Forest Fires Raging In Canada
OTTAWA, Wednesday (AAP).— Forest fires are raging in parts of five provinces. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
328 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 17
Great English Woman Warmed Her Her Hands Close To The Fire Of Life
Ethel Smyth has just died in England at the age of 86. She was one of the greatest of English women, and, if during her period, any other Englishwomen approached her in…
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CASINO, Friday.—Built of pit-sawn timber nearly 90 years ago, one of Casino's oldest landmarks was destroyed last…
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LONDON, Saturday: A new method of plotting the course of Allied bombers, by "blazing" the trail along the…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Tuesday.—On Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in scrub area in the Main Arm bills overlooking Mullumbimby…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Murwillumbah Municipal Council meeting last night that a No. 35 Dennis motor fire engine…
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Warnings of the bushfire danger were voiced by Tweed Shire councillors at their meeting on Thursday. Cr E. Merryweather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turks Fire on U.S. Plane when Landing
LONDON, Thursday: Turkish ack-ack gunners repeatedly shelled and twice hit an American Liberator bomber…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: An inquest on 11 persons who lost their lives in the bush and grass fires which swept Mount Blue,…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. — Groceries and produce valued at between £600 and £700. contained in a bulk store at the rear of…
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Groceries and produce valued at between £600 and £700. [?]tained in a bulk store at the rear of Spencer's Cash and Carry,…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — The bush tires which swept through the western districts of Victoria, causing the death of 11 persons, was…
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CASINO, Monday.—Casino Fire Brigade received a call at 1.30 this afternoon to a fire in a static of packing cases against the b&ck…
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Four houses were seriously threatened by a grass fire at Ninth Avenue, Palm Beach, late on Thursday afternoon. When…
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AUCKLAND, Sunday.—A fire In a trotting stable at Belfast, Canterbury, caused the death of five horses and destruction of a building and…
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LONDON, Monday: Supply dumps hidden in the forest of Bretonne, on the Seine, were left in flames by Mosquitoes of 2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, June 28, 1944. " The Right To Fire"
IN a Referendum address at Midland Junction, W.A., the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt), who is beginning to allow…
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BRISBANE, Thursday A spectacular fire this morning at Yeerongpilly involved the premises of D. G. Brimms and Sons, plywood…
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BRISBANE Thursday.—A spectacular fire at Yerrongpilly early this morning involved the oremises of D. G. Brimms and Sons,…
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LONDON, Friday: German long-range guns on the French coast yesterday afternoon fired eight gun salvoes across the…
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