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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

36 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Big Wool Store Fire £350,000 Damage SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1

Damage estimated at about £350,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the Ultimo wool stores of the New Zealand Loan…

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Meat Works Destroyed Big Fire In Brisbane BRISBANE

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

The big meat works of Thomas Borthwick & Son., Australia Ltd. were severely damaged by fire this morning, in one of…

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Permit for Lighting Fires Now Necessary

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 4

As a result of a notification issued recently by the Minister, persons desirous of lighting fires for clearing land or for any similar purpose are…

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3-Year-old Child Burned "Cubby" House Blaze SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 September 1946 · page 1

Trapped when an inflammable cubby house of branches and twigs caught fire at Corrimal today, James Herbert Lane, aged…

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Permits for Lighting Fires

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 2

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, points out that the recent notification in relation to the lighting of fires was made under the Bush and Rural…

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Coraki Endangered By Extensive Bush Fires SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 1

Coraki, in northern N.S.W., is being threatened by a disastrous bushfire which has been burning since Friday, and which today…

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Wool Store Fire Police Guard Buildings SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 1

Wool valued at £250,000 was endangered when a fire, which police fear may have been the work of a firebug, was deliberately started last…

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Bush Fire Hazard

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 September 1946 · page 8

Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth weather Bureau has announced a plan for the daily…

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£15,000 Theatre Fire Sydney

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

Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused when a fire completely gutted the Rivoli Theatre, early today. The fire started at 2 a.m. in the…

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Destructive Bush Fires Attempts to Control Fail SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 November 1946 · page 1

Over five thousand acres of Forest in the Styx River area between Armidale and Dempsey, were destroyed by bush fires…

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Prosecutions Likely in Northern Bush Fires. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 11 November 1946 · page 1

As the result of investigations into the bush fire which devastated large areas of timber country in the North last week,…

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[?]Osecutions Likely After Forest Fires

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

[?] the result of an investigation [?]the bush fire which devastated [?] areas Of timber, country in the [?] last week, prosecutions are…

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Bush Fires

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 2

Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000…

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Outbreak of Fire

North West Champion · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

An outbreak of fire occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the depot of the Vacuum Oil Company, situated in Gosport Street, East Moree, during which…

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Fire's Hold Paper Mills Blaze SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 1

A fire which caused £5000 damage at the Australian Paper Manufacturers Pty Ltd, Matraville, last night, is expected by…

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11 Killed in Hotel Fire Possibly 127 in Second Blaze. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Sunday (AAP)

North West Champion · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 1

At least eleven persons were killed and eighteen injured, when the Hotel Barry caught fire in the early hours of the morning…

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