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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

203 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 11

Fire at Woolgoolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

On Sunday forenoon the residence o f My Theodora McLennan, on Woolgoolga Creek, about a mile from the township, together with contents, was totally destroyed by fire. The…

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Fire in Sydney

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 8

Shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday morning an outbreak of fire occurred in a Chinese cabinetimaker's shop in Alberta-street, near Wexfor-street, city. By the time the hydrants…

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Fire at Woolgoolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

On Sunday forenoon the residence of Mr Theodore McLennan, on Woelgoolga, Creek, about a, mile from the township, together with, contents, was totally destroyed by fire. The…

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New Motor Fire Engines for Glasgow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

The horse-drawn fire engine is rapidly, becoming out of date, and the motor is being adopted by the principal British brigades. The Glasgow Brigade, commanded…

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Fire at Woolgoolga

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 June 1907 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon the residence of Mr. Theodore McLennan, on Woogoolga Creek, about a mile from the township, together with contents was…

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Fire at Woolgoolga

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 4

On Sunday forenoon the residence of Mr. Theodore McLennan, on Woolgoolga Creek, about a mile from the township, together with contents, was totally destroyed by fire. The…

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Latest Telegrams. Fire in the Harbor. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 3

A serious fire broke out to-day among a cargo of copra on board the German steamer Varzin, lying at n wharf in Woolloomootoo Bay. All…

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Fire on a Steamer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

Copra on the steamer Varzirs, of the German-Australian line, berthed at Woolloomooloo, took fire shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. The outbreak occurred…

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London and Lancashire Fire Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1907 · page 4

The annual report of this company, which is of more than usual interest, as it inclutles the payment of losaes on account of the San Francisco conflagration shows…

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Oil Steamer on Fire

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 1

The steamer Westgate arrived at Plymouth on May 3 having on board 48 of the crew of the steamer Silverlip, which was…

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Walking Through Fire. Strange Stories of Modern Daniels

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

Most people know what the test by "ordeal" was. Happily it has now gone out of our judicial system, ans we no longer think it right to leave the…

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Latest Cables. Workhouse on Fire. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 3

A fire at Plymouth Workhouse gutted the main block of buildings. The inmates, numbering 250 persons, many of whom were old und feeble,…

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A Fatal Fire

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 4

A sad fire fatality is reported ut Port Chalmers, New Zealand. The outbreak occurred in a two-storeyed wooden building. occupied by William…

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Two Men Incinerated. Fatal Fire at Bowra

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred near Bowra on Friday night, by which an old resident named Augustus Rohne and a follow countryman named…

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A Fatal Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 11

A fire which occurred in a two-story wooden building at Port Chalmers (N.Z.), occupied by William Haberfield, his wife, a four-year-old child, and his sister-in-law. was responsible for…

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Explosion Causes a Fire. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 5

While Messrs. E. Schofield and Horwood, chemists' manufacturers, of Annandale, were experimenting in the manufacture of a…

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Fire Brigade for maclean

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 2

At the local Council meeting on Tuesday lost, Ald M'Kinnon, in proposing the Mayor should call a meeting of residonts for the purpose of taking steps with a…

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Destructive Fire. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 5

A destructive fire occurred in the stable and fodder house at the rear of the residence of G. Young, Henderson-road, Alexandria, this morning. The…

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Bush Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

Bush fires are already occurring in the district, and during the next few weeks there is a likelihood of their raging with unusual destruction. The reason for this is the…

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New Fire Extinguisher

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 11

A successful test of a new fire preventer and extinguisher was made on board the hulk Tamar in Kerosene Bay. The inventor is Dr. Harker, who, with Captain…

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