Fireman Had to Crawl to Fire
MELBOURNE, March 30. -- Firemen had to crawl on their hands and knees up steep slopes to reach a fire which…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
131 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 7
Five People Perish in Queensland Hotel Fire
Five men perished, and four were critically injured in a fire and an explosion which completely razed a hotel at Cunnamulla (Q'land), yesterday afternoon…
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Police who raked over the ruins of the Commercial Hotel at Cunnamulla (Q'land), yesterday, are confident there…
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At the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night, the Board of Fire Commissioner's submitted a…
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On Friday afternoon the Kempsey Fire Brigade was called to a grass fire on the property previously occupied…
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The Macleay Shire Council has decided to seek Departmental permission to purchase a mobile fire-fighting unit for the Stuart's Point-Yarrahappinni area, where banana plantations in forest country…
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Well attended public meetings at Telegraph Point and Pembrooke, where Volunteer Bush Fire Brigades were unanimously formed, brought the Hastings district to another milestone in its progress…
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From Board of Fire Commissioners, forwarding statement of revenue and expenditure in respect of Wingham Fire…
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SYDNEY, May 18.--A fire which swept through a block of Bondi flats has left at least 15 people without residence…
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The Taree fire brigade quickly extinguished a grass fire in the yard of a home at [?]e corner of Manning and…
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NEW YORK, May 34: Whilst there is a distinct possibility of an Indo-China cease fire agreement being reached at Geneva, Vietminh troops have burrowed to within 250 yards of the French…
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At about midnight last night the home of Mr. Ern. Nelson at Wyoming, Mount George, was destroyed by fire. All…
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A dwelling at Mount George was destroyed by fire about midnight on Monday…
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SYDNEY, June 15. -- The Minister for the Navy, Mr. W. McMahon, said to-night that there was no suggestion that sabotage was responsible for the fire which occurred to-day on Australia's newest…
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Three Kempsey Municipal Council employees were centra! figures in a perplexing situation last Friday afternoon-- they received notice of their suspension, at the hands of the…
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The President (Cr. Bransdon) presided at a well attended meeting in the Hastings Shire Council Chambers when executive officers of the Bush Fire Brigades, Police and Forestry officers were…
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Three boys suffered small punctured wounds on their faces, hands, legs and feet at South Grafton last week…
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The Church of England weekly dance in the recently renovated Parish Hall. Wednesday night, was a very gay…
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The limit to be placed by the N. S. W. Labour Government on the liability of its railways for fire damage caused by them was harsh and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Causes of Summer Fires
Bush fires may start in wholly unexpected ways and brigades must always be on the alert for the unusual…
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