Fierce Bushfire Near Grafton
GRAFTON, Monday.—A fierce bushfire broke out in thickly timbered country on the southern side of Woolgoolga to-day. Many…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Council Warns Against Bushfire Danger
KYOGLE, Monday.—"Owing to the very dry state of the country it the present time I feel that this council would do well to…
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BROADWATER, Tuesday.—About 35 acres of one and two-year-old cane, the property of Messrs. Dorey and Payne, J. Everson and H. E…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday: The continued dry weather and hot westerly winds are extending the menace of bush and grass fires…
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At a special meeting of Coolangatta Fire Brigade Board on Monday night, presided over by the chairman (Mr S. W…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Mt Archer, in the Kilcoy district, was a 1500ft torch tonight as a fire which began at Neurun…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Bush fires covering 100 square miles driven by a strong wind are menacing south-eastern…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: "Grave bushfire risks face Queensland unless drenching rains fall soon," said…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The worst drought in 40 years was how Mr. R. C. Wilson described conditions in the sheep country in central west and north-western New South Wales on his return from a tour of the area to-day…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — Bush and grass fires are raging over several hundreds of miles of coastal country, between the New South…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: Switching from southwest to southeast, the gusty winds which fanned Wednesday's big…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.âMore than 100 police were rushed to Long Bay Gaol to-night as a precautionary measure when a fire broke out…
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TOWNSVILLE, Thursday:—Police inquiries followed an allegation at an election meeting last night that a £lmillion…
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A resolution appealing to all banana growers in the Tweed district to have their pumps in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Spontaneous combustion caused a fire which broke out at Long Bay Gaol last evening according to the result of…
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About 200 acres of good grassland were destroyed by a grass fire which broke out at Nobby's Creek on Thursday…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—A resolution appealing to all banana growers in the Tweed district to have their pumps in order, fitted…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—A number of Wilson's Creek residents had an anxious time over the week-end when a bush fire…
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BRISBANE, Monday. — A fire which menaced Oakey, 30 miles from Toowoomba, was driven back by a change of wind this morning,…
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