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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1949

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Volunteer Fire Officer Council's Appreciation 48 Years' Service

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 8

Armidale City Council will forward a letter of appreciat on to Mr. T. Snell, who has retired…

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Correspondence Colliery Fire Miners' Action Praised

The Uralla Times · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 5

E. J. Misen, Allawah, Kings town, writes to the Editor: Sir,—It was stated in a recent press report that in order…

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Penalties for Car Theft Leniency Under Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

Leniency shown by Magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the N.R.M.A., following the report that 550 motor vehicles…

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Penalties for Car Theft Leniency Under-Fire

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 6

Leniency shown, by Magistrates to car thieves is attacked by the N.R.M.A., following, the report that 550 motor vehicles…

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Half Century In Service Of Fire Brigade Former Armidale Volunteer Recalls Early Days Won Bravery Medal In 1933 Tragedy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

In half a century of service in Armidale Fire Brigade Tom Snell earned a medal for conspicuous bravery, a long service medal with bar and honorary membership of the…

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Russian Artists Under Fire American Influence Denounced "Gloomy And Soulless" MOSCOW

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 1

Russian architects who approve united States architecture, and vaudevillians who introduce…

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Election of Fire Board

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 3

Glen Innes Municipal Council will withhold its vote for the election of Fire Commissioners until all the candidates are…

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Woman, Rescued From Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—An elderly woman was rescued from a burning cottage last night by eight men who…

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£60,000 Fire At Aerodrome

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than £60,000 damage was caused when a fire gutted the control building at Schoffells R.A.A.F…

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Fire Station Changes at Inverell

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

Following the recent Industrial Court finding, changes in the control of Inverell Fire Station are…

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Fire at R.A.A.F. Station SYDNEY, Wednesday

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 1

More than £60,000 damage was caused when a fire gutted the control building at Schofileds R.A.A.F. station…

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Fire at R.A.A.F. STATION Officers Suspect Sabtage C.I.B. Arson Squad Called In SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 2

More than £60,000 worth of damage was caused when a fire gutted the control building…

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£40,000 Blaze at Brisbane Body Building Factory Gutted BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

More than £40,000 damage was caused by a spectacular fire which last night gutted a body building works in Nile…

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Fire Station Changes at Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 2

Following the recent Industrial Court finding, changes in the control of Inverell Fire Station are being brought…

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Youth Held on Bank Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 3

GRAFTON: A fierce fire Which broke out in the E.S. and A. Bank premises at Ulmarra, 10 miles from Grafton, soon…

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Patients Die in Hospital Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK: At least 30 patients perished and a score were seriously injured when fire destroyed St Anthony's…

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57 Lives Lost In Hospital Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Fifty seven lives were lost in the disastrous fire which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital at Effingham—an Illinois town of about 8,000—on Monday night…

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57 Lives Lost in Fire at U.s.a. Hospital

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Fifty-Seven lives were last in the disastrous fire which destroyed Saint Anthony’s Hospital at Effingham-an Illinois town of about 8000—on Monday night…

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57 Die In U.S. Hospital Fire Deathroll Includes 10 Newborn Babies Heroic Nurse Refuses To Leave Post New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 1

Fifty-seven lives were lost in a disastrous fire which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital at Effingham—an Illinois town of about 8000—on Monday night…

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Inverell Flour Mill Destroyed By Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

Inverell flour mill was destroyed by early this morning. Only the walls of the building remain standing…

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