Meeting to Form Bush Fire Brigade
A meeting will be held in Nobby's Creek school at 8. pm. on Tuesday, August 24 to form a bush fire. brigade in that area…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 21
Bush Fire Causes £300 Damage to Banana Plantation
At least £300 damage was caused when a Smith's Creek banana plantation was partly wiped out by a bush fire on Saturday. Police may investigate the cause of the fire…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. —Fighters today diverted the Mount Nullum bushfire from four threatened farm properties and saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indiscriminate Fire Makers to Be Prosecuted
Murwillumbah police will investigate and prosecute indiscriminate fire make[?]s in the approaching 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mt Nullum Fire Diverted From Menaced Farms
Four Stoker's Siding farm properties were seriously threatened yesterday when a 30 miles per hour westerly wind fanned the Mt. Nullum bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Burned In Fruit Shop Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Five men were burned in a fire after an explosion in a George Street fruit shop late today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Sweeps Through Farm at Pumpenbjl
A bushfire yesterday raged on a Pumpenbil (Tyalgum district) farm arid late last night was threatening a second property. A fire at Crabbe's Creek menaced a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1300 Payroll Stolen From Fire Station
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A £1300 payroll was stolen from a steel safe at Fire Brigade Headquarters, Castlereagh Street, City, last night…
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The bushfire, which an Tuesday raged on a Pumpenbil farm, last night was reported to be well under control…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was last night called to quell an outbreak of fire in an area of grass near the Railway Station. The fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Action On Recent Bushfires
Recent bushfires around Murillumbah were discussed at yesterday's meeting of the Tweed bushfire advisory committee and…
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BALLINA, Tuesday. — A card afternoon conducted by Ballina branch of the C.W.A. raised £7 17s for Mrs. Munsie whose house and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sparks From Emery Wheel Started Big Fire in Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Four girls were scorched when they tried to beat out flames with their bare hands after a fire, which caused £60,000 damage in Raw son Chambers, Pitt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tweed Bushfire Organisation Model for State
The Tweed hush fire organisation, which embraces an area of 1000 square miles, is believed to be the finest in the State, the Tweed Chief Fire Excutive, Sergeant J. R. Doyle, said last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fires On China Coast
KONGKONG Thursday: Two huge naval fires on the China Coast during the past 24 hours destroyed thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Q'land Government Under Fire: Change On Anti Picketing
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Stringent criticism of the Queensland Government's decision to repeal its anti-picketing legislation and a recommendation for the remission of outstanding penalties was made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lorry on Fire
A motor lorry was damaged by fire, in Uralba Street, opposite the Lismore Base Hospital, shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arson Suspected In Theatre Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Police investigating a mysterious fire at the Royal Theatre, West Hyde, early this morning, believe that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Valuable Machinery Destroyed By Fire
Irreplacable machinery was destroyed when a fire gutted the general engineering works of W. R. Brooks early on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Qld: Bushfire Warning
BRISBANE, Monday: A grass fire warning issued by the Weather Bureau this afternoon, states that warmer temperatures tomorrow…
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