Fire Risk at Ballina and Alstonville
Sir,—May I address an open letter to the people of Ballina and Alstonville on the much-discussed question of water supply? A wise…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 21
Warning Issued On Bush Fire Dangers
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has informed the Chief Secretary that prior to and during the summer of 1948-49 there is likely to be a potential fire danger in New South Wales, as serious as any experienced since 1939 when disastrous fires devastated…
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WELLINGTON, Thursday: A mysterious ball of fire, "apparently sitting on the water" between the Sugarloaf Islands…
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The Tweed District Chief bushfire officer, Sgt. J. R. Doyle, last night issued a bushfire warning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined for Throwing Clothes on Fire
CASINO, Tuesday. — Pleading guilty to a charge of malicious damage, Betty Williams, 20, aborigine, was fined 10s and ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →C.W.A. Card Party For Fire Victims at Ballina
BALLINA, Tuesday. — Ballina branch of the C.W.A. at its monthly meeting decided to hold a benefit card party at the Parish Hall on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolangatta Fire Brigade
The chairman, Mr S. W. Winders, presided over the monthly of Coolangatta Fire Brigade Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Grass Fire
Lismore Fire Brigade yesterday answered a call to a grass fire at Lismore Base Hospital. The fire, which was in the vicinity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Fire Escape Standards
BRISBANE, Friday: A move to set up uniform fire escape Standards throughout the State is being made by the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Under Kitchen Tap
Murwillumbah Fire Brigade turned out in full force to-day, raced to Brisbane Street guest house, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire In Melb. Suburb
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Damage, amounting to £ 100,000, was caused by a fire which burnt out almost…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday—The worst fire ever to occur at Brighton swept through the shopping centre last night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Permits for Fires May Be Required Soon
District residents may soon need permits, to born rubbish, chief fire executive of Tweed District, Sergeant J. R. Doyle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →51 Perish in Shanghai Fire
HONG KONG, Monday (AAPReuter).—Fifty-one workers were killed and 39 seriously injured when a fire destroyed a Chinese…
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WOODBURN, Wednesday. — A disastrous fire destroyed the building, occupied by Townsend and Pyers as a butchery, in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£15,000 Fire in Timber Mill
BRISBANE, Thursday: Damage estimated at more than £15,000 was caused by a fire in Hancock and Gore's timber mill at Jimna,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Friday, August 13, 1948. Apathy Towards Forest Fires
EVERY YEAR, in the summer season which is now not very far ahead, vast fires sweep through some part of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A fierce bushfire swept acros the King's Tableland Valley, below Went worth Falls, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Store Blaze
CASINO, Tuesday.—Casino Fire Brigade was called out today to quell a fire in a store shed owned by the Municipal Council. Little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim Fire Risk Reduced by Wartime Training
Wartime training had made most people fire conscious, Murwillumbah Fire Captain, Mr R. H. Simpson,…
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