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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1911

228 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 12

£2,000,000 Damages. Fire Still Burning. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 3

By the fire at Stamboul the damage is estimated at £2,000,000. Twelve alleged political incendiaries have been arrested. If they are…

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The Constantinople Fire. Troops Patrolling Streets. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 5

Owing to the perturbed state of public feeling in Constantinople, due to the recent fires, the troops are patrolling the streets…

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A Terrible Revenge. Great Fire in Vienna. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 3

A clerk named Schotek, who had been dismissed for drunkenness, for revenge fired a stock of timber at the Northern Railway Station Vienna…

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The Fire in Stamboul

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The damage by fires in Constantinople is estimated at £5,000,000. The city is a scene of utter desolation. It is estimated that…

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Fire in a Pot

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

"Our efforts to light a fire wore useless, until we made use of un iron pot as a sort of crucible. In this we started a fire, and when a good blaze…

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LATESTCABLES Big Hotel on Fire. Guests' Narrow Escapes. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 5

The Royal Kurhansand Hotel at Pyrmont, Waldeck, Germany, was completely destroyed by fire, the damage amounting to £125,000…

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LATESTCABLES Fire in an Asylum. Terrible Scenes. Ten Fatalities. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 5

Terrible scenes occurred at Hamilton, Ontario, on Monday night during a fire at an insane asylum where 800 lunatics were confined…

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Fire at Bangalow

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 9

LISMORE, Friday.—At Bangalow, the following premises were destroyed by fire—Blackwell, general store; Perrys, tailors; Fergusons, auctioneers;…

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Clothes on Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 8

Concerning these terrible accidents, which occur most frequently to women and children, Professor John Marshall wrote some very graphic sentences, to…

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Fire Brigade Board

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Bathurst Munipal Council resolved to submit a motion to the Local Government Conference that fire brigades be under the control of…

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Big Fire at Bangalow. Block Wiped Out

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 3

A disastrous fire broke out at Bangalow on Friday, resulting in the total destruction of four business premises and a bank, and the…

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Five Women Burnt. Naptha Spout on Fire. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 3

Owing to a naptha spout at Baku, Russia, catching fire, five women were burned to death…

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Latest Wires Fire in the City. Mysterious Outbreak in Warehouse. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 3

There was an outbreak of fire in the warehouse at 197 Clarence-street last night. The top floors, occupied by H. E. Kugelmann and Coy., medical…

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Fire in an Asylum. Terrible Scenes. Ten Fatalities

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 August 1911 · page 7

Terrible scenes occurred at Hamilton, Ontario, on Monday night of last week daring a fire at an insane asylum where ,800 lunatics were…

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Women's Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 6

Members of the Burton (Eng.) Women's Fire Brigade had their first semi-public drill recently. Numbering eighty, under the captainship of Mrs. Roger…

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Fire in the Carlton Hotel

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—A fire, that threatened, to become, a conflagration, broke out in the upper storeys of the Carlton Hotel, London. The servants escaped…

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A Great Fire. Antwerp Warehouse Burnt. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1911 · page 3

A most destructive fire occurred in Antwerp last night. The outbreak took place in a large building known as the Australia and…

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Fire in London. a Sensational Rescue. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 3

Pownceby's wine stores in Oxford-street, London, were ablaze last night. Two inmates were rescued sensation [?] ladders…

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Playing with Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 5

Six children playing with a ship rocket in Belfast dropped it on the pavement. The explosion blew three of them into fragments, and a fourth is in the critical…

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Fire at Young. Three Shops Burnt. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 3

[?] fire broke out in the business [?]portion of Young yesterday morning, and three shops were destroyed. At one time it was feared that half…

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