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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

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Exemption For Burning-Off Fires Given

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 1

Welcome news for North Coast farmers is an announcement by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, that burning off operations…

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Fire Guts Case Factory

Northern Star · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.—D. R. Lowes' case factory at Montague road. South Brisbane, was destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Heavy Damage in Brisbane Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday--D. R. Lowes' case factory at Montague Road, South Brisbane, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The…

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Guns Raise Curtain of Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

Massed batteries of anti-aircraft grins are warding off Axis planes attacking an Allied base in North Africa…

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Cleaning Liquid Causes Fire Damage To Kitchen

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—Caused by vapour from a cleaning fluid becoming ignited when it came in contact with a lighted gasring, the…

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Injured Man Removed From Roof by Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 May 1943 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday: When Harold Crompton (52) was injured while on the roof of the National Bank of Australasia to-day, 50ft…

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Undisturbed By Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Early today five childden slept undisturbed while a fire, less than 20 feet away from their bedroom,…

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Permits Needed For Grass Fires Council Warning

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 3

A warning that citizens must not burn off grass without first notifying the Council and obtaining the permission of the Fire Brigade was given at a meeting of the Lismore…

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Fires Rage In Spanish Fleet Reports Berlin

Northern Star · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP).—It Is reported by Berlin radio that a huge fire in the past two days has been sweeping Ferrol, Spain's…

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German Report Fire in Spanish Naval Base

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Berlin Radio reports that a huge fire has been sweeping Ferrol, Spain's largest naval…

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Open Verdict at Inquiry American Cigarettes As Clue To Fire

Northern Star · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 4

American cigarettes, including one marked with lipstick, were the only clues the police were able to find as a possible explanation of the fire which gutted a cottage on the Bexhill road shortly after 8 p.m. on…

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"Spanish Warships Not Damaged By Fire"

Northern Star · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Vichy radio to-day broadcast a statement by the Spanish Embassy denying that Spanish…

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Reward for Prisoners Who Fought Fires

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: The Home Secretary (Mr Herbert Morrison) stated in the House of Commons that prisoners who helped to fight…

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Fire-y Scotch

Tweed Daily · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 2

When a man came before the Auckland (New Zealand) Court on Friday on a charge of having sold liquor without a licence, it was…

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Fires Merged Into Single Huge Blaze

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 June 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: By the time the B[?]mber Command's attack on Wuppertal was over on Saturday night the smoke from the…

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German Warning Against British Fire Bombs

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 2

LONDON. Thursday: Berlin Radio, warning the Germans against fire bombs, says: "Some of these balloons carry a bottle…

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Committee Coolangatta Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 2

Following the gazettal of by-laws governing Coolangatta Volunteer Fire Brigade a new committee has been appointed to control the…

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Permits for Cane Fires

Tweed Daily · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 2

He had promised cane-growers that permits to fire their cane would be granted immediately if they telephoned the shire council chambers,…

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Axis Ruse to Fire Oregon Forests

Northern Star · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 5

EUGENE (Oregon), Thursday (AAP).—Lieut. Colonel James Fraser, a member of an Army party inspecting logging and timber operations, disclosed that incendiary bombs carried by three balloons probably released…

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Japanese Tried to Set Fire to Usa Forests

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 1

EUGENE, Oregon, Friday: The Japanese tried to set United States timber forests on fire last year and are expected to try…

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