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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Fires in Dublin. Customs House Destroyed Damage Over £1,000,000. Elaborately Organised Plot. Thousands of Rebels Take Part. Several People Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 May 1921 · page 5

Ten persons were killed, including an auxiliary officer, and 20 were wounded in an engagement with incendiaries who destroyed the Dublin Customs-house, worth…

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Cotton Store on Fire. Alexandria

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 5

The Government cotton store was set on fire and 10,000 bales are involved…

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Melbourne Fire Tragedy. Pimental Granted Bail. Melbourne. Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 5

The Chief Justice to-day granted bail to Morton Pimental, who was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of murdering Gertrude Riley, the…

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The Dublin Fire. Only Blackened Walls. All the Documents Destroyed. Blow to Prospects of Peace. District Invested by the Military. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 May 1921 · page 5

''The Times " Dublin,correspondent states that the fire in the Customs House raged throughout the night, and this morning little was left except the, blackened walls…

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The Forest Lodge Fire. Police Make Arrests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 1

The fire at Standard Sweets, Ltd., at Parramatta road, Forest Lodge, on May 8, has been receiving the attention of the police, with the result that arrests have…

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The Customs House Fire. "A Military Necessity." Making British Government Impossible. London. Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1921 · page 3

The "Trish Bulletin," the Sian Fein's official organ, describes the destruction of the Dublin Customs House by the direction of the Dail Eireann…

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A Parkes Fire. Big Blaze Narrowly Averted. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 3

A message from Parkes says a fire started yesterday in a hairdresser's shop, owned by a man named Smiles, and spread to Arthur's saddlery shop…

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Big Mosman Blaze. Picture Theatre Destroyed Damage Estimated at £30,000. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 3

Thousands of Mosman residents turned out early this morning to witness the burning of Hoyts picture theatre, which was completely gutted…

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Budding Criminals. Boys Set Fire to Factories. Then Watch the Brigade. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 5

The police recently arrested three boys, aged 10, 11, and 14 years respectively. It appears that on May S the circumstances of a fire in the factory of Standard…

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Fire at Mosman. Kinema Theatre Destroyed. Loss Estimated, at £30,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 5

The Kinema Picture Theatre at Mosman, one or the largest and most up-to-date picture theatres in New South Wales, was destroyed by fire at one o'clock this morning…

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Fire at Experiment Farm. Lack of Water Hampers Brigade

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 2

The Grafton Fire Brigade received a call just before six o'clock last night, intimating that a fire had broken out at the Government Experiment…

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Fire at Experiment Farm. a Barn Totally Destroyed. Good Work by the Firemen. Saves Other Buildings

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 4

A fire, the origin of which is unknown broke out in one of the barns at the Grattan Experiment Farm last night, and the building was completely demolished. A…

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Experiment Farm Fire. Inquiry Held To-day

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 2

Further particulars in connection with the fire at the Experimental Farm on Wednesday, show that when the building which was destroyed, was…

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The Farm Fire. Coronial Inquiry. an Open Verdict

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 8

An inquiry into the fire at the Grafton Experiment Farm on Wednesday evening was held by Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M. and District Coroner, at the…

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Fire at Experiment Farm Inquiry Held Yesterday. an Open Finding

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the Courthouse, Grafton, yesterday, before Mr. A. H. Parkes, P.M., touching the recent fire at the Grafton Experiment Farm…

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Birtles Mishap. How the Car Caught Fire. Sufferers Trying Experience. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Details of Birtles mishap show that the car hit a stump hidden in me grass, which caused the benzine tank to leak and the exhaust flames came in contact with 87…

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A Fatal Fire. Old Woman Incinerated. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 3

A cottage at Burwood (Vic.) was destroyed by fire to-day. Mrs. Cusdin, aged 65, was burned to death…

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Big Fire at Wyalong. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 4

A big fire occurred in the heart of the town of West Wyalong last night. The fire started in the "Star" newspaper office, one of the oldest wooden buildings in the…

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A Suspicious Fire. Incriminating Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 5

At an inquiry into the circumstances connected with a fire, at Bourke street, Darlinghurst, on May 10, Constable Pescud stated that he was on duty near the scene…

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A Darlinghurst Fire. Four Separate Outbreaks. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 3

At the City Coroners inquiry into a fire which occurred at a house at Darlinghurst on May 10th, it was revealed that four separate fires were found,…

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