Taree Fire Bell may Become Shark Alarm
The bell at Taree Fire Station; formerly used to summon volunteer firemen to action, may end its days…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
131 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 6 of 7
Liquid Fire Returns From Spell; May Win
SYDNEY, Oct. 14. -- Brilliant sprinter Liquid Fire, who is resuming after a spell will be favoured by the small field in Buxton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, and is selected as the day's best bet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Racing Review Liquid Fire May Sweep Through Buxton Field
SYDNEY, Friday.—Brilliant sprinter Liquid Fire, who will be resuming after a spell, will be favoured by the small field in the Buxton Stakes at Rahdwick tomorrow and is selected as the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fire Destroys Sawmill
Damage estimated at £11,000 was caused early on Tuesday morning when a sawmill, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Preparations for Bush Fires on Hastings
Preparations for the coming fire season were steadily carried out during the winter throughout the Hastings Shire. October, usually a critical…
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WAUCHOPE, Oct. 19. -- The early discovery of a fire at the rear of a residence in King Street today may have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£20,000 Damage in Wauchope Mill Blaze
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused early last night when fire completely destroyed a Wauchope sawmill owned by Marshall Sawmilling Company…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Station Now For Bowravilie
BOWRAVILLE: Three members of the Fire Commissioner's architectural staff visited here and completed…
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GRAFTON: Two boys saved an elderly man from a fire in a hut at Ulmarra, near Grafton, when an upset…
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His Honour Judge Conybeare awarded the maximum compensation of £2000 to Lorraine Joan Hayes, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Fyall Warns of Fire Danger
Mr. F. Fyall, Macleay Shire Health Inspector, reporting to the Shire meeting on Monday, said the Shire should define a policy on the storage of inflammable liquid and empty drums, and gave a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Prevention Week Begins
The executive member of the Bush Fire Committee, Mr. A. C. Kingsmill, said that despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Prevention Week, Governor's Appeal
The Governor of N.S.W. Sir John Northcott, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B., in a national broadcast, yesterday appealed to all citizens to exercise every precaution in preventing bush fires this season…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Third Victim Dies From Bush Fire in Q'land
BRISBANE, Nov. 16. -- A third man has died following tragedy in North Queensland, on Sunday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Governor Warns Of Fire Danger
"To-day marks the opening of Fire Prevention Week in New South Wales. It is very necessary that at this season of the year the danger of bush fires and…
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(Speech by His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Northcott, KCMG, KCVO, CB, in a national broadcast…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Royal Hotel Under Town Plan Fire
At Kempsey Town Planning Committee meeting on Monday night, Mr. R. Melville asked what was the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Taree Fire
Taree experienced a fire early on Monday morning. three shops in Pulteney Street being destroyed. They were occupied by Mr. Bill Bell, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Being Covered by Bushfire Brigades
The sixth bush fire brigade in the district was formed at Copeland on Tuesday night. At an inaugural meeting in the Copeland hall Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Shops Destroyed Early Morn Taree Blaze
Three shops were destroyed, and one partly gutted, by fire in Pulteney Street, during the early hours of Monday morning. The buildings destroyed…
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