Souuthport Fire Station to Be Painted
Southport Fire Brigade Board on Tuesday night decided to invite tenders for the external painting of the builling…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
232 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 12
Bilinga Aerodrome "Inadequate' Fire-Fighting Equipment
A strongly-worded report regarding the almost entire lack of fire fighting equipment at the 'drome, and recommendations for…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP). —Fifty-seven lives were lost in the disastrous fire which destroyed Saint Anthony's Hospital at Effingham—…
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EFFINGHAM (Illinois), Thursday: The toll of known dead and reported missing in the St Anthony's hospital fire rose to 72…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: If the air service to Coolangatta continues, a fire-fighting trailer will be supplied as soon as one is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Woman' Fire-eater Was G.i. Deserter
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Donna Delbert, who has been touring Britain's music halls for three years as a woman illusionist and…
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NEW YORK, Sunday: The Fire Protection Institute published its "wackiest fire story of the year" today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Truck of Lime
CASINO, Monday.—Fifty-eight bags of lime were destroyed when a fire broke out in a railway truck at Old Casino goods shed this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star Published Daiey at Lismore. Tuesday, April 19, 1949. Migration Policy Under Fire
ME. J. T. LANG'S aversion to the Australian Labour Party is well known and even understandable. He surely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Police Open Fire on Rioting Crowd
BERLIN, Tuesday (AAP).—East sector police opened fire when a crowd of 30,000 people watching a cycle race ran [?]mok, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More R.n. Ships Fires on by Reds; 26 Dead
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—If British naval estimates in Shanghai prove accurate, 26 British Navy personnel have lost their lives and 23 others have been wounded, in the shelling of two British warships—the sloop, H.M.S. Amethyst, and the destroyer, H.M. S. Consort—by Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks on Fire Staffs At Casino
CASINO, Tuesday.—The Deputy Fire Chief of New South Wales (Mr. D. P. Condon) and an administration officer (Mr. Watt)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Shed, Dwelling
At Palmwood, Main Arm, Mullumbimby, yesterday, a large packing shed and dwelling attached were razed by fire. The buildings, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Fire Officer Staff to be Reduced
CASINO, Tuesday.—The strength of the permanent fire officer staff will be reduced in Casino from three to one as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at B.h.p. Steelworks
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Three brigades and works firemen fought a fire which broke out at the B.H.P. steelworks this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Station Staff To be Reduced
As a result of a recent Arbitration Court decision the permanent staff at Lismore Fire Station will be reduced from three officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welding Torch Sparks Caused £30,000 Fire
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—The £30,000 fire at Lithgow power-house yesterday is believed to have been caused by sparks from a welding…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP).—At least 13 persons—all girls—are dead and 24 people, including two firemen, injured as a result of a disastrous fire which yesterday turned a fashion store in Glasgow…
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The reduction of the permanent staff at Lismore Fire Station will mean a saving to Lismore City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire at Casino
CASINO, Sunday.—Casino Fire Brigade members quickly put out a fire which started in Colches St., Casino, about 7 o'clock last night…
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