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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

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

Big Fire in New York. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 3

The Lima Park Amusement Garden, New York has been gutted [?] fire. The loss is estimated at £200,000…

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Bush Fires. Helensburgh Menaced. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 3

Bush fires are raging at Helensburgh, on the Illawarra line, and several residents have been compelled to remove their Household effects…

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Fire at Guildford. Post Office Destroyed. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 3

A big fire occurred at Guildford (between Granville, and Liverpool) this morning, the Post Office and stores being destroyed completely…

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Fire at Cangai

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 2

News came to the city on Monday that a big fire had swept the Cangai district, and that over 600 cords of wood cut up ready for use at the…

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Vandals at Work. Pillage and Fire a School. Five Arrests Effected

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

Shortly after 6 o'clock last Friday evening a call of the fire brigades to the Plunkctt-street Public School, Woolloomooloo, was received. The brigades were…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Wool-scouring Works Burnt Out. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

A fire occurred early this morning at the wool works of Thomas Elliot and Coy., Botany. Owing to the inflammable nature of the building and…

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Fire at West Narrabri Business Portion Wiped Out. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

A fire occurred at Narrabri west by which practically the whole business portion of the town was destroyed. Owing to no water being…

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Bush Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Hewitson, Hickey and Co's. saw mills and Bayliss residence at Glen Innes were burnt to the ground, as a result of bush fires. The…

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