Brigade Stops Fire Spread
Police are satisfied there are no suspicious circumstances Surrounding the fire which damaged a double door in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
318 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 16
British Open Fire, Egypt Claims
CAIRO, Thursday (AAP).-British forces today were reported to have opened fire on Egyptians in the Suez village of Kafr Abdou. The brief reports from the district, said that only one Egyptian…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.—Brunswick B.G.F. District Council rejected the proposal to implement…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire today destroyed a two storey weatherboard building and 14 boats in Broderick Street,…
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LAS VEGAS, Wednesday (AAP).—A single-engined propeller-driven Navy Skyraider, guided by radio and radar, flew without mishap through a flaming curtain of atomic fire at the Nevada proving grounds yesterday. The pilotless plane made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Saved From Garage Fire
CASINO, Friday.- The quick action of a neighbour in pushing a car out of a burning garage in Casino…
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Children at the Tregeagle Public School formed a bucket brigade to prevent a fire spreading and burning the building yesterday. They maintained a water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Fires First Nuclear Shell
LAS VEGAS, Tuesday (AAP).—A new phase of artillery warfare began with the firing of a nuclear shell from America's giant 280 millimetre cannon…
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About £100 worth of damage was caused to a Goonellabah house by a fire e[?]y yesterday morning…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man and his son were burned tonight while rescuing an elderly caretaker from a fire…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. —Pure Fire will go to Brisbane for the Doomben Ten Thousand, part owner, Mr…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. —An inquiry into a fire which destroyed a house owned by Mr. Arthur Zakas, at Crabbe's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire at East Lismore
Lismore Fire Brigade yesterday. extinguished a grass fire in East Lismore. The fire was in a vacant allotment of land…
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SAO PAULO (Brazil), Monday (AAP).—At least 63 persons were killed-most of ' them trampled to death or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£15,000 Damage in Bonalbo Fire Seven Premises Razed
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which completely destroyed two buildings which contained seven business premises at Bonalbo early yesterday morning. The ruins were Still smouldering last night and salvage workers…
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ANCHORAGE (Alaska). Thursday (AAP).—Fire and explosions destroyed millions of dollars worth of military…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonalbo Fire Ruins
Twisted galvanised iron, which was all that remained when fire sweet through two buildings in the main shopping block of Bonalbo early on Tuesday morning. Damage was estimated at £15,000…
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Sir,—As there has been considerable discussion during the past few months as to who is responsible for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£12,000 Loss in Sawmill Fire at Urbenville
The ruins of one of Urbenville's sawmills were still smouldering last night following a fire early yesterday morning in which £12,000 worth of damage was done to the mill and machinery. A man was stationed at the…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—Damage estimated at £25,000, which was only partly covered by insurance, was done…
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