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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1896

7 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Latest Telegraphic. Steamer Cintra on Fire. Sensational Gold Find

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The steamer Cintra, from Queensland, bound for West Australia, put into Portland (Victoria) yesterday on fire. After three hours incessant labour, the…

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The Fire on the S.s. Cintra. Statement by A. Passenger

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 January 1896 · page 8

WITH reference to the mysterious fire on the S. S. Cintra, bound for West Australian port Ur. G. E. Watson, who left Grafton for Freemantle thus describes the scene. Mr. Watson…

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The Cabramatta Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 4

THE jury that held the inquest on the romains of the five children who were burned to death on Monday in a house at Gabramatta ought in my opinion to have severely…

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A Ship on Fire. Narrow Escape from Destruction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY. — The wooden ship Ellen A. Read, from Newcastle to Manilla, coal laden, was towed into Sydney harbour yesterday, with the fore deck almost burnt…

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State or Municipal Fire Insurance. Compulsory on Buildings

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 8

WE have before us a rather interesting pamphlet on "State or Municipal Fire Insurance," being mainly an address by Councillor C. C. Shoppee, of Ballarat…

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The Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. the Fire Brigade Question in Grafton. Cannot the Situation Be Improved?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 4

THE perusal of the proposal to establish a State or Municipal fire insurance system naturally gives rise to the localisation of thought, upon the question of fires and…

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Destructive Fire at South Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 5

BETWEEN 1 and 2 o'clock on Saturday morning the dwelling house in Skinner-street, South Grafton (opposite the Police Station), occupied by the Messrs. and Misses Roberts,…

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