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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
288 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 15
Early yesterday morning a severe earthquake shock was felt in Wellington and other New Zealand towns in the North Island. Another sharp shock was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire in the timber yards of Messrs. Newcombe and Company, of Warrnamning. Many workmen lost their implements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Times" correspondent at British Headquarters, reporting on Saturday, says that the artillery fire is abnormal. The airmen had a brilliantly busy and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. J. Kinsela and two children, aged five and three respectively, were burned to death during a fire in q house at Geelong, Victoria. A third child was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Press Bureau says: The Secretary of State learns that nearly 600 lives were lost at Hong Kong in a disaster which was due to a panic at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arthur Chapman, residing with his family in a two-storey, five-roomed weather-board building, was awakened early this morning in an upstairs bedroom by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In this region for many miles rearwards the British and French armies coalesce. One sees khaki and blue infantry, cavalry, and artillery columns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Press Bureau reports a fire and a slight explosion in munition works in South Wales. Two persons were killed, and four sustained burns. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious bush fire occurred at the returned soldiers' block at Ooma, near Forbes, yesterday afternoon. One settler was burning off when the fire got beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire broke out at Favalora Bros. bakers, Bendigo, last night, and caused damage to the extent of a thousand pounds. Over 15,000 dozen eggs and other baking stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire occurred at Coolamon early this morning. It is supposed to have started in a building occupied by Mutton and Company, agents. A strong wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liquid Fire bolted before the Gibson Carmichael Stakes to-day, and, jumping the fence, broke his pelvis. John Wren purchased Dunwill for 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The warehouse of John Zevenboom and Co., brushware manufacturers, of Redfern, narrowly escaped destruction by fire, and was only saved by the prompt manner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—Besides the raids reported on Wednesday night, we dropped on Monday night three tons of bombs on Bruges docks, all…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire occurred at Goodearls, Limited bedding and wire mattress manufacturers in Kent-street this morning. A number of floors were damaged by fire and water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Assisted by a cyclonic disturbance which is raging over a part of the North Island, a fire completely destroyed Raetihi, with the exception of the railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire which swept Ohakune and Rangatana (N.Z.) was the most disastrous in the history of the Dominion. The loss of timber mills and timber was very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The box of a film caught fire in the operating room at the Theatre Royal last night during the screening of the pictures. The film was destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The estimated fire losses at Raetihi township, alone are not less' than £250,000. Nine big mills along the railway line were destroyed. Three hundred hands…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A steamer which had just arrived at Brisbane ran into the full force of the recent cyclone while at sea. For four days the wind blew with terrific force…
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