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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
624 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 32
Thirteen incendiary rick fires, have occurred in the Liverpool district, which are attributed to Sinn Feiners. Five arrests have been made as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at Hutchinson and McLeod's flour mill at Condobolin last night, and destroyed a good part of the building and damaged a quantity of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A widow living at Bordeaux (France) recently saturated her 18-year-old daughter's nightdress with petroleum while she was asleep and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at the local flour mill last night destroyed part of the building and damaged a quantity of machinery and about 1000 bags of wheat. Only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A block in a pipe on board the steamer Riverina necessitated the calling in of a plumber, who discovered that a 1lb. stick of phosphorus had been forced into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After a week's fire-fighting, during a raging storm, all the way from the middle of the Atlantic, the officers and crew of the Cunard steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred in a building at the rear of Mr. Thomas Crispin's residence, at 25 Milton street, Grafton, early yesterday morning in somewhat mysterious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, the origin of which is unknown, occurred early yesterday morning on premises occupied by Mr. Thomas Crispin, at 25 Milton street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Turner and Henderson's printing works in Jamieson street, City, were burned out early this morning. The flames had a good hold before they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after two o'clock this morning a fire broke out at Messrs. Turner and Henderson's printing works in the City. Because of easy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Chicago Tribune's" Shanghai correspondent states that silks, rice and oils to the value of six million dollars have been destroyed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage by a fire which broke out in the Apollo Picture Theatre this morning is estimated at over £3000. The electric piano, staging, screen, and film were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush fires continue to burn furiously on the three sides of the town of Foster in the Gippsland district, Victoria. Thousands of pounds worth of damage has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The town of Foster, in the Gippsland district, is seriously threatened by bush fires, which are burning on three sides of it. The residents are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cr. Faulks said that recently the Fire Commissioners' Inspector had visited Coffe Harbor, and expressed himself as very pleased with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bush fires swept, with devastating effect, through Gippsland. Light rain has since fallen and the high winds have dropped and many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another fire was discovered this morning in Bowen Buildings, opposite the Central Railway Station. The firemen extinguished it after some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cabinet decided to-day to ask the Attorney-General to inquire into the allegations regarding the misuse of funds, property and material made against the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire was this morning discovered in the big block of buildings of which the Crystal Palace Theatre is the centre. The fire brigade was quickly on the scene and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire destroyed the eastern portion of Messrs. Briscoe's hardware warehouse. The building is valued at £10,000 and stock at £60,000, while stock…
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