Two Die in Boarding House Fire
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Two men were burned to death and two firemen injured in a fire which destroyed a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
166 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 9
Exploding Refrigerator Starts Fire
CASINO, Monday.—An exploding refrigerator started a fire which completely gutted the kitchen of a home in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A 12year-old schoolgirl was killed and a mother and her eightyear-old daughter seriously…
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Scene of Tuesday's tragic smash when a fire engine crashed into a house at Auburn, Sydney, killing a 12-year-old girl and injuring four people. The engine struck a vehicle, jumped the footpath and crashed into the side of the house…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was called to a fire which broke out in a shed on railway property 50 yards behind the…
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Lismore firemen on Sunday saved a city electrical contractor's business from possible destruction by fire…
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A new system for safeguarding the State against bushfires was announced last week by the Chief Secretary, Mr. C…
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KYOGLE, Tuesday — A bushfire danger period has been proclaimed from October 1 onwards, Kyogle Shire…
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Volunteers (above) enjoy a cup of tea during a break from fire fighting last night at the C.S.R. Company's…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Wednesday.— The installation of a two-way radio unit at Mullumbimby by the N.S.W. Forestry Commission has completed the system by which direct contact will…
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Fire brigades from Lismore and Coraki and the bushfire fighting unit from Evans Head last night fought a fire which destroyed 350 tons of megass at the C.S.R. Company's sugar…
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A bushfire danger period has been proclaimed from October 1 to February 28 next, Kyogle shire councillors were informed at their meeting on Monday. The Chief Secretary's…
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CASINO, Thursday.—A public appeal was opened in Casino today to aid fire victims, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cox, of Clovass. They lost all their…
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Sir,—It is with concern that I read, the report concerning lire weed. Recently I drive down Friday Hut Road to see…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—Distinct people are planning to b[?]ild a new cottage for old age pensioners, Mr. and Mrs. G…
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Two fires in Lismore yesterday were caused by car wiring catching alight. The first was at 3.30 a.m. and…
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Anyone wishing to light a fire must first obtain a permit, Lismore Tire Brigade warned last night…
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BERRY, Sunday.— Two boys, aged six and seven, were questioned by police following destruction of a…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—One hundred and twenty school children this afternoon fled for their lives when bushfires threatened a school at Prince Edward Park Woniora River near Sutherland. The fires burned out more…
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The Bush Fire Committee's proclamation of a danger period within Gundurimba Shire from October 1…
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