Fewer City Fires in 1942
SYDNEY, Thursday. — During 1942 fire brigades in Sydney and suburbs received 5264 alarms of fire, but of these 1300 were false…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
263 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 14
Brown Lucerne Hay Palatable, But Greater Fire Risk
Brown lucerne hay is often made accidentally, but it is sometimes made by design. Sometimes, when it is intended that dry green hay should be…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A pool of 1000 Army personnel has been made available to the country centres to fight bush fires, said…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A pool of 1000 Army personnel has been made available to country centres to fight bush fires said the Chief Secretary…
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CASINO, Sunday.—The Board of Fire Commissioners will make their annual visit of inspection to Casino Fire Station on Friday, January 8…
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CASINO, Sunday.—That there had been no serious outbreaks of fire within the municipality during the past year, was mentioned in…
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NEW YORK, Saturday: As a result of investigations into the recent disastrous fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston…
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BALLINA, Monday.—During last vear only one fire was attended by Ballina Fire Brigade within the municipality, and two other calls…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will arrive in Lismore to-day and will confer with the members of the Lismore Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigade Responded to 28 Fire Calls in Usmore in 1942
During 1942 the Lismore Fire Brigade responded to 24 calls to actual fires but with one exception the outbreaks were not of great…
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The Lismore Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock to a fire at Extonstreet, North Lismore, in premises…
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Because of unforseen circumstances the visit to the Far North Coast by the Board of Fire Commissioners has been cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gas Producers On Farms Precautions to Prevent Fire Risks
The Premier (Mr. McKell) has expressed concern at statements being made in the country that producer gas units introduce a…
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Rubber can be made fire-resistant, according to a patent granted at Washington, U.S.A., to Harold A. Tunstall and Benjamin B. Evans, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →1000 Fight S.a., Bush Fire
ADELAIDE, Friday.—For near[?] 24 hours 1000 peopls were engag[?] in fighting a big bush fire whi[?] raged in the Barossa Ranges th[?]…
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The visit to Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads by the president (Mr T. J. Smith) and members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of…
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Love, laughter and excitement are all blended in Ball of Fire,' which opens tonight at the Regent Theatre Murwillumbah with Gary…
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A ranking favorite with filmgoers everywhere, Barbara Stanwyck plays the part of Sugarpuss C'Shea, a nightclub singer, in "Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Awards Move Fought Fire In Bomb Dump
Seven of eight men, whose heroism in fighting a fire which swept through a military bomb dump in Queensland last October…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: "Twelve months ago Queensland was bare of civil defence equipment; now we could not only defend ourselves…
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