Heath Fires at Evans Head
EVANS HEAD, Wednesday. —Fanned by a strong north-easterly wind, two fires swept hundreds of acres of heath of Evans Head…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Japanese Fire Into British Area at Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Thursday:-- Choosing three Chinese boys as targets, Japanese soldiers stationed on the Hong Kong border fired…
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An unhappy position faced members of the Tweed District Hospital Board last night when they dealt with fire insurance policies of the institution…
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HONG KONG, Friday (AAP).— The Government has decided to protest to Tokyo against the violation of British territory by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wyrallah Fire. Money Will Be Replaced
An examination with the aid of infra red rays of a charred bundle of paper salvaged from an iron safe…
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Spontaneous ignition caused a small outbreak of fire at Jones' cafe in Molesworth-street, Lismore, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Joinery Factory Brigade's Prompt Action
CASINO, Monday. — But for prompt action by Casino fire brigade a fire at the furniture and joinery factory of Jones and Son,…
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The Lismore Fire Brigade was hampered in its efforts to extinguish a fire at South Lismore because of the condition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.e.s. Apparatus Used to Check Doon Doon Fires
Modern firefighting apparatus, which is part of the equipment of the National Emergency Service organisation at Murwillumbah,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child's Death Hotel Fire at South Casino
CASINO, Friday.—An inquiry was held to-day by the District Coroner (Mr. Elsmer Jones) into a fire which partly destroyed the South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Siren Warning of Blackout
Sirens will sound in Kyogle at 8 p.m. on Thursday to mark the commencement and the conclusion of the one hour compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drying Sea Spray Causes Short-circuits Poles Set on Fire
The dry weather caused a number of insulators on electric light poles at Byron Bay to become encrusted with salt and dust,…
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CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday:--Half of a city block was razed by fire early to-day. The timberyards of C. S. McCully Ltd., covering nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Murwillumbah Fire
A wooden house in Railway Street, South Murwillumbah, owned by Mr. F. Wulff and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. Butcher, was damaged by fire…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.— The biggest fire for years in Christchurch occurred to-day, when the timber yards of C…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Bombs May Call Watchers
LONDON. -- Automatic alarms which ring a bell the moment a fire bomb gets into a building may be a new ally of Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Midnight Blaze
Shortly after midnight last night Murillumwbah Fire Brigade was called to a fire in South Murwillumbah. An old, unoccupied shed opposite the…
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NEW YORK, Monday:—A message from Seattle states that a serious fire occurred in the town of Seward (Alaska), both sides of Fourth…
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The N.R.M.A. asks the co-operation of the travelling public in the prevention of bush fires. A cigarette butt, thrown from a car and a camp fire…
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"Years of drought have brought thousands of square miles of country in our State into grave danger from bushfires this…
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