Big Plunge on Hydrogen Pure Fire
BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Pure Fire and Hydrogen were backed today to win £65,000 in the Doomben Ten…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
318 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 16
Heavy Damage in Factory Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire severely damaged a packing manufacturing factory under a railway viaduct in The…
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EVANS HEAD, Sunday.—The presence of mind of a 13-year-old lad in slamming the door on a fire in a guest house at Evans Head last night partially smothered the fire and saved the…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.—Twelve witnesses, including several Macedonians, will be called to give…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firebug Theory Revived By New Evans Hd. Fire
Police are investigating the cause of a fire which damaged an Evans Head guest house on Sunday night. Local residents are linking the fire with a…
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An inquiry was likely into the mysterious fire at an Evans Head guest house on Sunday, Constable L. Pyke,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Save in Lismore House Fire
Firemen used chemical extinguishers and a garden hose last night to save a house in McKenzie Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Claim At Crabbe's Creek Fire Inquest Attempt to Kill Family of Four
MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—A detective said today he believed a deliberate attempt had been made to kill four members of a Macedonian family..Detective-Sergeant Donald Dall as, C.I.B., Sydney, said this in the…
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A two-roomed cottage was destroyed by fire at Pretty Gully, via Tabulam, on Sunday afternoon…
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A police report on last Sunday's mystery fire at an Evans Head guest house would probably be ready in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regional Bushfire Conference To Be Held At Casino
CASINO, Friday.—A Bushfires Conference will 26. Tomki Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Debris Showers Fire Onlookers
TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—Flying debris in a spectacular foundry blaze in Townsville early today…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised that its president, the Hon. T. J. Smith, accompanied by other…
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An inquiry into the cause of the guest house fire at Evans Head recently would be held at Woodburn within two…
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Two men lost all their belongings in a fire which caused £500 damage to staff quarters at the rear of the Commercial Hotel, Lismore, yesterday…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was called to put out a grass fire spreading towards nearby houses in Orion Street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Threat to Petrol Dump
CASINO, Friday.—A sawdust fire in Casino today threatened quantities of petrol in a petrol dump…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — An unoccupied two-storey house was severely damaged by fire late this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Electric and steam train services resumed their normal timetables tonight, following…
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PANMUNJOM, Monday (AAP-Reuter). — Communist and Allied staff officers met at Panmunjom today to discuss technical details of a Korean armistice, which news agency reports say might come in a few days…
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