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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

228 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 12

A Disastrous Fire. DAMAGE £150,000. VANCOUVER, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 November 1911 · page 3

A serious fire occurred at London (Ontario), destroying a large portion of the business section of the town. The damage is estimated at…

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Caught in a Scrub Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1911 · page 2

MR. D. MCLEAN had a very exciting time yesterday afternoon. He was coming into town with his cream and when near Mr. Walter…

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Bush Fires Houses in Danger. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 3

Bush fires are raging on the Blue Mountains, and a number of houses on the outskirts of Blackheath are threatened…

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Fire at Bourke SYDNEY, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1911 · page 3

A big fire occurred at Bourke yesterday. Several business premises were destroyed. The damage is about £4000…

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Fire on s.s. Woolwich. Narrow Escape From Destruction

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1911 · page 4

On Sunday evening the s.s. Woolwich had a narrow escape from destruction by fire while lying at Chatsworth. There was no one on board at the time, which was short…

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Fire in Tamworth. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 3

A fire occurred early this morning in Peel[?] Tamworth. O'Brien, clothier, and Wing Lee, a Chinese greengrocer, sustained severe loss. The total…

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Outbreak of Fire. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 3

At 10 o'clock on Sunday night, a fire broke out in one of the upper storeys of Partridge's machinery warehouse, in York-street, and…

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Bush Fires. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

Large bush fires are raging on the Blue Mountains. At alley Heights the fire is very close to the town and is spreading rapidly. Two houses…

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Bush Fires at Murwillumbah. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1911 · page 5

The heat at Murwillumbah since Saturday has been very trying, the thermometer verging, on 100 degrees. Acres of felled scrub are on fire, greatly…

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Fires on Blue Mountains

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Large areas of the Blue Mountains have been devastated by bush fires[?] and there have been many narrow escapes of property. The men…

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An Extensive Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—At Auckland (N.Z.) a fire, broke but in the warehouse of Messrs. Macky, Logan and Caldwell. The elements prevailed, and completely…

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Fire at Euroks Creek

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1911 · page 2

A FIRE has been going fairly strong in the Wild Cattle Creek district since Tuesday. On Thursday the blaze assumed alarming proportions…

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Big Fire in Auckland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1911 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A disastrous fire occurred in Auckland (N.Z.) on Friday night, when the warehouse premises of Messrs. Macky, Logan, and Caldwell…

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An Adelaide Blaze. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1911 · page 3

Fowler's great wholesale grocery warehouse in Adelaide was destroyed by fire last night. The insurances…

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Big Forest Fire. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 3

Forest fires twelve miles wide are raging at Malibra. Sante Monica (California), and threatens to sweep everything before it…

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Bush Fires. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 3

Bush fires are raging at Charieville (Q). Two stations had 100 miles of country swept…

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Forest Fires in California. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 3

Terrible forest fires are raging at Topago Canyon, Santa Monte. California, and it is feared that a rancher, his wife and four children…

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Fire in Sydney. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 5

The Australian Mattress Mills, in Parramatta Road, Forest Lodge caught on fire during the dinner hour to-day and were completely…

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A Big Blaze

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—While the employees were preparing to leave for lunch at midday, the third floor of the Australian Mattress Mills was seen to be alight…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 5

The large premises of the Worsfold Manufacturing Co., at Camperdown, Sydney, was destroyed by fire this morning. The building was of wood…

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