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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 16

New Fire Engine Test

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. Gunnee (Officer-in-Charge Grafton Fire Station), Mechanic J. Wills (headquarters staff), and five firemen of the local Brigade were in attendance at…

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Fire!

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 4

The residents of Bellingen were some what startled on Thursday night week, at about 11.30 p.m, by noticing a rod glare, and smoke…

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Big City Fire. Hotel ".Australia" Burnt

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 5

Sydney' s Sunday calmness was disturbed, just about the time church goers were settling down to their devotions, by the" throb and clatter of…

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Big Albury Fire. Mate's Emporium Gutted. £62,000 Damages Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 December 1915 · page 2

T. H. Mate and Co's Emporium was burnt out in Albury yesterday. The damage is estimated at £62,000. (The business of T. H. Mate and Co.,…

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Disastrous Fire at Albury. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 5

A destructive fire occurred at Albury early yesterday morning, resulting in the total demolition of Mate and Company's general emporium. The adjoining valuable buildings…

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Fire at the Tweed. One House Burnt; Two Damaged. Murwillumbah

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 December 1915 · page 3

A house on Hospital Hill, Murwillumbah occupied by M. Smith, was burnt, with its contents, yesterday. Two others were damaged…

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The Fire Rate

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

Grafton and South Grafton Councils each contain one alderman who has made it his business to press for a reduction of the rates on which the fire…

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Fire on the Omrah. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 5

Within halt an hour of the gang of wharf labourers knocking off work on the mail steamer Omrah at the Circular Quay this afternoon, a fire broke out in the forward…

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The Omrah Fire. Vessel Damaged Slightly. Sailing To-day. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 3

The damage to the Omrah by the recent fires is only slight and the vessel will sail for England to-day. The damaged cargo has been landed…

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Fire Matters. the 1916 Estimates

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 2

There were several letters relating to fire matters among the inward correspondence dealt with by the Grafton Council on Wednesday night…

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Drum Fire Artillery. German-discipline Above All

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 7

Prince Oscar, the fifth son of the Kai[?]er has written a little book called Winter Battle, in which he describes the hard fighting of the 3rd German…

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Big Fire in Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 3

The biggest fire known in Melbourne for years broke out at 3.30 p.m. on Monday in Dyson and Co.'s drapery establishment and spread to adjoining…

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