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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1912

223 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 12

[?] Fires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

A terrible bash [?] revaged the Gleniffer district during the past week or [?] leaving blacken rain is trail. Last Friday morning the…

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Fighting the Flames. Big Fires Throughout Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

NEVER before has the town of Dorrigo the surrounding district experienced such a trying time from the fire fiend. Throughout the…

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A Big Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The premises in George-street, city, of Messes. H. H. Groth and Co., o[?] and color merchants, were practically destroyed by fire…

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Fire Brigade Employees' Union

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 4

Some time ago, Mr. Flowers, who administers the Chief Secretary's Department, had a scheme for abolishing the present Fire Brigades Board. A Fire…

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Latest Telegrams. The Fire Fiend. Big Blaze in Sydney. Theatre Narrowly Escapes. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

Premises in George-street, City, occupied by H. H. Groth and Co., oif and colour merchants, were practically destroyed by fire last…

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Fire Extinguished. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

The fire in the Pelaw Main Colliery was extinguished yesterday. The affected section has been flooded and sealed off for three months…

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An Epidemic of Fires. Two Fatalities. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

The hot day, weather is responsible for many fires occurring. Boyle and Nosworthy's store at Springwood, with the hairdresser's…

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Fire in a Mine. All Work Suspended. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 2

A fire was discovered in No. 7 East portion of the underground working at the Pelaw Main Colliery, Kurri Kurri, yesterday morning…

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Bush Fires at Dorrigo. Anxious Time for Residents. Serious Damage Reported

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 2

The inhabitants of Dorrigo and surrounding district last week experienced a most trying time from the fire fiend. Throughout the whole time that the equinoctial…

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An Unlucky Cleric. Archdeacon Nash Burnt Out. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 5

The residence of Miss Pierce at Austinmer (near Bulli)), on the South Coast, was destroyed by fire fast night. The house was occupied…

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Dorrigo Bush Fires

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 9

Mr. H. Baldock, Engineer to the Dorrigo Shire, returned to Grafton from the eastern portion of that district on Thursday night. He reports that the bush…

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Outbreak of Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 4

Early last evening a fire was discovered in out-buildings at the rear of Mr. W. F. Blood's Palace, Stores. Prince-street. Intimation was given at the fire station,…

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The Late Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

A REMARKABLE thing in connection with the fires which lately raged with such disastrous consequences throughout this town and district is…

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Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

On Friday night, at about 8 p.m., a fire broke out at the rear of Mr. W. F. Blood's stores, Prince-street. Mr. Clarrie Sellar was passing…

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N.Z. Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Superintendent of the Fire Brigade of New Zealand reports that the total loss caused by fire throughout the Dominion in the last 80…

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Bush Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

THE fire fiend has not altogether spent its energy in this part of the State yet. On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last, the fires broke…

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Fire at Tyndale

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1912 · page 3

About 4.30 p.m. yesterday a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. C. Stewart, sen., at Tyndale, and soon consumed the building and all its…

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Telegrams Big Fire in Sydney. Timber Yard Destroyed. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 5

A great fire occurred this morning at the premises of D. Hardy and Sons, wheelwrights and timber merchants, Pyrmont. The fire was…

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Fire in a limber Yard

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Hardy's timber yard at Pyrmont was partly destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The whole of the…

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A Terrible Disaster. Mine on Fire. Nearly 100 Men in Peril. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1912 · page 3

A disastrous fire broke out in the North Lyell Zeehan mine (Tas.), 166 miners being entombed. The outbreak is attributed to the…

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