Thieves May Have Started School Fire
SYDNEY, Monday: Detectives think thieves may have deliberately started a fire which 'destroyed most of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Fire Permit Needed From September 1
Lighting of fires to clear land will be forbidden in Tweed Shire from September 1 to October 31 without a written permit from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poor Contacts to Delay Java Cease-fire
BATAVIA, Monday (AAP).--It may not be possible to stop the fighting in Java to-night at midnight as ordered by the Security Council. This is because of difficulty in communicating with the Republican…
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BATAVIA, Monday: The NEI Government today followed up its three radio messages to the Republican Government giving the text of the Security Councils cease-fire resolution by sending a plane over Jogjakarta to drop the original cable received in Baiavia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poignant Scenes At Coraki Funeral Fire Victims Buried
CORAKI, Monday.--There were poignant scenes at Coraki today when the caskets containing the remains of the four members of the family killed in the fire on Saturday night were interred side by side…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Detectives are investigating a fire which gutted the furniture factory owned by E. R. Thomas at East Hills early this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Boys Arrested; School Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Three boys, aged 12, 13 and 14, were taken into custody today following a fire in…
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The careless disposal of lighted matches and cigarette butts and the danger to property from grass fires was emphasised…
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TOKIO, Wednesday: Another B.C.O.F. fire caused extensive damage to new hospital buildings at the 20th Australian Field…
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Prompt action by a volunteer member of Lismore Fire Brigade who chanced to be working for the council in front of the house saved a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10 Believed Killed in Ship Explosion and Fire Six Bodies Found Ut None Identified
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Six men are known to have been burnt to death and four others, all dockers and painters, are believed to have perished in an explosion and fire which almost gutted the freighter Mahia at Victoria Dock today…
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MARSEILLES, Sunday: A fire which broke out on the Pan-American steamer, Gloria, which arrived here on a voyage from…
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LONDON, Monday: The police are investigating a fire early this morning which damaged the contents of a room at the synagogue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton to the Border a North Coast News Survey Viaduct Fire
About three hours' delay on the northern-bound Brisbane Express, and an hour on the North Coast Mail was caused at Kempsey last week,…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was summoned, at 12.10 a.m. today to a fire in the kitchen at the rear of a house occupied by Mr. Frederick Bowditch,…
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Prevention of bushfires in the Tweed district in the coming Summer in preference to their cure, would be the guiding principle of the Tweed Bushfires Advisory Committee, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seeking Sum From C'gatta Fire Brigade Board
On the advice of its solicitors (Messrs. Stephens and Tozer), Coolangatta Town Council will lodge a claim with Coolangatta Fire…
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LISMORE, Thursday: Two Army fire-engines today prevented a fire which destroyed business premises in…
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TENTERFIELD, Thursday.--The general store at Wallangarra of Messrs. Seymour and Caisley was destroyed by fire this morning. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sabotage Suspected; Big Oil Fire In Shell Depot Near Batavia
BATAVIA, Thursday: One of the biggest oil fires in Batavia's history is raging this afternoon in the Shell Company's depot at Kampong Kotja near Tandjong Priok, among 300,000 drums of petrol and oil Sabotage is suspected…
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