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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 17

Inquest on the Victims. Hurricane Fire on Unarmed Boats. Swedish Ship Topedoed. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 December 1917 · page 5

At the inquests on the Tyne trawler men evidence was given that three destroyers attacked at 5 in the morning at a distance of 200 yards, while they were…

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Fire at Cessnock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 1

Fire destroyed the Weston School of Arts, Baines' fruit shop and the public hall at Cessnock, early this morning…

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Another Hun Disaster. Great Fire at Krupp's. Dutch Workers Clearing Out Amsterdam

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 2

A serious fire has broken out at Krupp, works at Essen. The Dutch workers have left for the frontier…

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Tremendous Bush Fire. Thousands of Acres Swept. Tragedy in Hay District. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 3

A tremendous bush fire is raging in the Hay district, sweeping over hundreds of thousands of acres of grass and timber. The Gunbar district was saved from…

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