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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Dayton's Awful Dilemma. Pestilence and Fire. 500,000 HOMELESS. £20,000,000 Damage. Vancouver, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 5

Further reports of the floods in America state that a gang of roughs at Dayton traversed the southern section of the city, instructing the…

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Devastating Floods and Fires. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 3

TERRIBLE suffering has been caused by a tornado and floods in the United States, America. Thousands of people are reported to have…

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Big Auckland Fire. Three Men Injured. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 3

A fire destroyed Endeah's buildings, Queen-street, Auckland, this morning. The damage is estimated at £35,000…

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Sydney's Fires. OVER 300 in the Quarter. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

Edward Spearman's livery stable at Redfern, where forty horses were stabled, were burnt out early this morning. The panic-stricken horses…

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Flood and Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 6

The awful fate that befel the State of O[?] especially the city of Dayteen has been unparalleled since the [?]risco earthquake. The…

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Harwood Crusher Under Fire. Ulmarra Wants Metal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

At yesterday's meeting of Harwood Shire Council at Maclean, a letter was read from Ulmarra Municipal Council, which requested information…

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A Prison on Fire Exciting Incidents. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

Convicts set fire to the prison at Lansing, Kansas, hoping to escape. Women prisoners and criminal lunatics confined in the prison were…

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Fire on a Steamer Many Mail Bags Destroyed. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1913 · page 3

During the voyage of the steamer Makuara from Sydney to Auckland a fire broke out in the hold where the mail matter was stored…

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Fire on a Steamer Mails Destroyed Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 5

A fire occurred in the mail room on the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby (New Guinea) yesterday. Mails were destroyed and much damage was…

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An Appalling Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday—There were thrilling and tragic scenes at a fire in Wilson's Hotel, New York, when seven persons, were burned to death, and many…

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Telegraphic Sydney, Friday. Fire on Mail Boat

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 2

A fire occurred in the mail room of the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby yesterday, the mails being destroyed…

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The Northern Territory. Prof. Gilruth "Going to Blaze the Track."

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 7

Professor Gilruth, the new Administrator of the Northern Territory, speaking in Sydney prior to his departure for Darwin, said that whilst…

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Fires to Order. £800,000 Damage Yearly. Faulty Insurance

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 4

Astounding allegations as to the widespread ramifications of tht "fire bugs" are contained in a report on "Incendiagism," Just submitted by Mr Joseph…

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A Close Call. Politicians Under Fire. Vancouver, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

Mistaking the United States vacht Dolphin (aboard which were eleven members of the Senate and the House Committee on Naval Affairs) for a…

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An Unique Spectacle. Gas Main on Fire. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1913 · page 3

A big tree, with a girth of six feet, standing in a street at Castlemaine (Vic.). was struck by lightning. The trunk was twisted and torn. The…

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Fire in Sydney. Riley Bros.' Building Ablaze. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

At three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the building on the corner of George and Bathurst streets, in the rooms occupied by the…

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The Local Fire Brigade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 2

The experiences of Tuesday morning's fire do not prove that the Grafton Fire Brigade is an effective organisation. It is not inferred that the officers or…

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Burning of a Church. St. Mary's Destroyed by Fire

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 1 May 1913 · page 2

At an early hour, on Tuesday morning St. Mary's R.C. Church, near the eastern end of Victoria-street, was discovered to be on fire. It was first noticed by…

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More Fires. Railway Sheds Destroyed. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1913 · page 3

One of the public schools at Aberdeen Was been partly burned by suffragettes. The damage is estimated at £500…

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Fire in Shanghai

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A big fire occurred in Shanghai on Friday, in connection with which there were many sensational incidents…

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