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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1953

337 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 17

Girious Fire Narrowly Avertted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 6

A serious fire was narrowly averted in an old weatherboard cottage in Fitzgerald…

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Fire Prisoners Freed Joyous Scenes at Freedom Village

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1953 · page 1

PANMUNJON: The first Allied prisoners released under the Korean armistice crossed into United Nations hands at 9 a.m. today, local time…

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Police, Troops Fire on Kashmire Mobs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 2

SRIMNA[?], Ka[?] Police and troops last night opened fire on mobs demonstantinf against the arrest of…

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Police Fire on Demonstrating Mob Prime Minister Of Kashmir Arrested

The Inverell Times · Monday 10 August 1953 · page 1

SRINAGAR (Kashmir), Monday: Police troops last night opened fire on mobs demonstrating against the arrest of the Prime Minister, Sheikh…

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Horses Dead in Mine Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday : Between 21 and 25 horses are feared killed to a rice raging in the State Coal…

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25 Horses May Be Killed in Coal Mine Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 12 August 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Between 21 and 25 horses. A [?] to have been killed in a fire which is raging on the…

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Showground Fire

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE—Thousands of people scrambled for safety and a youth was badly burned when fire destroyed three…

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Fire Alarm

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon firemen were called to the District Hospital where n fire was reported in an unoccupied building at…

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Copuncil Calls for Car with Grass Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 12

Discussion at the montly meeting of Dumares Shire Council on recent extensive grass fires in Rockvale area led to the issue of a warning that ban may be imposed unless adequate precaution…

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Fire Watching Tower for Styx Forest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 8

A 60 ft. fire watching tower at the Styx River State Forest will be used for the first time this summer…

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Local Schools' Fires

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

A letter has been received from the Acting Minister of Education, Mr. J. F. McGrath, addressed to Mr. J. E. Cahill,…

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Fire Precautions

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 1

A rubbish fire at a home in Uralla's main street nearly got out of control during the week, when it spread and set alight to…

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False Fire Alarm at Post Office

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 8

Heat from an open fire caused a false, alarm at Armidale Post Office yesterday morning…

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Chimney Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 6

Armidale Fire Brigade was called out to two chimney fires on Saturday. The first occurred at [?]…

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Kinsey Report Under Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 7

WASHINGTON: The public could draw unwarranted and even false assumptions from Dr. Alfred Kinsey's report,…

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False Fire Alarm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 8

Armidale Fire Brigade was called out this morning by a false alarm given from a street alarm on the corner of…

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Cheap—in Terms of Fire-power

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 August 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Calculated in terms of explosive force that could be delivered to an enemy the United…

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Chimney Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 5

Firemen used two extinguishers to put out a chimney fire at Mr. C. L. Colman's home in Margaret Street…

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Smoke Deadlier Than Flames, Says Fire Authority

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1953 · page 10

Paul Kearney, a leading authority on fire fighting and author of two books and some 250 articles on the ub…

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Fire in Wood Heap

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 8

A fire broke out in a wood heap at the rear of Nick's Cafe, Beardy Street, yesterday…

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