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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
16 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
AN inquest into the circumstances of the recent,fire a t South Grafton, which occured on the premises of Mr,Patrick, Kennedy, storekeeper, on the morning, of the 20th instant, was commenced in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MANY of our readers (says the Burrangong Chroncile of March 14th) will doubtless recollect the most disastrous [?] which occurred here in April, 1875, at which time many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABOUT midnight the alarm of fire was rung through the city, and almost simultaneously flames were seen bursting up in the direction of George-street, between Hunter-street and the Post Office. The fire proved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ABOUT half past 4 o'clock on Monday morning, a disastrons [?] breake out on the grocery premises of Messrs. Hanks and Co., in George-street, The progress of the Bames was so rapid that in a very short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT half-past 1 o'clock on the morning of the ll th April, people in the neighbourhood of the Southern Hotel were startled by it cry of "Fire!" and almost immediately thereafter smoke was seen issuing from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hark the bell in ringing loud! so rouse out every man! Let the Grafton Fire Brigade be always in the van, When the fire is raging high, let our endeavour be, Bravely to work and do our duty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN inquest was commenced before A. Lardner, E[?]q., District Co[?]ner, at the Court-house, yesterday morning. The following jury were [?]nelled:— Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The adjourned inquest was resumed on Tuesday morning, at 9 o'clock, before A. Lardner, Esq., District Coroner, and the following jury:—Mossrs. J. Cooper, John Ra[?], John Kibby, D. W. Munro, J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,— Presuming it would interest my neighbours, I procured from the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company a letter of introduction to the secretary and manager of Fire Brigades, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE greater part of this town has been destroyed by conflagration, which broke out at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at York Point. The fire, being fanned by a strong north-westerly wind, swept over the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terribly destructive fire occurred at Gympie to-day. Scot'ts store was destroyed, and several intervening houses between the store and Nash's Bridge. Two terrific explosions occurred, blowing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ABOUT a quarter-past seven o'clock last night an alarm of fire was raised, and it was soon discovered, that the premises of Mr. J. Macgarrigle, well-known as the Beehive Store,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHORTLY after midnight on Friday last, the alarm was raised that a fire had broken out at Messrs. E. Webb and Co.'s Warehouse. The particulars are very scant. None of the partners or employees of the establish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE A.S.N.Co.'s steamship Ly-ee-Moon, berthed alongside the company's works, Pyrmount has been partly destroyed by fire. On Saturday night there were on board the corpenter, [?]ts[?]ain, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FATAL fire broke out this morning in Molesworthstreet at 3 o'clock. It commenced in a cottage occupied by a woman named Johnson, and aided by a strong north-cast gale it spread with disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INVERARY Castle, one of the most princely residences in the kingdom, was nearly destroyed by fire on October 12. As a fisherman was going to his boat in Inverary harbour, he noticed an unusual gleam of…
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