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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1946

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Chimney on Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

The Lismore Fire Brigade in charge of Sub-Station Officer J. Wilson, turned out to a fire in a chimney at Craigmore Cafe in…

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Fire Brigade Officers Get More Pay

Northern Star · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission in reserved judgment to-day increased the salaries of fire…

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Picnickers Blamed for Bushfires

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bushfires had been started by picknickers and hikers in kuring-galcahase and National Park on…

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Fire in Garage Yard

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 2

While grass was being burnt adjoining the premises of Doolen and Campbell on Wednesday flames caught the fence, and consequently…

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Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry

Northern Star · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 5

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday. — Stating that the evidence pointed to the fire having been deliberately smarted, and that the fierceness of…

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The Forum Alderman's View on Fire Officer Dispute (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 4

As mover of the motion at Coolangatta Council meeting for the crans[?]er of Mr J. H. Windle from tne position of town cieaiiser to…

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Fires in Luxury Liner at Dock In Liverpool

Tweed Daily · Monday 4 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: Fires have occurred in five ships in Liverpool docks in the last two days. Most serious was the practical destruction of the 17,000-ton luxury liner Empire Waveney, formerly the German…

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Reds Under Fire

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.—The term "skunks" used by Mr. Menzies, M.H.R., to describe waterside workers holding up Dutch ships…

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Disastrous Fire Extinguished

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—The fire which gutted the sixteen thousand ton Empire liner Waveney from end to end at Liverpool…

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Fire on Liner Quenched

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: The fire which gutted the luxury liner Empire Waveney from end to end was…

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C'gatta Fire Brigade (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

Sir: I noticed in your paper a letter from the officer of Coolangatta Fire Brigade and several letters during the week from the…

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The Forum Fire Officer Replies to Alderman (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 5

Sir: I wish to reply to the letter from Aid W. F. Higgins published in your paper, on March 1 and try to extinguish the…

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Queen Elizabeth On Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (AAP). — The biggest liner in the world, the Queen Elizabeth is on fire at Southampton. A column of smoke…

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Fire on Giant Liner Out

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The Queen Elizabeth, the biggest liner in the world, has been afire at Southampton…

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Fires in Mukden Reds Leave City

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP).— The Central newsagency reports fires of undetermined origin are raging in Mukden after the…

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Dutch Fire On Rioting Women

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday (AAP).—Dutch troops fired on Dutch Nazi S.S. women who rioted in the women's internment camp at Amsterdam,…

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Troops Fire on Dutch Nazi Women

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Dutch troops fired on Dutch Nazi women who rioted in the women's internment camp in…

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Fire Outbreak in Ballina House

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 4

BALLINA, Tuesday. — A fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage at the corner of Cherry and Swift Streets at 7.45 this…

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C'gatta Council Move To End Appointment By Fire Brigade. ointment By Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 5

A resolution instructing Coolangatla Council representative on Coolangatta Volunteer Fire Brigade Committee to move for the rescission of the appointment of Mr J. H. Windle as full-time Chef Fire Officer at a…

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Move to Check Possible Fire in Plane

Tweed Daily · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday: Precautions to check a possible fire in the rescue of 31 occupants of an RAAF transport plane were,…

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