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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

288 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 15

Russian Chaos. Crisis Drawing Closer. Bolshevik Rule Doomed. Between Two Fires. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 3

An interesting statement on the Russian situation is made by a diplomat from Petrograd, interviewed at Stockholm by the correspondent of…

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Fire and Water

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 August 1918 · page 4

An elaborate brick building is Hearing completion in the main street, Coff's Harbor, which will shortly fulfil duties of the local fire station, but will of course…

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Liquid Fire Squirted on Prisoners. Britain Protests Against Outrages. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 August 1918 · page 3

Details are officially published of gross outrages, perhaps unparalleled for fiendish cruelty, upon British prisoners and wounded men in March…

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Disastrous Fire. House Completely Gutted

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 August 1918 · page 8

A fire broke out in a dwelling owned and occupied by Mr. W. Casey and family at Coff 's Harbor early yesterday morning, resulting in the building and practically…

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Hotel on Fire. Some Narrow Escapes. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 4

Tho Ozone Hotel at Kangaroo Island, South Australia, was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at £16,000. Some of the occupants had a…

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Big Fire in Honduras. the Governor Injured. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 2

Belize, in British Honduras, has been partly destroyed by fire. The Governor, Mr. Hart Bennett, has been injured…

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Taking of Noyon. Hun Soldiers Desert. Allied Prisoners Kept Under Fire. Paris

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 September 1918 · page 3

"Le Matin" says: "The French traversed Noyon at the double. No soldiers are now there, as it is impossible to stay for the present. Dense…

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Serious Bush Fires. Longreach

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 September 1918 · page 3

Destructive bush fires broke out need Ilfracombe last night and swept through many holdings, causing considerable damage. It is feared a number of sheep were…

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Retreat on the Oise. Fires in the German Wake London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at French headquarters, reporting on Wednesday afternoon, says:-- The Germans are falling back between…

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Our Waterless Brigade. Coffs Position In Case of Fire. Deputation. to Commissioners

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1918 · page 2

A deputation representing the Chamber (if Commerce wailed (in the Railway Commissioners at the railway elation on Thursday…

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Steamer on Fire. Cargo Destroyed. New York, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1918 · page 2

A message from an Atlantic port says a steamer has arrived on fire. The cargo of sugar and tobacco, from Porto Rico (West Indies), was…

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Water and Fire. the Position at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 September 1918 · page 6

While on their journey south on an inspection of the North Coast railway, the Commissioners were waited on at Coff's. Jetty by a representative of the…

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Fires and Massacres. Reports Probably True. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 3

The British Foreign Office says it is unable to confirm the reports now reaching America of fires and massacres at Petrograd, but, as the…

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London Fire Brigades Dispute. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 5

The Press Bureau announces that members of the London County Council met the members of the fire brigade, accompanied by the secretary of the trade…

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Proposed Water Scheme. In Case of Fire at Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1918 · page 2

At the Shire Council meeting on Wednesday, the Shire Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) submitted the following report:—…

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Russian Chaos. Fires and Violence. British Government Taking Action. London, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 3

Acording to reports from Helsing fors, the counter-revolutionaries have gained the upper hand in Petrograd. The Bolsheviks have apparently…

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[?]Of St. Mihiel. [?]Cans and French. [?]Risoners Taken. [?] Foch's Third Phase. [?] From German Soil. [?]Tack. [?]Ery Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 September 1918 · page 3

[?] learns that the French-Ameri[?]ck on the eastern face of the St. [?] salient was from Xivray to Fey [?] The first day 's advance…

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Factory on Fire. Girls Jump From Windows. Vancouver, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1918 · page 2

A message from Newark, New Jersey, says a button factory caught on fire, the girls leaping from the windows. Many are reported to have…

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Austrian Munition Works. Fire Causes Panic. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 5

A Vienna official report states that a fire occurred in munition works at Woellerstorf, and caused a panic, among the workers. There were a great number…

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Boy Sets Shed on Fire. with Matches From German Grandmother. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 5

At an inquiry concerning the destruction by fire of a weatherboard and galvanised iron stable and feed room at Lidcombe, A. Volt, a boy aged 13½ years, was…

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