Cigarette Butt Blamed for Fire
MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. — A cigarette butt is thought to have caused a small fire in the Austral…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
318 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 16
Youth Burned in Fire at Brisbane Show
BRISBANE, Thursday. — Thousands of people scrambled for safety and a youth was badly burned when fire…
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Prompt action by firemen prevented a grass fire from spreading to properties in Simmons Street, Lismore,…
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Two Lismore Rugby League linesmen were called to fight a fire in a chimney at the Ryan Hotel, Lismore,…
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LITHGOW, Sunday.—Members of the mines rescue squad are still on duty at the Lithgow State mine, which caught…
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Kyogle Fire Brigade received its first calls from the new town fire station at the weekend when two local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Calls at New Kyogle Fire Station
KYOGLE, Sunday.—Kyogle Fire Brigade received its first calls from the new town fire station at the weekend,…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.—All available manpower in the Burringbar district was called to form voluntary…
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District fire officers last night warned that the present fire danger was the most serious since 1951, when…
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TOWNSVILLE, Monday.—Crushing at the Inkerman sugar mill will probably be held up at least a week,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 80 men and women groped their way through dense smoke to safety today when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smokers Blamed for Grass Fires
CASINO, Tuesday.—Careless smokers were responsible for five grass fires which occurred in Casino this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kyogle Shire Declines to Impose Fire Restrictions
KYOGLE, Tuesday.—Kyogle Shire Council yesterday, declined the request of the Old Bonalbo Bush Fire Brigade to have a bushfire danger period declared immediately for the western part of the shire and a complete ban imposed on the lighting of fires in the area if no rain…
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Kyogle shire council this week declined the request of the Old Bonalbo Bush Fire Brigade to have a Bush Fire Danger Period declared immediately for the western part of Kyogle shire and a complete ban imposed on the lighting of fires in the area if no rain falls by the end of the month…
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THE expected representation of practically every district shire council at the bushfire conference to be held at Casino tomorrow is an indication of the importance attached to the…
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CASINO, Monday.—Decisions made and practical lessons learnt during the bushfires conference and demonstrations at Casino on Wednesday will probably play a big part in the battle against…
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A fire on Sunday occurred in a flat occupied by Mr. H. S. Thomas in Keen Street, Lismore. The flat is situated above…
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Section of a crowd of 200 watching a demonstration of fire fighting equipment on the Spring Grove Road yesterday prior to the opening of the Regional Bushfire Conference at Casino (Story page 5)…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—A bushfire danger period may be declared on the North Coast a month earlier than in normal years. The chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sand Used to Fight Scrub Fire
Twelve Evans Head men formed a sand bucket brigade to fight a fire burning in 15 acres of swamp…
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