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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

372 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 19

A Fire Fighting Unit For Tingha?

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 2

A suggestion by the President of the monthly meeting of the P. & C. Association that a public meeting be called to discuss the possibility of organising a bush and town fire fighting brigade received…

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Tingha Move For Fire Brigade

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

At a meeting of Tingha Progress Association the president (Mr. H. Harris) suggested that a public meeting…

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Fine[?] for Lighting Open Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1

At Uralla Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, before Mr. A. S. McDonald, S.M., Reuben M. McGinty pleaded guilty to…

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Fined for Stubble Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 6

An echo of the drought period was heard at Inverell Court yesterday when Arthur Edwin Rich was charged with having…

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Tobacco Leaf Destroyed in £550 Kiln Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 26 March 1952 · page 5

TENTERFIELD: A fire on "Elberta," the property of Mr. W. G. Geyer, early on Saturday night, caused damage totalling…

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Man (82) Fatally Burned : Fell Into Open Kitchen Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 March 1952 · page 1

An 82-year-old man who was severely burnt when he fell into an open fire in the kitchen of his home on the Glen Innes Common on Wednesday afternoon, died in the…

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Henderson St. Garage Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 4

A small fire at the rear of Mr. Roy Knight residence in Hender[?] Street yesterday caused alight damage to a…

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Long Service Medal for Fire Officer

The Inverell Times · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 4

Fire Officer Len Swift, who is in charge of the local Station, was presented with a long service medal on…

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Commissioner Attend Fire Brigade Function

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

INVERELL : A very successful social function was held in the focal Fire Station on Saturday wight when. 64 firemen from Glen Innes, Guyra, Armidale, Moree, Tenterfield and Inverell were present; in addition to…

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Long Service Medal for Fire Officer

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 6

INVERELL: Fire Officer Len Swift who is in charge of the local station, was presented with a long service medal on…

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Went to Buy Melon, Found Fire Victim

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 2

Two women, who found an old-age pensioner lying on the floor of his home on the Glen Innes Common last. Wednesday…

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Yetman Device for Cutting Fire Breaks Commended

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 4

Mr. H. Luke, New South Wales Bush Fire Control Officer, and a member of the Bush Fire Committee, paid a high tribute last week to the initiative of fire fighters in the Yetman area…

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Permission Not Necessary for Fires in Open

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

Dumaresq Shire C[?] (Mr. L. de V. Slade) stated this morning that as emergency bushfire regulations had been…

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Car Fire in Henderson St

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 4

Inverell Fire Brigade was called into action [?] morning when a motor car caught fire at the rear of a home in…

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Record of Bushfire Equipment

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1

The Severn Shire Council a meeting yesterday seed to forward to the in fire Committee of the…

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South Korea's Cease. Fire Needs

The Inverell Times · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

SEOUL, Monday: South Korea would need 700,000 men to protect a cease-fire line across the Peninsula, according to Major-General Jai Heung…

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Cease-fire Line Would Need Big Army

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 1

SEOUL, Monday.—South Korea would need 7,000,000 men to hold a ceasefire line across the…

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140 Die In Japanese Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday.—Japan's worst post-war blaze, which yesterday threatened to destroy the entire coastal city of…

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Japan's Worst Post-war Fire Tokyo

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Japan's worst post-war blaze, which yesterday threatened to the entire coastal city of left in its wakes 140…

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Chimney Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 4

Armidale Fire Brigade was called to a chimney fire in the lounge room of a home occupied by K. Midson, Kirkwood…

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