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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

372 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 19

Fire in Cars

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 9

The N.R.M.A. urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of me in their cars. Mr. Ch. H. Napthail, chief engineer,…

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Church Aids Fire Victims

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

By direction of the presitlent of the N.S.W. Methodist: Church, Rev. A. M. Sanders. retiring offerings will be taken…

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Open Fires Ban Revoked, Bat Care Still Needed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

The chairman of the Bush Fire Committee, Mr. H. F.! Messer, announces that the; prohibition on the lighting of…

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Council to Pay £364 for Fire Brigade Costs

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

Glen Innes Municipal Council will have to contribute £364 towards the total operational costs of the fire brigade this year…

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Not Guilty of Leaving Fire in the Open

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

The Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. L. £. S(apleton) at Armidale Court yesterday…

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Bush Fire Regulation Lifted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Town Clerk (Mr. W. H. Quin) announced today that total prohibition of lighting fires in the open had been…

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Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

Armidale Fire Brigade was called to Tattersall's Hotel at 4.30 p.m. today where fat on a gas range in the kitchen had…

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Fire Menaced Stannifer

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

An outbreak of fire at Stannifer yesterday threatened the village when it spread to the recreation ground…

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Fire Break To Protect Forest

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

Costly precautions to protect valuable stands of timber in the Bebo State Forest, near…

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Over £200 Damage in Foundry Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 4

Damage estimated at between [?] was Monday afternoon by an outbreak of fire…

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C.I.B. Probes Factory Fire Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

The Chief of the C.I.B. (Superintendent C. J. Belaney) today assigned detectives to investigate, last night's…

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Bushfire Cases Heard in Yetman Court

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

Several cases under the Bushfires Prevention Act were heard in the Yetman Court to-day by…

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Fire Brigade for Ashford

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

A bush fire brigade has been formed in Ashford, and office bearers elected. At a meeting recently, Mr…

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Ghting of Fires a Cook or Boil Ater in the Open R Prohibited

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 11

The Chief, Secretary, Mr. ve Evatt, announced yesterday that he had prohibited lighting of fires in the…

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Bush Fire In Scrub Land

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

No dancer is reported from a fire which flared up in scrub land in the "Glengarry" area yesterday…

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Fires Banned

The Inverell Times · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

Macintyre Shire Clerk. Mr. J. A. Gilroy directed attention this morning to the prohibition force throughout the State…

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Prohibition on Open Fires

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY: The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced that he had prohibited the lighting of fires in the open air for the…

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Ban on Open Fire Reimposed

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, has reimposed the prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open air for cooking, heating or…

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Team Of 50 Fighting Bushfire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 January 1952 · page 1

A fire which started north of Pindaroi Station on Saturday, was to-day confined to an area of…

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Fires At Kingstown

The Uralla Times · Thursday 24 January 1952 · page 2

It is reported from Kingstown that there are large bushfires on property at Bald Rock, and Golam Mahommed…

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