Warning on False Fire Alarms
CASINO, Friday.--A warning against the malicious use of fire call-boxes was given today by Casino fire station…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
166 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 9
Fined £10 For Lighting Fire
CASINO, Wednesday. -- A Bentley dairy farmer was fined £10 at Casino Court today for lighting a fire during a bushfire danger period…
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CASINO, Wednesday. -- A bushfire which destroyed between 200 and 300 acres of property at Newman's Flat,…
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CASINO, Monday.--"A dangerous fire hazard prevails along the banks of the Richmond River at Casino, where…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A fire early today destroyed the Grand Hotel in the Central Queensland town of Emerald…
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CASINO, Tuesday. -- A fierce grass fire burnt beneath the Irving bridge, Casino's only traffic bridge, this morning…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Arson squad detectives are investigating a number of un-explainable fires which have…
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SYDNEY, Friday.-- The State executive of A.L.P. at its meeting on January, 22 will consider complaints levied against the State secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, Mr. C. T…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Another seal is being built in an attempt to halt a fire in the State coal mine at Lithgow. The Minister for Mines, Mr…
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CASINO, Sunday. -- Tomki Shire Council's actions in establishing and equipping bushfire fighting brigades…
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-CASINO, Wednesday.-- A £3,000 fire at Fairy Hill this morning completely destroyed a large shed containing a…
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A report submitted to a meeting of Byron Shire Council by Sergeant R. T. Wilson, of Mullumbimby, stated that…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Fires which police believe to have been deliberately started broke out last night in the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Five large fires, one covering at least 2000 acres of heavily timbered mountain…
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MULLUMBIMBY. Wednesday:--After haying found the charge of allowing a fire to escape proven, Mr. J. R…
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An unusual fire in two palm trees in a lane off Woodlark Street yesterday afternoon threatened the Richmond…
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Although badly burned herself, a Woodenbong woman last night beat out her husband's blazing clothing with her…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--The Granville Chamber of Commerce has been told by a private investigator to…
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What makes water wetter? That's not a frivolous question, and neither is the answer. Wetter water may become one of the most potent weapons yet deyised for fighting…
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BALLINA, Tuesday.--Alexander T. Cook, a Tuckombil farmer, pleaded guilty at Ballina Court of I[?]tty Sessions…
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