Old Couple Die in House Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 73 years-old man and his 68 years-old wife were burnt to death last night when their…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
318 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 16
Relatives Of Fire Victim In Collision
SYDNEY. Sunday.—The relatives of a man who is the sole survivor of a taxi which burst into flames after…
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A letter is to be written to the Chief Secretary's Department commending the action of Kyogle district police…
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WOODBURN, Monday.—A public subscription has been opened to aid a family Which lost all their…
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Kyogle's new £2,750 fire station was officially opened on Thursday night by a senior member of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners. Mr. H. McKenzie…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Twelve company directors narrowly escaped death when the ceiling of their soundproof board room collapsed seconds after they had escaped in a spectacular £150,000…
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CASINO, Thursday. Strengthened by further allotments of equipment from the Forestry Commission of N.S.W., the district forestry fire-fighting organisation this season will…
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Some of the evidence given at the inquiry into the cause of a fire which broke out in an Evans Head guest house on July 4 had not been satisfactory, the Evans Head-Woodburn district…
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Donations to Hayes' apeal at Woodburn total £24/16/6 to date. Mr. and Mrs. A. Hayes lost…
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A spark from a train, or a cigarette, probably started a grass fire near the railway off Casino Street, South Lismore,…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Monday —The chairman of the Tweed Bushfire Committee, Mr. S. E. Spies, today appealed to…
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir), Monday (AAP).—Police and troops last night opened fire on mobs demonstrating against the arrest of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Abdullah…
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SYDNEY, Monday.— The N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways today lodged notice of an appeal against the…
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Damage to property through shire employees lighting fires to boil their billies, was reported to a…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—A fire in Colley Park, West Street, last night encroached to a distance of about eight feet from a…
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A fire destroyed about 70 acres of valuable grazing pasture at Wyrallah yesterday…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A fire which raged in the State coal mine since early this morning was brought under…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—The third grass fire at Casino since last Saturday broke out today…
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The change from a westerly to a southerly wind yesterday prevented any spread of a fire at Wyrallah, and fighters…
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ATHENS, Thursday (AAP).— Fires raged on Greek islands in the Ionian Sea today as earthquakes continued to rock the already terrified inhabitants. One report said 75 per cent, of the population of Zante Island had…
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