Tractor Back-fires
While Mr. Les. Keevers, a farm employee at Eden Creek, was cranking a tractor on Saturday morning, the machine back-fired and he…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Fire's Damaging Sweep
AUCKLAND, Monday: Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a, fire which swept for a mile along both sides of a road at Hastings…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A semi-circle of flame is sweeping through the bush near Cowan Creek and threatening to wipe…
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TAMWORTH, Tuesday: Fire today completely destroyed Boggabri's power house and generating plant…
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CAIRNS Tuesday.—A fire causing many thousands of pounds worth of damage broke out at midday today at the Cairns…
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A prompt alarm by a member of the A.I.F., Ray Burgess, of South Lismoro, enabled Lismore Fire Brigade, under Sub. Station Officer…
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"If another half an hour had elapsed before the alarm was given the whole of our building would have been destroyed and adjoining…
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"WHEN the lights of London shine again." How many time's were the familiar words sung wistfully, hopefully, during…
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CALCUTTA, Wednesday: British troops were called in by the Governor of Bengal (Mr Casey) for the first time this morning and opened fire on rioting crowds in Wellington Square…
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BANGKOK, Thursday: All available British troops and Gurkhas and Sikhs were called out to help fight a great fire…
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Sir: In Wednesday's issue of The Tweed Daily you published the bold statement that I had left this week's Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Night Fire on Roof of Station in London
LONDON, Sunday: Walkie-talkie radio and searchlights were used to fight a night fire on the roof of Victoria…
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Many people thought that a fire of some proportions had broken out yesterday afternoon when Murwillumbah fire…
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Sir: In an endeavor to justify his action in "walking out" on his fellow aldermen at the last meeting of Coolangatta Council…
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KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tuesday: Fifteen male inmates of a Kingston mental institution were burned to death last night when…
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KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tuesday (AAP).—Fifteen male inmates of Kingston mental institution were burned to death on Sunday night…
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PERTH, Wednesday: An Army store at Nungarin containing tyres and clothing was gutted by fire. The damage so far is…
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CAIRO, Thursday (AAP).— Life in the city has been brought to a standstill as a result of a general strike called…
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The memorial Hospital Board was advised on Tuesday by, the Hospitals Commission that no tenders, although twice invited, had been received for building a fire escape at the nurses' quarters, and the board was asked to endeavour to get quotations for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Forum Coolangatta Council and Fire Brigade (To the Editor)
Sir: I noticed in The Tweed Daily of February 19 a letter from the Mayor of Coolangatta (Aid S. W. Winders) in reference…
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