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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
78 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 4
A FIRE was discovered in the billiard room of the Hotel Australia at 1 o'clock this morning. The room was badly damaged and its contents totally destroyed. Before the flames could be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great fire has occurred at Kuty, Galicia, in which 355 private houses and many public buildings have been destroyed, and 500 families…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The warehouse of Messrs Holder and Frost, Adelaide, was completely destroyed by fire, in Adelaide, last night. The total loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →O[?] Sunday bush fires ravaged portions of the country on the Upper Williams, near Dungog. At Bendalb[?], Fosterton, and adjacent localities the settlers were burnt out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some landowners whose paddocks escaped the ravages of the flames through the instrumentality of workers are allowing their less fortunate neighbours to graze their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a fire at Barnawatha (Victoria) yesterday the infant son of Mrs. Hughes was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A big fire broke out in Lachlan-screet, Forbes, early on Tuesday morning. A loud explosion disturbed the quietude of Forbes at 2.15 a.m., and excitement was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Editor,—I have always thought that the practise of branding stock in the usual way is most cruel, and no doubt a little thought on the part of stockowner's in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT a quarter-past 5 on Sunday morning a fire broke out in Mitchell street in premises owned by Mr. A. V. Gow, general…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A GREAT fire occurred at Miller's Point last night, when Hentsch's bond stores were completely destroyed. The fire occasioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly before 7 o'clock on Friday a fire broke out in Hentsch's Bond, situated in Kent and Windmill streets, Miller's Point, in the Rocks Resumption area. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A GREAT fire occurred at Miller's Point last night, when Hentsch's bond stores were completely destroyed. The fire occasioned immense destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BY telegram on Saturday last we received intelligence of one of the most disastrous fires ever known in the city of Sydney. On Friday night Messrs. Parbury, Henty, and Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SPECIAL meeting of the Brigade was held at the fire station on Tuesday night, Captain Dellow being in the chair. The 1st and 2nd lieutenants and 14 firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A special meeting of the Brigade was held on Tuesday, Captain Dellow presiding. The First and Second Lieutenants and 14 firemen were present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first British fire engine was invented by Richard Newsham, London, in 1721, and consisted of two single-acting pumps, placed in a tank into which the water was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Necessarily the deck of a vessel at sea offers a much less satisfactory platform from which to shoot than the solid foundation provided in a land fort, since even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Brigade was held on Thursday evening. Captain Dellow presiding. Sixteen firemen were in attendance. Mr. J. Greenaway was appointed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday the bell at the Brigade Station announced an outbreak of fire. There was not much difficulty in locating the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE loud ringing of the local Fire Brigade bell about 3 o'clock on Friday morning was the signal for a general stir in the city, while the subsequent…
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