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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

401 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 21

Prince's Attendants. Lose Everything in Hotel Fire. While at Cherry Blos[?]om Flt[?]. Some Lives Reported Lost. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 April 1922 · page 5

While the Prince of Wales and his entire suite were attending the Imperial cherry blossom party, a fire completely destroyed the Imperial Hotel, where the…

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Another Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

The Coroner's task, however, was not yet over. An inquiry was held into the destruction by fire of a cottage in Combine Street, Coffs…

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Corone[?]s Court. High Street Fire Inquiry. An [?] Verdict

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1922 · page 2

The P.M., [?]ting as Coroner, continued the adjourned inquiry into the destraction by fire of Mr. C. A. Finch's chemist's shop in…

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Big Fire Averted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1922 · page 4

A big fire was averted at- the showground last night owing to the promptness of an employee of Anthony Horders land Sons, Limited, in giving alarm. He…

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Big Fire in Belfast. Whole Street Wiped Out. More People Shot Down. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1922 · page 5

The Times" Belfast correspondent says there Was a resumption of shooting in the Ballymacarret district this evening, when two Catholic women and one man…

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Big Fire in Wellington. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 5

One of the most disastrous fires that has ever taken place in Wellington, New South Wales, occurred at 6 o'clock this miorning, when Messrs. Pepper and…

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Fire at Repton. Pike's Sawmill Destroyed. Repton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 5

E. D. Pike and Co.'s sawimill, at Repton, was completely destroyed by fire about midnight last night. The damage is estimated at several thousands of…

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Fire and Explosion. Appalling Death Roll. Hunoreds of People Buried. Thirty Thousand Homeless. Athers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 5

Stores of war materials near the railway station at Monastir exploded with disas ATHENS, Thursday. --result. There is a huge death roll,…

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Convent Destroyed by Fire Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

A distructive fire occurred at Bare Ian last night, resulting in the total destruction of the convent and the adjoining school. The origin of the outbreak…

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Collision Causes Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

As a result of a collision between a cart and a motor lorry in Cleveland street, Redfern, to-da.y, fire broke' out among, the sulphur which was on the…

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Fire at Annandale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

Three shops and dwellings were damaged by a fire which broke out this afternoon at Annandale. The tobacconis[?] shop of Cyril Bible was the seat of the…

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Fire at Petrol Distillery. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 5

Forty fire brigades fought a fire at Capel Leonard's petrol distillery at Huckneywick. Lorries were requisitioned to throw tons of sand on the blazing oil…

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Fire at Spanish Seaport. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Malaga correspondent says a fire broks out at 1 o'clock in the morning in a building occupied by a number of "Government Departments. The upper…

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Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 4

A fire broke out in the basement of Hardware Chambers, an extensive five-storied building at the corner of Little Bourke street and Elizabeth street, this…

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Fire Station Quarters

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 4

In spite of many promises no living quarters are attached to the Grafton Fire Station. Ald. T. N. Page drew attention to this fact at the meeting of the City…

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Mice Cause Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 4

Mice are believed to have caused a disastrous conflagration which broke out in Narromine on Saturday night. Four wooden shops were completely…

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Fire Board Chairmanship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 7

It is stated that the chairmanship of the Fire Brigades Board, vacant owing to the resignation of Mr. Farrar, Minister for Labor and Industry, will be given…

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Telegrams. the Glebe Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 3

An inquest into the fire which destroyed the premises occupied by James Trammell at Glebe on April 9 was held to-day…

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Fire in a Hotel. Flames Confined to Room. Old Man Taken to Hospital

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 2

A fire occurred about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning in one of the bedrooms of Willan's Freemasons' Hotel, at the corner of Prince and Pound streets…

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£1000 Damage. Church Catches Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 5

Early this morning the Church of the Sacred Heart, Goulburn, was damaged by fire to the extent of approximately £1000. A Sister on the balcony of the adjoining…

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