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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Hotel Kosciusko Gutted by Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 100 guests and 92 staff members fled to safety in night atttire when fire gutted the wooden twostorey Hotel Kosciusko at dawn today…

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MacARTHUR Shocks Washington Joint Chiefs Of Staff Now Under Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Friday (AAP). — Some Republicans and Democrats demanded that the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be called before Congress to explain the statement made by General MacArthur yesterday…

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Police Fire at Indian Hunger Rioters

Northern Star · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

COOCH BEHAR (India), Sunday (AAP).—Police opened fire on 5,000 rioting hunger marchers, killing five, including…

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98 Incinerated In Train Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter). — Ninety-eight persons were burned to death today when they were trapped in a…

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350 Houses Razed In Japan Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 5

TOKIO, Wednesday (AAP-Reuter).—Fire last night destroyed almost the whole town of Atsumi, a hot spring resort…

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New Australian Hero at Goulburn Blaze

Northern Star · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 1

GOULBURN, Friday.—Jan Janauskas, a New Australian, ran through a sea of blazing oil to turn off an oil escape…

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Theatre Gutted After Magic Fire Scene

Northern Star · Thursday 3 May 1951 · page 8

GENEVA, Wednesday (AAP). —Technicians in the Geneva Grand Theatre yesterday rehearsed the tragic fire…

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Deniliquin Convent Destroyed by Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 1

DENILIQUIN, Tuesday. — Nuns fled in night attire when fire gutted St. Joseph's Convent, Deniliquin, early this morning…

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Border Dispute Cease Fire Ordered

Northern Star · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday (AAP). — The United Nations' Security Council yesterday…

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Grafton to the Border a North Coast News Survey Murwillumbah Bushfire Committee Re-formed

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 9

No. 2 Zone, Tweed Bushfire Committee, was reorganised at a recent meeting to help meet the possible danger of fire when heavy growth…

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Tomki Shire Warning on Bush Fires

Northern Star · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—A stern warning that bush fires might be severe this season was issued by the Tomki Shire Council at its meeting today. Cr. Bond said it might be…

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Cease Fire Reached In N. East

Northern Star · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

TEL AVIV, Sunday (AAP). —Reports from the Syrian border said that Syria and Israel had reached a new cease…

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Fire on Ships After Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 5

NORFOLK (Virginia), Monday (AAP).—A loaded collier and a Navy seaplane tender caught fire when they collided…

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New Main Cuts Fire Hazard

Northern Star · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

A new six-inch water main lias recently been laid in Magellan and Carrington Streets, the City Engineer (Mr. H. G…

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Fire Guts. Home at Leeville

Northern Star · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday. — Fire which broke out on a farm on the Mongogarie Road, Leeville, about seven miles outside…

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Brunswick Heads Fire Stations

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6

Because of the development of the three towns, consideration is to be given to the establishment of volunteer fire brigades at Byron by…

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Appeal to Aid Fire Victims

Northern Star · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—Casino branch of the Country Women's Association is to make an appeal for clothing and food to…

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£3500 Damage In Norco Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 19 May 1951 · page 4

Damage estimated at £3500 was caused by the fire which gutted a weatherboard store at Norco's South Lismore factory early yesterday morning. The complete destruction of…

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Relief From Bush Fires Act

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

Kyogle Shire Council will press for exemption from the provisions of the Bush Fires Act at the quarterly meeting of the Shires Association of…

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Fire Delays Sub

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday. — A minor blaze aboard the Royal Navy submarine, Tactician, early this morning delayed the…

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