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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

397 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 20

Boyd Denies Lighting Fires At School And Town Hall

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 3

A 14-year-old boy denied in the Cornoer's Court that he had "anything to do" with fires which were started in the Practice School at the rear of the Town Hall on the afternoon of July 21…

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Bush Fire Threatened Forest Area

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 4

Bushfires threatened valuable stands of timber in widely scattered parts of the north-west at the week-end…

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Fire Threat to Homes at Gilgai

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 1

At 2 o'clock [?] afternoon three homes [?] half a mile of Gilga[?] Post Office were threatened by a bush…

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Bush Fire at Old Mill

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

[?] lunch [?] G. T[?] R. B. house [?] Inspector [?]…

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Freshening Winds Bad for Bush Fire Areas Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

Bushfires on the North Coast bare estimated to have caused over £1,000,000 worth of…

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Gilgai Fire Under Control

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 4

Men women and children turned out on Monday afternoon to fight bush fires that had almost ringed the village…

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Dangerous for Bushfires in Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 2

The Glen Innes district has entered one of its most dangerous bush fire periods for many years, and forestry…

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Bushfires Racing in Two States: Severe Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bush fires on the north coast are estimated to have caused over £1,000,000 worth of damage. Latest reports from the…

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£1 Million Damage in Bushfires On North Coast

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bushfires on the North Coast are estimated to have caused over…

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Lightning Causes Fires

The Uralla Times · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 4
Also in Guyra Argus

Monday night's electrical storms, stated by graziers to be the worst for many years, caused widespread fires and…

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Post Office Services In Times Of Bushfires

Guyra Argus · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 3
Also in The Uralla Times

The Postmaster - General (Hon. H. L. Anthony) stated this week that the Post Office will operate, as usual during…

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Lightning Causes Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 12

Monday night's electrical storms, stated by graziers to be the worst for many years, caused widespread fires and…

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Rubbish Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 8

A rubbish fire on land at the rear of C. Skinner's joinery works, in Ohio Street, on Monday night, was…

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Council Check On Fire Hazards In Business Area

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 8

"The Council may require the removal of any vegetation or vegetative matter whether alive or dead which is or is…

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Bushfires Now Under Control

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Near gale force westerly winds which yesterday re-kindled huge bushfires, dropped…

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Bushfires Swept Large Area Of Yetman Country

The Inverell Times · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 4

Bush fires swept a large area of country in the Yetman district during the week when it was estimated that…

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Bush Fire

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 29 October 1951 · page 2

About 2000 acres of grass and timber has been swept by a bush fire between the Macintyrc River and the Yetman road…

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Blanket Of Bush fire Smoke Over Town: Danger Warning

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 29 October 1951 · page 2

The whole of the Glen Innes district during the week-end was blanketed with a smoke-haze from bushfires burning throughout the North…

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