Court Adjourned Due To Fires
On the application of the Police Prosecutor (Sergeant King), Mr. McNamara, S.M., closed Teralba Court at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Record Fires Leave Vast Trail Of Ruin
Vast areas of N.S.W. are being razed by the worst fires in the State's history. Racing out of control before fierce winds, the fires…
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A Newcastle Justice of the Peace who wants to remain anonymous offered today to start with a £5…
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The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) said in Maitland last night that it was impossible to control…
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GRAFTON, Thursday.—The driver of a Clarence River mail truck to-day put out a fire on the vehicle by breaking bottles of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Govt. Aid Promised Victims of State's Worst Fires
SYDNEY: Everything possible would be done to give aid to the victims of bushfires, the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Finnan) said today…
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The present visit of inspection of northern fire stations had been the most "hectic" in his 25 years'…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—A man who pleaded "Guilty" to having lit a fire without a permit was told by Mr. Tompson. S.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Praise For Help In Fire Crisis
Abernethy village could not have been saved from bushfires yesterday but for the combined efforts of all sections of the community, the officer-in-charge of Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Call For 10 Homes In Fierce Awaba Fire
A call was sent to the Awaba State mine for help early this afternoon when ta bushfire, blazing fiercely on both sides of the Toronto-Awaba-rd., was approaching several houses. It was the worst blaze in the district today…
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A 36-year-old timber-getter was arrested at Bishop's Bridge yesterday afternoon and charged under the Bushfires Act at Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worst Day on Record in Bushfires Man Dies And 24 Homes Destroyed
Bushfires in New South Wales yesterday were the worst on record. A man was killed in an explosion caused by fires and 24 homes were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flames Leap Roadway in Redhead Bushfire
THIS graphic picture was taken at the height of yesterday's disastrous bushfire outbreak as flames 30 feet high leaped across the Dudley-Redhead road on a 400-yard front, severing all transport communication between the two centres. This was only one of a series of huge flare-ups which left a miles-wide area around…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Fined £50 Over Bushfire
A £50 fine in default 100 days' gaol was imposed by Mr. F. L. McNamara, S.M., at Maitland Court today on a timber-getter who lit a fire on his property at Bishop's Bridge…
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The bushfire loss in New Wales is estimated at £5 million. Most serious outbreaks last night were under control or had burnt out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ready to Quit Homes Fire Threat To Singleton
Singleton district residents stood by ready to leave their homes-last night as fire threatened. Flames burnt out 10 miles of…
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Brigades in Newcastle attended three fires yesterday. Two were in the bush, and one at Stockton. They were put…
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SYDNEY: Hordes of flyingfoxes—driven in by bushfires—are eating the pick of early peach crops,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Die, Nine Hurt In Chicago Hotel Blaze
CHICAGO, Sun. (A.A.P.)—Fire swept a four-storey residential hotel with the temperature at 22 degrees early today, killing three, injuring nine and leaving many homeless. The blaze forced five…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Most bushfires in New South Wales were more or less [?] yesterday. [?]he [?]…
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