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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Destructive Fires. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 5

The fire-raisdng outrages in Belfast, are unabated Great damage was done to several important business premises. Fire lighters attacked some of the places a…

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More Fires in Belfast. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 5

Belfast incendiaries plentifully sprinkled petrol, which fired and completely destroyed the extensive Floral hall buildings, in Fast Bridge street Other fires…

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Fires in Belfast. City Buildings Destroyed Attacks on Castles. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 5

The attempts of Sinn Feiners to capture Killyleigh Castle, County Down, the seat of Colonel Hamilton and Rademon House, County Down, the, residence…

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Telegrams. Fire at Mosman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 5

Two places were destroyed and two others damaged by a fire which broke out early this morning in a Japanese laundry at Mosman. The damage is estimated…

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Fire Losses Total £1,500,000. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 5

Continued incendiarism has created a situation of extreme seriousness in Belfast. The Fire Brigade is worn out with the incessant work of quelling fires…

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Twenty Fires. Belfast's Week-end Crop. Cork Election Returns. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 5

Fire bugs continue their activities in Belfast unabated. There wore twenty week-end outbreaks. A fiendish affair was the roasting alive…

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Nearly a Blaze

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 2

The motor 'bus driven by Mr. Don. Wilkes had a very narrow escape from destruction by fire on Wednesday afternoon. When on…

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Cablegrams. Incendiary Fires. London, Monday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 2

A number of incendiary fires occurred at Belfast on Sunday, the most; serious being in a pawnshop which was destroyed by bombs…

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£1000 RANSOM. Bandits Release Bielaski. Strong Note to Mexico. Fatal Riots and Fire. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

The State Department learns that Bruce Bietaski, the wealthy Washington resident was liberated by the Mexicans, after the latter had received the £1600…

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BRISBANE. Returned Soldiers Unemployed. Reduction in Lands Department Big Fire at Rosalie. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 5

The strike at Foggitt and Jones' bacon factory collapsed, and with the exception of the canning department work is now proceeding as usual…

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Clothes Caught Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 5

Mrs. Margaret Hickey, over 90 years of ago, who lived in a brick dwelling at North Carlton, near Melbourne, was discovered with her clothes ablaze An…

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Big Fire at Bankstown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 5

Five places, were burnt out and four others more or less severely damaged by fire at Bankstown on Saturday night The damage is estimated at several…

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Fires in Sackville Street. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

The fires in Sackville street raged all night. The sky was lit up by a sheet of flame, the firemen working valiantly through the night to prevent the flames…

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Tragic Affair. Wife's Awful Discovery. Husband's Body in Fire. a Branxton Tragedy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

Word was received at police headquarters this morning that the body of a farmer named David King, of Branxton, near West Maitland, had been found…

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£125 Reward. Fire at Country Hotel

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

On January 19 last the Commercial Hotel at Kyogle, North Coast, the property of Charles Goulburn Larkin, and occupied by John Moore, was damaged by fire. The…

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Trapped by Fire. Grocer Rescued From Balcony. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 4

Phillip Tognetti, a grocer of Balmain, who occupies a room above his shop, was awakened at 2 o'clock this morning to find his room full of smoke and his…

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Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 2

The full force of the fire brigade turned out to fight a fire in the premises of Walker, May and Company, printers, in a narrow street off Bourke street. The…

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Fire on Ship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 2

A later wireless from the steamer Southgate stated the cargo bunkers had been on fire, but that all was now well…

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Big Fire in New Zealand. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 2

Murray and Roberts' st[?] at Napier New Zealand, was destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £35,000…

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Fire on Steamer. Cargo Burnt. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1922 · page 2

The latest wireless report from the steamer South Gate stated that the cargo and bunkers had been on fire, but that all was now well…

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