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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

740 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 37

Forests Blaze at Bulahdelah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

Fires in State forests in Bulahdelah area were severe last night. Bulahdelah police last night organised a band of…

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Fires Drive Deer From National PK

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Deer, driven from National Park by bushfires, are being shot in surrounding areas by…

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1M. Fire Now Under Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 22. A.A.P.—A spectacular waterfront fire, which injured 32 persons and caused damage…

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25,000 Homeless After Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 4

HONGKONG, Nov. 22. A.A.P.—Up to 25,000 persons were left homeless by a fire which raged through the…

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Blaze Threat to Magazine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 1

A scrub fire yesterday threatened the explosives magazine at Cessnock No. 2 open cut. Three nearby homes were also threatened. Cessnock…

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Cessnock Grass Fires

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 4

Cessnoek Fire Brigade was called to two grass fires at the week-end. The first was in Cumberland-st.,…

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Most Fires In Forests Dying Down

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

Apart from a fairly big blaze in Myall River State Forest, fires in the Bulahdelah area had subsided, a Forestry…

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Cease Fire "Only Lull"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Korea was only an incident, Lieut-General Sir Horace Robertson said to-night. General Robertson,…

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A.N.A's. Mildura Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 7

MELBOURNE: A.N.A.'s lounge at Mildura aerodrome was destroyed by fire last night, causing…

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Home Built For Fire Victim

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 3

Miners and a mining company combined yesterday to provide a new home for a 90-year-old man who lost all his possessions when a bushfire destroyed his home at…

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Basins Melted In Cafe Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

Glass jugs and sugar basins melted in a fire in the cafeteria at Stewarts and Lloyds works yesterday…

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Huge Rio Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 8

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), Mon. (A.A.P.): Fire swept the crowded Macauba and Codozinho districts…

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Fires In The Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

MANY electric poles caught fire as a result of the rain in Newcastle and Sydney…

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Fire-fighters Praised At Valentine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 4

Appreciation of the work of volunteer firefighters, particularly women, who helped save homes during the recent…

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Family Burnt When Fat Catches Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—A young mother and her two children were badly burnt when a tin of fat in an…

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Cease-Fire Line In Korea Finally Defined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 1

TOKYO, Nov. 26. A.A.P.—A cease-fire line in Korea has been defined. Final agreement on the line was reached by U.N. and Communist staff officers to-day…

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Italians Fire At Rescuers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

ROME, Nov. 27. A.A.P.—Many families in the flood-striken Po Valley are refusing to go to safety unless they can…

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£10 Fine For Lighting Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 8

Frederick George Rufus of Old House-road, Belmont, was fined £10, with 12/ costs, under the Bush Fires Act, at…

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Banking Decision By Fire Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Board of Fire Commissioners had agreed to transfer its banking business in all country…

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Fire in Sydney 150 Flee Big Petrol Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: More than 150 people raced for safety when a petrol motor exploded and set fire to the top floors of a sixstorey building in Reservoir-st., City,…

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