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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1893

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Disastrous Fire at Kempsey In the Principal Street

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

KEMPSEY, MONDAY.—The most disastrous fire, that has ever occurred in the Macleay district took place at Kempsey early this morning. Shortly after one o'clock the fire…

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Fires, and Water Supply

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 4

THE fire on Saturday morning failed to be one of considerable disaster and damage, not because of the wisdom or prevision of the borough authorities, but through the…

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Fire at Mr. C. Duggan's

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 4

AT about 2 a.m. on Saturday, the hay shed of Mr. C. Duggan, abutting on Fitzroy-street, near Mr. L. Jacobs, was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was raised, and the fire…

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Grafton Fire Brigade Board

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 4

THE half-yearly meeting of the above was held yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs H. Maurice (chairman), E. Hockey (Mayor) and T. Page. Government subsidy £66 13s…

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Chapter Xviii. From the Frying Pan Into the Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 2

THE time has now arrived to follow the fortunes, or, rather, the misfortunes of Harry Kennedy himself, after his arrival in America. When…

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Fire Insurance Conditions

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 2

A CASE of particular interest to insurance companies, as well as to those who take out fire policies, was before the Full Court on Monday. Jacob Carnofsky had had a drapery…

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Bound the Camp Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

SOME time ago several gentlemen were travelling in a railway carrage on one of the New South Wales lines. The weather was exceedingly sultry, and in consequence the…

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Bruton Homestead Destroyed by Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

CASINO, FRIDAY.—A disastrous fire occurred near Casino early yesterday morning, resulting in the total destruction of the homestead on the Bruton Estate, the…

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The World on Fire. Omega: The Last Days of the World

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 3

IN the Cosmopolitan, Camille Flammarion, the distinguished French writer, describes with his accustomed power a (supposed) collision with the…

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Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 8

MR. EDITOR.—That the condition of the labouring classes might be considerably improved, and that the many hardships and sufferings to which considerable numbers of…

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