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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

283 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 15

Firemen Save Freighter On Fire at Port Adelaide ADELAIDE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

After a two-hour battle, hundreds of firemen late last night subdued a blaze on board the freighter Atlantic Air by…

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Bush Fire Protection Inverell Aero Club to Co-operate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1948 · page 12

Inverell Aero Club will give the fullest co-operation to the Forestry Commission in spotting bush fires during the…

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Wild Scenes in Berlin When Russians Fire on Anti-reds Many Arrests By Soviet Police

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—A 15-year-old German boy was fatally wounded and at least five other Germans are in hospital with bullet wounds and…

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Violent Scenes in Berlin Russian Police Open Fire on Hostile Crowd Youth Killed in Anti - Communist Demonstration LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

A 15-year-old German boy was fatally wounded, and at least five other Germans are in hospital with bullet wounds, as the result of wild scenes on the border of the British and Russian sectors of Berlin yesterday, when Russian tommy-gunners and Eastern…

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Violent Scenes in Berlin Russian Police Open Fire on Hostile Crowd Youth Killed in Anti - Communist Demonstration LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1948 · page 1

A 15-year-old Germanboy was fatally wounded, and at least five other Germans are in hospital with bullet wounds, as the result of wild scenes on the border of the British and Russian sectors of Berlin yesterday, when Russian tommy-gunners and Eastern…

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Fire at Rear of Shop Panels of Fencing Damaged Early Morning Blaze

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1948 · page 6

Fire officers believe that spontaneous combustion may have caused a fire outbreak in…

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House Destroyed By Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 3

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hookiyn, of Torrington, was completely destroyed by fire last Sunday…

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14 Fires in One Day Started by Shavings From Chimney Stack Allegations Against Aramidale Timber Firm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1948 · page 8

In one day recently burning shavings from a chimney stack at Armidale Timbers caused 14 fires on adjacent premises of T. Lambert & Co. Pty. Ltd., according to allegations made in a letter…

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Parapet Crawl To Escape Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Two men and three women escaped, from a blazing building in Pitt St., City, early this morning by…

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Dramatic Escape From City Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men and three women escaped from a blazing building in Pitt Street, City early this…

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Early Morning Blaze in Sydney Occupants' Narrow Escape Damage Estimated at £30,000 SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 2

Two men and three women escaped from a blazing building in Pittstreet, City, early this…

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Chimney Fire in Rusden Street Brigade Turns Out

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 6

Armidale Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire at 101 Rusden-street late on Monday afternoon…

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Fire Prevention Week

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 September 1948 · page 5

The object of Fire Prevention Week is to arouse a greater fire consciousness" in the minds, of all Australians. The…

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Bush Fires in Queensland 800 Miles Along Coast Blazing BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 11

A chain of raging bush fires fed by tinder dry grass stretched 800 miles along coastal Queensland from Cairns to…

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Ninety-Three Die In Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

RIO DE JANERIO. — Ninety-three of 100 people aboard are believed to have died when destroyed the small Brazilian…

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93 Perish in Ship Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

RIO DE JANERO, Monday.—Ninety-three of the 100 people aboard are believed to have died when a fine destroyed the small…

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Bushfires on Qld. Coast

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 27 September 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday.—A chain of ranging bushfires fed by timber and dry grass, stretched 800 miles along coastal…

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Our Shoestring Deefences Chifley Government Under fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1948 · page 12

In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear,…

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Our Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 September 1948 · page 5

In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear,…

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R[?]ain Officer Fires on German Mob Incident In U.S. Zane Of Berlin

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 October 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Friday.—A Russian lieutenant fired [?] a German [?] in the America sector of Berlin yesterday wedding at that one German, and their [?] to be American military police, who…

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