from Communist radios to-day indicates that the Communists have been unable to arrange…

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Mill Destroyed by Fire at Langley Valk—£20,000 Damage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 3

Damage estimated at £20,000, was caused in one of the moat disastrous timber mill fires, in the history of the Manning, which occurred early on…

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Chinese Proposal on Cease Fire Demilitarised Zone On 38th Parallel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: Communist Chine’s first reaction to General Ridgway’s latest offer in the Korean truce plan came last night in a Peking radio broadcast asserting that the ceasefire line should follow the 38th Parallel…

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Korean War Front Almost Silent Cease-Fire Talks Set Down For

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 1

TOKYO: United Nations and Communist liaison groups meet in Kaesong, on the 38th Parallel, on Sunday, far initial cease-fire meeting. Supreme Allied Commander, General Ridgway, to-day…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 5

A house and its contents completely destroyed by fire at Hepburn Estate, Weston, on Tuesday afternoon…

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It Could Happen to You Fires Cause Many Deaths

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 July 1951 · page 7

There ware four brothers in the Smith family — Neville, Ron, Brian and Bruce. Neville, the eldest, was six, and Bruce, the youngest, was two. That was three year ago. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Smith…

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Fire On Darwin Wharf

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

DARWIN: A section of Darwin’s wharves was badly damaged by fire this morning, but the prompt action of a Civil…

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Port Fire Was Newark’s Biggest

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

NEWARK (New Jersey): Officials of Warren Petroleum Sales Corporation said yesterday they had no idea what caused the fire…

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Preliminary Cease-fire Talks at Kaesong Discussions On Full Scale Resumed To-morow (A.A.P. Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

KOREA: While United Nations end Communist representatives held preliminary cease-fire talks at Kaesong yesterday, the relative full on the Korean battlefront ended when United Nations forces began a limited offensive on the eastern front. Allied infantrymen attacked in free and gained two mites of mountainous…

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Guest House Burnt Out

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Failure of the water supply prevented firemen saving the golf club guest house at Bundanoon from destruction by fire…

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Fire Board Bank Account

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 July 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY :The Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) has again asked the Board of Fire Commissioners to transfer its banking…

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Trawler on Fire

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY : The crew of a [?] post trawlor [?] in a [?] after the [?] are and [?] about miles…

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Fire Station at Raymond Terrace

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 2

At the Fort Stephens Shirt, Council meeting a letter was read from the Board of Fire Commissioners, that general constructional details of…

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Grass Fire in North Avenue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 5

Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to a grass and a scrub fire in the lower end of Northavenue yesterday which was…

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Quick Action by Fire Brigade

Singleton Argus · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 2

A fire which broke out at a house in Macquarie street last night, was quickly brought under control and extinguished by…

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Fire Brigade Captain Explains Costs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1951 · page 1

Captain S. Jones, of the Dungog Fire Brigade stated on Thursday that he wished to correct any misunderstanding which may arise as regards…

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