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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1902

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Fire In Queen-street

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 4

BETWEEN four and five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon last the alarm of "fire" was given at the G.V.F.B. Station, and several volunteers being on the premises at the time…

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Disastrous Fire. Her Majesty's Theatre. Reduced to Ashes. a Woman Crushed to Death. Killed by a Falling Wall

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1902 · page 3

ON Palm Sunday of the sacred past the play of "Ben Hur," the last to be presented in the theatre, comes to an end with a picture, impressively and…

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The Queensland Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 8

Following are further particulars:—The fire which broke out at Childers early on Monday morning in a very small space of time converted a thriving country township into a heap of charred rains…

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The Value of a Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 4

The following paragraph is given publication:— "Mr. Williamson cannot yet definitely state what loss he has sustained by the…

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Great Fire in America. Damage, a Million Pounds

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

Waterbury, Connecticut, a leading manufacturing town, was visited by a disastrous fire on Feb. 2, which swept away the entire business district and destroyed…

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Destructive and Fatal Fire at Her Majesty's

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

The great fire at Her Majesty's on Sunday morning has again suddenly and unexpectedly interrupted the production of the popular "Ben Hur." It might well be thought that…

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Newcastle Fire Brigades Demonstration

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 5

Outside the district firemen there were about 400 visitors representing various volunteer brigades throughout the State. The demonstration was opened on…

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Fire at Sha'k Creek

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday night the residence of Mr. Fennessey, at Shark Creek, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr, and Mrs. Fennessey, senior, were at Broome's Head, and Mr. J. B. Fennessey and…

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Local and General News Fire at Palmer's Channel

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

ON Sunday night the kitchen attached to the residence of Mr. Kenneth Kennedy, Palmer's Channel, was burned down. The fire was first noticed from a neighbour's, by whom Mr…

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Things That Will Happen. Plague, Burglars, and Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 3

THREE men were sent out this week by the Health Department to a suburb of Sydney--not many miles front the city, nor many from Botany--to cleanse and…

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Big Fire in Sydney. An Acre of Buildings Ablaze Enormous Damage to Property. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 1

AT a late hour yesterday afternoon a big fire occurred at Pyrmont, resulting in the destruction of a large number of buildings…

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Plague, Burglars, and Fire

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 3

THREE man were sent out hat week by the Health Department to a suburb of Sydney not many miles from the city—nor many form Botany—to cleanse and disinfect a…

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Great Fire in Sydney. A Whole Block Destroyed

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 3

At a late hour on Saturday afternoon a big fire occurred at Pyrmont, resulting in the destruction of a large number of buildings. The fire is supposed to have originated in Camp…

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Disastrous Fire in Sydney. a Block of Buildings Destroyed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 4

Sydney was the scene of another disastrous fire on Saturday. It broke out in a furniture store owned by Messrs. Campbell and Co., at Pyrmont, and the flames spread with such…

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Execution of M'Namara. A Fatal Fire

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 4

Edward M'NAMARA, who was hanged in Melbourne on Monday, was twice tried under section 171 of the Crimes Act, which provides that " whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously not fire to any…

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Prom Prosperity to Poverty. a Sad Result of a Bush Fire

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

PERHARS the saddest circumstance resulting from a bash fire is ono that occurred at Winnepeg. Canada, in June last year. Benjamin Spencer ploughed in the fields whoa he was a lad of 10…

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Fire at Inverell. Two Persons burned to Death

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Inverell early on Tuesday morning, ex-Alderman Wilson and his wife being burned to death. It is believed that the fire broke out in Wilson's bedroom…

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That Awful Fire and its Lesson

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

That was a terrible fire at Inverell, and a sad one, but it is unnecessary for the writer to dilate on these features, which have been sufficiently done in the usual way. What is…

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The Fire at Inverell. 19 Buildings Burnt

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 8

From particulars published, it appears that the fire broke out at Wilson's Emporium. It seems that the Wilson's went to bed late, and nothing more is known. A neighbour…

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A Sugar Cane Fire. Evart V. Barlow

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 2

This was an action to recover £793 damages alleged to have been caused through the defendant's negligence whereby a fire destroyed property…

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