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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1909

218 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 11

A Huge Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 2

A fire was discovered late on Wednesday night in a room above the tailoring department of the premises, belonging to the Canterbury. Farmers'…

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Big Fire Averted. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 5

A big blaze occurred last night on the premises of Mauri Brothers and Thompson, cork merchants and importers of aerated water machinery,…

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Big Fire at Newtown. Sydney Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1909 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred early this morning in the premises occupied by Mr. Nat Lewis in King-street, Newtown. The building consisted of three…

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Fire at Lismore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 4

An alarm of Are was raised shortly after 1 a.m. on Thursday. The building where the fire had originated was a five-roomed house with shop front opposite the spot…

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Big Fires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 5

The stores of the Postal Department were this morning completely distroyed by fire. The "Bulletin" office was also…

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Fatal Hotel Fire. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 5

The Commercial Hotel at Romsey (Vic.) was burned to the ground yesterday. James Dick, a Bendigo native, was incinerated in the fire…

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The Post Office Fire. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1909 · page 5

The damage done by the recent fire in the postal store at George-street North, which was first set down at £15,000, is now estimated at…

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Fire in Sydney. a Post-office Burned

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 April 1909 · page 2

The post-office and stores situated in George-street, North, were gutted by a fire at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning last…

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Big Fire in Victoria. Sydney. Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1909 · page 5

Messrs. Theobold and Watson's general store at Tallangatta (Vic.) was burned to the ground yesterday. The stock was valued at £3000. The…

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Disastrous Fire. Saxonian Stores Destroyed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 8

At the corner of Mary and Dobiestreets, Grafton, stood, until last Tuesday morning, the Saxonian Stores. At the moment of writing they are a…

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Fire in Grafton. Another Store Destroyed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 May 1909 · page 2

About 4 a.m. on Tuesday the store premises occupied for some time past by Mr. M. J. Roche and famity were discovered by the inmates to be on fire…

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Disastrous Fires

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 May 1909 · page 4

A fire occurred at Never Never on Sunday night last, whereby a barn containing 200 begs of maize, the property of Mr. J. Hickey, was partially destroyed. Fortunately the fire…

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Caused Twenty-nine Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 2

William Reedy, a youth of 18, employed in the canning, department of the Standard Oil Company's work in New York, had an ambition to become one of the big…

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Casino Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 May 1909 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—A public meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to raise fund for the Fire Brigade, which, owing to the great frequency of calls in the year…

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"Argus" Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 3

A disastrous fire which for a time looked as if the publication of the "Argus" would have to be suspended for some weeks took place in the…

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Church Un Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 3

At the Ballina Methodist Church on Monday evening, just a little before the service ended, a little girl left the Church, and immediately came back and acquainted…

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Fire at the "Argus" Office

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 4

Shortly before 10 o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in the "Grafton Argus" office, and although a good save was effected the outbreak was not extinguished…

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Fire at Armidale. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1909 · page 4

A fire occurred in the buildings owned by the New England, Jockey Club at their racecourse, Armidale, situated on the outskirts, of the…

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Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 2

A fire [?] in the ongive shed at the [?] of the Graftor "Argus" composingroom on [?] [?] evening, doing diamage to the extent of £450. [?] appears that a…

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Another Fire

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 21 May 1909 · page 4

Yet another fire is reported. Mr. J. Hickey's barn at Never Never was destroyed at about 12 o'clock on Wednesday night. It contained over 1500 bushels of…

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