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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

131 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 7

Bush Fire Fighters

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

Sergeant Laurence attended Council's meeting on Tuesday and put to Councillors the need for forming bush fire fighting brigades. The…

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Bowraville Fire. Soldier's Home Gutted

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 September 1942 · page 5

Passing through Macksville lunch lime on Thursday, Mr. A. Sambrook was not looking forward with any joy to returning to his farm on…

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Coonabarabran Fire Power Station Destroyed Coonabarabran

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 5

Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Coonabarabran power station, at 7.30 a.m. to-day…

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Bush Fires at Coff's a Terrible Day

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 6

With a very strong wind blowing, heat, and big bush fires raging all round the town, last Wednesday was a terrible day (says Coff's Harbor…

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Guards Fire On Prisoners at Internment Camp

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 2

Canberra: The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) announced last night that eight Nad prisoners were, wounded at a Victorian camp…

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Alexandria Fire Tons of Sugar and Tea Burnt Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 5

Groceries valued at £20,000 were destroyed or damaged in a fire at a bulk store of S. R. Buttle, Ltd., Alexandria, early this morning. Included…

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Latest Cables and Telegrams. Unbelievable Carnage at Stalingrad Great Fires Raging Women and Children Evacuated Unchanged in Papua London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 5

Latest despatches from Stalingrad report that the Germans in the north-west suburbs are being thrown back and strategic heights commanding the…

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Bush Fire Losses

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 3

Losses of life, of property and of food supplies have often been caused during the summer months by bush fives.Most of the conflagrations which…

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Bush Fires Near Coff's Harbor. a Terrible Day

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 4

With a very strong wild blowing, heat, and big bush firns raging all round the town, last Wednesday was a terrible day. Considerable damage…

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Big Fire. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 2

Groceries valued at £20,000 were destroyed or damaged in a fire at the bulk store of S. R. Buttle, Ltd., Alexandria, early this morning…

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Fire at Bulby

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 September 1942 · page 4

Mr. J. T. Milligan, who is over 90 years of age, sustained a serious loss on Wednesday morning, when the workshop at the residence of his son…

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Clybucca Fire Swan's Sawmill Gutted

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 September 1942 · page 5

From our Clybucca correspondent we learn that during the westerly gale which raged with fury on Friday, Mr. T. Swan had the…

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Town Topics. Bushfire Order

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 4

Aiming to prevent bush fires, the Premier, Mr. McKell, Thursday last issued an order prohibiting burning-off during November, December, January…

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Destructive Fires Nambucca Heads Railway Station

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 2

In the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) morning the whole of the Nambucca Railway Station building, including parcels office, ticket…

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Nambucca Fire Railway Station Destoyed

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 2

As a result of an outbreak of fire in the early hours of yesterday morning the Nambucca railway station building was totally destroyed…

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Bush Fire Losses

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1942 · page 1

Loss of life, of property and of food supplies have often been caused I during the summer months by bush I fires. Most of the conflagrations…

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Bush Fires Bananas Destroyed Growers Heavy Losses

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1942 · page 2

On Sunday morning last fires suddenly broke out in the bushlands on Baker's Creek, in the Taylor's Arm district. Fanned by a high north-east…

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Nambucca Fire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1942 · page 2

In the early hours of Thursday morning the whole of the Nambucca railway station building, including parcels office, ticket office, waiting…

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Bush Fire Brigades

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1942 · page 7

Mr. H. O. Messer, Chairman of the New South Wales Government Bush Fire Advisory Committee, is visiting a number of Shires on the North…

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Bush Fires. Bananas Destroyed. Growers' Heavy Losses

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 October 1942 · page 1

On Sunday morning last fires suddenly broke out in the bushlands on Baker's Creek, in the Taylor's Arm district. Fanned by a high north-east…

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