Inquiry Commenced Into Fire Brigade Organisation
The sub-committee appointed reheatly by Lismore City Council to [?]quire into the organisation of Lis[?]re Fire Brigade has commenced…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
232 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 12
New Bill Aims to Stop Bushfires
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cabinet today approved a draft Bush Fires Bill, which aimed at the prevention of bush and other fires and…
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There were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the destruction by fire of the premises of William Blair Ltd. on the night of July 15, said the Coroner (Mr. H. Pelham) in Lismore Coroner's…
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HONG KONG, Sunday (AAP-Reuter). — The sleep, H.M.S. Amethyst, has escaped from under the muzzles of Communist guns on the Yangtse River. After a daring seven and a…
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BATAVIA, Monday (AAP-Reuter) — Dutch and Indonesian Republican officials will, on Wednesday, issue cease-fire orders to their…
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The timely arrival of Lismore Fire Brigade yesterday saved a Bexhill Road house from almost certain destruction…
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The Lismore Fire Brigade was called out twice to small fires yesterday. The first call was at 1 p.m., to…
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BATAVIA, Wednesday (AAPReuter).—To restore peace throughout the N.E.I., Dutch and Indonesian Republican authorities today issued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jewel Robbery Under Cover of Tommy Gun Fire
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—Four masked mew, spraying a street in Deuville, France, with a burst of tommy gun fire, yesterday…
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WAGGA, Friday.—More than 100 residents of Tarcutta formed a "bucket chain" to fight a fire which completely destroyed the town's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →11 Fire Fighters Burned to Death: Two More Missing
HELENA (Montana), Sunday (AAP).—Eleven airborne fire fighters are dead and two are missing, after having been trapped in a raging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Car, Garage
CASINO, Monday. — Police are investigating a fire which destroyed a 1940 model car and a garage at Bentley early this morning…
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HELENA (Montana), Monday (AAP).—Thirteen fire-fighters, including 12 parachutists, have now died in a fierce forest fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Committee Urges Consultation With Fire Board
A member of the Board of Fire Commissioners will be asked to discuss with Lismore City Council matters affecting the…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—No suspicious circumstances are attached to the fire which destroyed a car and garage at Bentley yesterday, said…
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BLOOMINGTON (Indiana), Wednesday (AAP).—Fifteen were killed and 14 injured when a Greyhound Line bus ran off a highway near…
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BALLINA, Monday. â A fire which starter among sawdust and shavings in the boiler room at Bagot's sawmill late this afternoon…
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CASINO, Tuesday. — An outbreak of fire in a Richmond Street house today was restricted to the kitchen and laundry. Only minor…
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Lismore was going backward rather than forward in its fire prevention dealings, the Chairman (Mr. R. Granger) told a meeting of Lismore Chamber of Commerce last night…
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PARIS, Friday (AAP). — Police requisitioned all available vehicles to evacuate women and children from a radius of six miles round…
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