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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Fire Bug at Glen Innes?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 5

GLEN INNES:— Senior Detective Constable F. Collings (Armidale) arrived in Glen Innes last night to…

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Seven Die in Fire in Flats

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, Monday. — At least seven persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a block of flats here…

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Juvenile the Fire Bug at Glen Inn!

The Inverell Times · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 4

Glen Innes police believe that a juvenile was responsible for the fire at the Practice School on Saturday…

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Police Believe Juvenile Was Responsible For School Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

Police believe that a juvenile was responsible for a fire at the Glen Innes Practice School on Saturday, afternoon which caused damage estimated at…

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Seven Dead in Flats Fire San Francisco

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 1

At least seven persons were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a block of flats here Four other residents are…

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Brigade At 13 Fires this Year

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 2

Glen Innes Fire Brigade has attended 13 fires so far this year. This was revealed in statistics…

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Boy Arrested For Glen Innes Fires

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 4

GLEN INNES: Police on Monday night arrested a 13-year-old boy and charged him with maliciously…

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Railway Station Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

Melbourne, Wed.—A spectacular fire badly damaged the roof of Flinders St. Railway Station last night…

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Spectacular Fire at Flinders St. Railway Station

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A spectacular fire badly damaged the roof of the Flinders St. Railway Station late last night…

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Boy Arrested on Fire Charge at Glen Innes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 9

GLEN INNES: Police last, night Arrested a 13-year-old boy and charged him with maliciously damaging the…

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Chimney Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 10

The Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire. in a flat occupied, by Mr. and Mrs. W. J.Broadfoot at 145 Barney;…

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Communists Giving Ground in Korea Cease-fire Talks

The Inverell Times · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday: Short term satisfaction, but long term caution, about the progress of the Korean cease-fire talks, which yesterday produced a five-point agenda for actual truce negotiations, color the views here of…

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Grass Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 2

Glen Innes Fire Brigade put out a small fire in a vacant allotment at the corner of Meade and Church Streets at noon on…

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Fire in Shed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 4

When a fire broke out in a shed at the rear of Penneys at 4.45 p.m. yesterday Armidale Fire Brigade extinguished…

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Mosquito Creek Fire Brigade

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

A meeting of landowners and others at Mosquito Greek on July 20th was addressed by Mr. C. Hunt (Chief of the…

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Chimney Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 August 1951 · page 6

Armidale Fire Brigade used a garden hose to extinguish a fire at the Bank of New South Wales at 1.58 p.m. today. The…

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House Fire on Furracabad Rd

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 2

A fire which started in a weatherboard cottage, two miles from Glen Innes on the Furracabad Road last night was…

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Fire at Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 6

About 9.30 o'clock on Friday night a fire broke out in a machinery and grain shed owned by Mr. W. Prisk, of…

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Fire At Guyra

The Uralla Times · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 6

A fire in W. Prisk's machinery and grain siled at Guyra, caused damage estimated at about £1500…

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£1500 Damage by Fire

Guyra Argus · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

About 9.15 o'clock on Friday night a fire broke out in a machinery and grain shed owned by Mr. W. Prisk…

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