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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

397 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 20

Four Fires in 24 Hours

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 8

Armidale Fire Brigade answered its fourth call in 24 hours when it went to a fire at 63 Markham…

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Burial of Boy Fire Victim

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 2

Gerard Philip Ellis, four-year-old Reddestone boy, who was burnt to death in a hayshed fire on Monday…

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Boy Burnt To Death In Hayshed Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 May 1951 · page 3

GLEN INNES: A four-year-old boy was burnt to death in a hayshed fire at Reddestone stone, about four miles west…

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Milkman Saved Family From Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A milkman saved a family of [?] from being burned to death in their weatherboard [?]…

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Milkman Saves Family From Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A milkman saved a family of four from being burned to death in their weatherboard house at…

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De Valera May Win Fire Elections

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

DUBLIN. Friday.—Irish statesman, Mr. Eamon De Valera, and his Fianna Fail Party may be returned to power in…

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23 Girls Die in Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

TOKYO [?] three girl [?] were [?] a fire broke out [?] in a…

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New Bush Fire Brigade

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

The District's bushfire defences were advanced a stage on Sunday, 3rd June, when a new brigade was formed by a meeting of land…

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Three Escape From Blaze

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

KATOOMBA. Wednesday. [?] A man his wife and [?] cown a [?]…

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Narrow Escapes in Workshop Blaze Katoomba

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 1

A man, his wife and baby escaped down a blazing stairway after being trapped by fire in their bedroom at Katoomba early…

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Chimney Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 8

Armidale Fire Brigade extinguished a chimney fire at the home of Mr. G. P. Melntosh in Reginald Avenue at…

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Third Fire in Factory in Year Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

A fire broke out in the premises of Donson Products [?]ty. Ltd., Marrickville, this morning for the third time…

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[?]Nial on Cease Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Monday (AAP-Reuter). — The Commander of the British Commonwealth troops in Japan and Korea,…

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Red China's Attitude to Soviet Cease-fire Proposal!

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday: President Truman is expected to comment to-day on the Russian proposal for a Korean cease-fire conference when he makes a major foreign policy speech at Tullahoma (Tennessee)…

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Bushfire

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 5

A fire starting on the "Rockwell" area on Thursday last spread to "Glencoe," Mr. N. Brown's property…

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No Development of Soviet Suggestion for Korean Cease-fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Nascrollah Interim, Persian President of the United Nations General Assembly, has not yet succeeded in making an appointment with Russia's Jacob Malik to discuss the Soviet…

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Three Fires This Week

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 8

Armidale Fire Brigade used buckets of water to extinguish a fire in a room at Demonstration School at 1.22 p.m…

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Russia States Terms For Korean Cease Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON. Friday: It was officially announced that the Soviet Union has proposed that a cease-fire in Korea—limited strictly to military questions—should be arranged between the [?]…

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Fire at P.m.g Pole Treatment Works

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1951 · page 3

Fire charred a gantry at the P.M.G.'s pole treatment works on Saumarez reserve at the week-end…

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Reds Suggest Cease Fire Line Along Parallel TOKYO

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 July 1951 · page 1

Communist China's first reaction to General Ridgway's latest offer of a Korean [?]uce plan came last night in a Peking radio broadcast, asserting that a cease fire line should follow the 38th Parallel…

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