Big Fire Damage in Nova Scotia
PICTOU (Nova Scotia), Monday (AAP).—The worst fire in the history of the town swept through the entire dock area, causing…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
492 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 25
Brigade Quells Grass Fire
A grass fire in an area of scrub between the old and new Ballina cuttings in Uralba Street, Lismore, was extinguished by Lismore…
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Coolangatta Fire Brigade received a call to Currumbin Beach yesterday afternoon to fight a big grass fire on Currumbin Hill,…
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A warning that drastic action would be taken against persons who carelessly light fires and leave them unattended was…
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About 10 o'clock on Wednesday night residents were awakened by the shrill, screaming of the fire siren. As a fire always…
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CASINO, Thursday.—Early this afternoon Casino Fire Brigade received a call from South Casino to a fire in a heap of empty fruit cases in…
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CASINO, Sunday—Casino Fire Brigade was called out to extinguish a large grass fire on the river bank at Webb Park, abour 3…
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Evans Head yesterday narrowly escaped a major disaster in the worst heath fire in the history of the town. Combined efforts by local residents in burning fire breaks halted the huge wall of fire sweeping towards…
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BRISBANE, Monday.— Including 23 outbreaks yesterday when a number of homes were threatened, firemen have fought 120 grass fires…
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Top: Section of the heath fire, covering some hundreds of acres, which threatened the seaside resort of Evans Head yesterday. Bottom: Remains of a weatherboard cottage, owned by the Estate T. W. Hewetson, Senr., of Mallanganee, which, with contents, was destroyed by the fire. The house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. George…
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Blazing undergrowth and smoke haze seen through trees during the heath fire at Evans Head yesterday. The fire gutted one house and menaced about 20 others. The Roman Catholic Church also narrowly escaped destruction. (Other pictures, story, page 5.)…
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LISMORE, Monday: The efforts of hundreds of fire-fighters and a last-minute change in the direction of the…
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BRISBANE, Monday: A bushfire warning covering the whole of Southern Queensland was issued by the Weather…
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The forest country on top of Blue Knob was ablaze over a large area last night…
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CASINO, Tuesday. — When he arrived home at Doubtful Creek about five o clock this afternoon, alter, attending the funeral of his…
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Although Lismore Fire Brigade has been called out of the municipal district on successive days to Evans Head and…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A sixroomed house at Indooroopilly with furniture and contents valued at £1000 was destroyed by fire early…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—People living in four tents at Palm Beach lost all their belongings when a fire swept the area this morning. The tents and…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday: Two youths, aged 15 and 11 years, respectively, who poured kerosene over a stray dog and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: People living in four tents at Palm Beach lost all their belongings when a fire swept the area this…
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