Fire 2 Hours After Crash
SYDNEY, Sunday.--Two hours after it crashed over an embankment on the Hume Highway near Liverpool last night a 13-ton truck…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 21
Lismore Fire Officers, Begin Strike
Shortly after 4 p.m. yesterday Lismore Fire Brigade officials received a telegram from Sydney instructing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£15,000 Fire at Deaf and Dumb Institute
SYDNEY, Monday: A fire which early this morning detroyed two dormitories at Waratah Deaf and Dumb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. McGirr Quelled' a Blaze
THE FIREMEN'S strike was short-lived. It transpires it was abandoned in face of a threat by the State Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery Fire in School Basement
MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.-- Police are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed hundreds of pounds worth of Murwiilumbah…
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Police are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed some hundreds of pounds worth of Murwillumbah High School cadet equipment at the school last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze at Lae Shell Oil Depot
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:-- An extensive fire broke out in the Shell Oil Company's depot at Lae (New [?] 2 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mystery Origin' Of School Fire
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—Police believe the fire which last night destroyed some hundreds of pounds worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police think Burglar Caused School Fire
Police believe that the fire in the Murwillumbah High School on Tuesday night, which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Questioned On High School Fire
A 14-year-old pupil of Murwillumbah High School was yesterday questioned by the police in connection with breaking and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine War Unity on Cease FiRE ORDER
NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP). — Britain, France and Russia now generally support the U.S. in its…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Fighting in Palestine Despite Cease Fire Order
LONDON, Friday: At Tel Aviv today the Jews reported heavy fighting along a seven mile stretch of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road and said that heavy guns were moving up to pound the Arab Legion position in the Latrun area. The Jews also claimed the development of a pincer attack from the direction…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Mur-bah Cafe
Soot in the kitchen of a Wham Street cafe caught alight at 7 o'clock, on Saturday night, damaging…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cease-fire Ends Wildest Night Battle
JERUSALEM, Sunday (AAP).—The cease-fire in Jerusalem began at 5.30 a.m. (local time) yesterday. Jewish troops who had infiltrated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rubbish Dump Under Fire In Council
When the details of a letter of protest from East Lismore Progress Association were read at Lismore City Council meeting. Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jews Continue To Ignore Cease-fire
BEIRUT, Wednesday (AAP).—Fighting continued today on the Syrian-Lebanese frontier. The Syrians declared the Jews were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Poor Water Supply to Fitht Fire
BALLIN Friday.âFireme[?] [?]ght said they were handicapped by the poor supply of water in fighting a fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballina Residents Aid Fire Victims
BALLINA, Monday.—A fund has been opened to aid the Munsie family, whose home in Winton Lane, Ballina, and all their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore. Wednesday, July 28, 1948. Ballina's Fire Hazard
BALLINA firemen and Ballina aldermen might well have recalled, at the week-end, that excellent piece of advice offered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Earthquake, Fire and Flood
TOKIO, Wednesday: A quarter of a million persons who lost their homes in the Fukui area because of the recent earthquake and fire…
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