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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

271 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 14

Fire in Church Valuables Saved LONDON

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 1

German war prisoners helped to remove valuable furniture and vestments from the danger zone when the ancient University…

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Carelessness Main Cause of Bush Fires

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 5

Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer [?] 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was…

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Bush Fire Restrictions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 9

Restrictions on the lighting of fires had been repealed following reports from the Bush Fires Advisory Committee and the Weather Bureau that…

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Bush Fires Cost N.S.W. £71,800 Last Year

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 14

Reported outbreaks of busk fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these figures was £71,000…

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Five Fires Found on Ship Luxury Liner Escapes Damage SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 2

Five fires in widely separated parts of the ship were discovered aboard the Asturias, 22,00-ton liner, early…

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Fire Works Display Ambulance Carnival in December

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 3

A well-attended meeting of the Ambulance Carnival Committee was held in the Commonwealth Bank office on Monday last with Mr. G…

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Fire Aboard Ship at Woolloomooloo Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

Five fires, in widly separated parts of the ship, were discovered aboard the “Asturias,” a 22,000 ton liner early this morning…

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Pp. Board's Foresight Only Fence Insured Destroyed by Fire Steel Posts Will Be Used in Reconstruction

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 8

The only fence Armidale Pastures Protection Board had insured was recently destroyed by fire. It was a…

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Prevention Better Than Fire-fighting

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 3

With the proclamation of "Bush Fire Prevention Week" throughout Australia, and the recent outbreak of fires in New South Wales .and North Queensland, Mr, G. G. Sinclair, secretary of the…

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Cannery Fire Only Slight Damage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 2

Only slight damage was done by a fire which broke out in a weatherboard building Occupied by Australian and Interstate Fruit Foods Pty…

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Fire at School Damage To Lighthouse Boys Believed Responsible SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 1

Schoolboys are believed to be responsible for a fire in George-street Public School, Redfern, last night; also for…

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Fire Charge Dismissed in Glen Innes Court

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 4

Without being called upon to give evidence, Herbert Henry Ruming was yesterday freed of a charge of leaving a fire not completely extinguished at Bald Nob on August 16…

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Soldier Settlement Progress Under Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 6

Attacking the State Government for its delay in implementing its soldier settlement policy during the Budget debate in the Legislative Assembly…

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Crazy Action Stood in fire BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 1

Douglas Frederick Birch, 30, an unemployed Victorian labourer and a student of the Indian Yogi, told the police that he believed lie heard a voice…

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Student of Yogi Loses Feet Heard Voice Telling Him To Stand In Fire "Can See How Silly it Was." BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 1

Douglas Frederick Birch (38), unemployed Victorian labourer and a student of Indian Yogi, told police he…

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Heavy Penalties For Fire Breaches

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 November 1946 · page 1

Heavy penalties of £100, fine and of six months imprisonment are provided for breaches of the restrictions on the lighting of…

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Delungra Blaze Wilkins' Garage Gutted

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

Mr. A. T. Wilkin's garage in Inverell Street, Delungra, was completely gutted by fire on Monday morning last, when the whole of the…

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Two Women Wounded in Jerusalem Policeman Fires At Bus When Driver Refuses Order to Stop JERUSALEM

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 1

Two women pedestrians were wounded, one seriously, when a British constable opened fire on a bus near…

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Medora Street Fire Cottage Partly Destroyed

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 6

Fire gutted the kitchen, bath-room, lounge and living rooms of the home of Mrs. Sarah Ann Warwick, at 33 Medora…

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10 Killed, 18 Injured in Saskachewan Fire SASKACHEWAN

The Inverell Times · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

At least ten persons were killed and eighteen injured when the Hotel Barry caught fire in the early hours of the morning. Searched are still coming…

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