Sawdust Fire on River Bank
The Lismore Fire Brigade was yesterday called to extinguish a quantity of burning sawdust and rubbish on the river bank below…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
232 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 11 of 12
Trapped by Fire 26 Feet Up
CASINO, Thursday.--A Newcastle City Council electricity line [?]an was trapped 26 feet above the ground today in a canvas windbreak which…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--A 16-year-old school girl slid down a pole, after pushing her mother over a 15 foot awning, to escape from a…
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CASINO, Friday.--There are ever 1,000,900 super feet of log timber cut in the forests near Casino and unless petrol becomes available to shift it to the sawmills nearly half could be destroyed by bush fires…
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LITHGOW, Sunday--Five railwaymen risked their lives to clear two trucks loaded with explosives from a blazing building, at Bowenfels, last night. Thousands of pounds worth of…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Without communication to the fire brigade, ambulance and other essential services, interstate, country and…
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CASINO, Sunday.--A passing goods train stopped and blew its whistle when the driver and fireman saw a house on fire near the line…
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COONAMBLE, Monday.--Flames leaped 60 feet into the air, and a bank building was extensively damaged when 500 gallons of diesel oil caught fire at Coonamble late this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--Local councils throughout the State are being advised by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Matthews) to place their…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—A fire in the great Mersey side warehouss was reported to be under control, 18½ hours after it began to sweep through an area packed with rubber and oil stores…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday (AAP-Reuter).—One man was burned to death and two others badly burned when they were…
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PANAMA CITY, Wednesday (AAP).—National police opened fire as thousands of demonstrators, led by the ousted President (Dr…
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A strong appeal for all N.S.W. citizens--especially those in country districts--to do all possible to prevent bushfires, has been made by the Bushfires Advisory Committee chairman (Mr. H. E. Messer)…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).—Chinese Nationalist warships fired on and hit the American freighter, Sir John Franklin, off Shanghai, the master of the vessel reported yesterday. One of the warships chased the…
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The new fire alarm siren is sufficiently strong to be heard by all firemen in the city in any weather, said the Officer in Charge of…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). — Radio and television sets for export, valued at nearly £1,000,000 sterling, w[?] damaged or destroyed by a fife…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A motor assembly plant, completed only a few weeks ago, and 200 new cars and trucks, were destroyed in a…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.— Mullumbimby Fire Brigade members celebrated the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of the brigade…
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NEW YORK, Thursday. — Mrs. Lilian Riley, 47, beat and stabbed her daughter, Lilian, 13, yesterday, set [?]re to their sixth floor flat…
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NEW YORK, Friday (AAP).— Elev Latin American cotton pickers were burned to death on Wednesday night when fire destroyed a…
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