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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Mine on Fire an All-night Fight. Men in Smoke Helmets. Auckland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

A fire broke out last night in the Waihi mine, and is still burning. The outbreak was fought all night long by men wearing smoke helmets…

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Fire Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 4

The inquiry by Mr. Hodge, District Coroner, regarding the destruction by fire of the house on a property 20 miles above Bowraville, and owned by Fred…

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Fire at Ebor

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

On Sunday morning last the residence of Mr. Herb. Frost at Ebor was razed to the ground by fire, and all the contents destroyed. In addition…

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Picture Theatre Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 1

A sudden outbreak of fire in the operating box of the Majestic Hall Picture Theatre at Bankstown just as the show was finishing last night, caused…

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Fremantle Fires an Unlucky Firm. Second Big Mystery Blaze. Three-storey Warehouse Destroyed. Perth, Monday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

A great fire at Fremantle last night destroyed the premises of Wood, Son and Coy., general warehousemen. It was a three-storey building in an…

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Peculiar Fatality Gun Fires Itself. Young Man Killed. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

A Gundagai message says: Two young men were rowing on the Murrumbidgee River yesterday. Both left the boat in shallow water to tow it…

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Firemen Leave a Dance. to Fight a Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

A fire broke out at nine o'clock last night on the premises occupied by Goodyear Tyres, Ltd., Elizabeth street. A large number of firemen, who were…

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Woman Badly Burnt. Clothes Ignited at Copper Fire. Sydney, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 3

Mrs. Leonard, 60 years, living at St. Ives (North Sydney), was admitted to a hospital in a critical condition today, as a result of burns. She was…

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Sydney Fire Box Factory Destroyed. Firemen's Impossible Task. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 3

A fire broke out in a box factory in Broughton-street, Glebe, to-night. The building, which was of wood and iron, together with its contents, was…

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Bomb Throwers. Whole Crowd Watched Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 5

Several fires broke out in Belfast early this morning. The largest was at a ham factory and soon assumed large proportions. When a small crowd collected…

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Suspicious Fires Two Distinct Outbreaks. £500,000 Wool Store Menaced. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 3

What is regarded as a suspicious fire broke out in the premises of the Country Producers' Selling Company, Pyrmont, yesterday about five o'clock. The…

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Turkey Island Fire. Assisting the Settlers. a Worthy Movement

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 4

A representative meeting of returned soldiers of the Lower River was held at Falmer's Island on Monday nighs last when the matter of taking steps to…

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License Compensation Clarence and Richmond Hotel Last Year's Fire Recalled

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 2

A special Licensing Reduction Board (consisting of Messrs. Gunn, chairman, and Shelton and, Sellors, members) visited Grafton yesterday, and sat on the…

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Bush Fires in Trangie District. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

A bush fire broke nut in Mr. W. Smith's "Thornton'' property in the Trangie district, and by night-fall the adjoining holdings had been practically all burned -…

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Suspicious Fires. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

The report of the Coroner in connection with the suspicious fires at the Country Producers Selling Company Pyrmont, states they were deliberately caused by…

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The Ghost Fires. City Coroner's Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

The City Coroner inquired int®o the second series of mystery fires, which occurred in a house at Old South Head road, Darling Point, on March 13. After the…

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"Freeman's Journal" Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

A band of armed men smashed up the machinery and set fire to the "Freeman's Journal" buildings. Prompt action by the fire brigade…

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Local and General. Fire at Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

A weatherboard cottage in McKittrick's subdivision, Coff's Harbor, tho property of Cr. C. A. Gilles, was totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night…

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The Mystery House Second Series of Fires. Evidence at the Inquest. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 2

The Acting City Coroner to-day deeply probed the circumstances surrounding the second series of fires which occurred at what is termed "the…

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Big Bush Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 3

A bush fire in the Nevertire district is described at the worst experienced there. At times the flames were over the treetops. Three hundred sheep were…

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