New Fire Brigade Captain
The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Murwiliumbah Municipal Council meeting last night that Volunteer Fireman…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
247 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 13
Mysterious Fire in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday: Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed a section of the works…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a mysterious fire which destroyed a section of the works of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Claims Rabbit Poison Started Fire
A cairn that rabbit poison had ignited by spontaneous combustion, and caused a fire which destroyed 200 acres of wheat, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Coolangatta Volunteer Fire Brigade
A profit of about £150 is expected from an art union conducted in aid of Coolangatta Volunteer Fire Brigade. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Fires in Germany
LONDON, Tuesday: It is stated at Supreme Headquarters that there is still no explanation for the huge fires reported…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—The Eighth Armoured Division reports the capture of prisoner of war camp south-east from Soest, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alley Cat Causes 500,000 Dollar Fire
A black alley oat caused a 500,000-dollar fire in a Newark (New Jersey) processing plant. Sparks from static, electricity in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Actress Suffocated in Fire
HOLLYWOOD, Wednesday: The actress Gloria Dickson (27) was suffocated when fire destroyed her home…
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District Officer C. A. Welch, who has been Station Officer of the Lismore Fire Brigade for six years, was farewelled at a public…
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Regulations recently gazetted require all farmers in New South Wales to fit spark arresters to the exhausts of motor tractors, power driven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Area Of Tokyo Burnt Out
GUAM, Tuesday (AAP).—Fires started by 300 to 400 Super Fortresses taking part in Monday's two-way mission against Tokyo and…
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GUAM, Wednesday (AAP).—More than 32½ square miles of Tokyo has been burnt out by three large incendiary raids,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Russians Reach Main Berlin Defences" City Reported Under Red Army Artillery Fire "Link-Up Nears Reality"
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—In a late flash this afternoon, the German Newsagency quoted a German military spokesman as saying: "The Red Army has reached the main defences of Berlin." In an earlier message the Newsagency admitted the Germans had…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners advised; Murwillumbah. Municipal Council meeting, held last night, that it had approved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle on Fire
CASINO, Wednesday.—When a motor cycle owned and ridden by J. H. Gillett, backfired and caught alight on the Coraki road, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News Two Killed when Plane Explodes Over Suburb Homes on Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday: An RAF plane exploded after the engine caught fire while flying oyer, Petersham at a height of about 1000 feet today, and the bodies of pilot and observer (both RAF men and both aged 25),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Monty Fires First Victory Salute
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—The first British victory salute of the war was fired outside Field Marshal Montgomery's Headquarters on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys House at Evans Head
CASINO, Sunday.—Early this morning, a large residence, the property of Mr. R. s. Heathwood, of Casino, was destroyed by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy, 3, Falls Into Open Fire
A three-year-old boy, George Pink, received severe burns and shock when he fell into an open fire amongst the sideshows at…
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