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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Two Deaths In Brisbane Fire BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Joseph Muddle, 61, and Ethel May Burgess, 46, were burned to death in a house at Kangaroo Point early this morning…

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Reichstag Fire Goering and Goebels Inv[?] LONDON, Mond[?]

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 8

A letter to Gen. Von Hinder one of Roehm's assistants, impl[?] Goering and Goebels in settin[?] to the Reichstag in February…

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Bellata Bush Fire Brigade

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 January 1946 · page 5

The Bellata Bush Fire Brigade recently purchased a new power driven fire fighting plant. The machine was received at Bellata last…

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City Fire Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused when fire, broke out in a city manufacturing company's factory in…

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P.m's Interest En Route to Fire

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—A message received from the Jap. destroyer "Yoizuki," which is expected to arrive at Rabaul today…

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N.Z. Apartment Fire Seven People Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday.—Several people were injured when a fire swept an apartment house in Wellington last night…

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Outbreak of Fire

North West Champion · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 1

Late on Saturday night an outbreak of fire-occurred in Messrs Hong Yuen and Co's. store, as a result of which, we understand, a considerable…

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Truth-in-fabrics for Australia Hangs Fire

North West Champion · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 4

It is impossible to find sound reasons to justify the long delay that has occurred in establishing an effective fabric labelling…

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20 Horses Lost in Fire

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 9

More than 20 racehorses owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, known professionally as Elizabeth Arden, the cosmetics manufacturer, were killed…

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Fire Fighting Appliances Government Concession

The North Western Courier · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 4

Namoi Shire Councillors were under the impression the Government would make a grant of up to f 100 for bush fire fighting appliances, but the…

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Praise to Local Fire Brigade

North West Champion · Monday 3 June 1946 · page 3

A letter was recently received by Captain H. J. Cooksley, of the Moree Fire Brigade, from Mr. P. Ferguson, one of the…

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Letter to Fire Brigade

North West Champion · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 4

In Monday's issue of the "Champion," a letter was published as being received from a member of the Board of Fire Commissioners…

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57 KILLED, 200 Injured in Hotel Fire. Chicago, Wednesday (A.A.P.)

North West Champion · Thursday 6 June 1946 · page 1

At least fifty-seven persons were killed and two hundred injured in an early morning fire that swept through a section of…

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15 Killed in U.s. Fire

North West Champion · Tuesday 11 June 1946 · page 1

DUBUQUE (Chio), Monday (A.A.P.).—As in Chicago's Hotel La Salle fire tragedy, panic contributed to the deathroll in…

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Fire at Terry Hie Hie Sawmill

North West Champion · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 11

Early on Tuesday morning, the sawmill at Terry Hie Hie, owned by Messrs Wiggins and Whitton, was burned to the ground, the only…

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"Walkie-Talkies" At Race Meetings and Fires

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 8

"Walkie-talkies"—Portable transmitting and receiving radio sets—were used for the first time at a race meeting when British police…

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£30,000 DAMAGE Big Fire at Winton BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 August 1946 · page 1

A fire which raged for three hours last night in Winton, Central Queensland, destroyed seven buildings and caused…

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Hospital Fire Patients Have Narrow Escape, SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 1

Many patients Had narrow escapes from death last night when the Normanhurst Private Hospital at Ashfield caught fire…

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Bush Fires Raging In Queensland BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 1

Hundreds of square miles, of drought stricken Southeastern Queensland are aflame from Bundaberg to the border…

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Anothed Q'land Fire Brisbane

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

Guests at the Royal Hotel at Oakey, in Southern Queensland had to jump to safety when a fire destroyed the hotel and other premises…

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