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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

421 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 22

Fire at Picture Theatre

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 4

An outbreak of fire occurred in the operating room of the Rink Theatre, Casino, early on Sunday night. While several employees were engaged…

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Fire Alters Picture Programme

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 4

Owing to the Paramount programme, namely, "The Cowboy and the Lady," "One Wild Week," and a two-reel Johnny Hines comedy, about 12,000…

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Yamba Fire. Evidence Concluded. Forest Wallwork Committed. Younger Brother Exonerated

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 6

"I find that the premises owned by Hannah Jane Daniels, and formerly occupied by Inda Ann Wallwork, situated in Pilot street,…

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Flame Swept. Villages Wiped Out. Death Roll Increasing. Forest Fire in France. Trains Rescuing Refugees

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 5

Forest fires rn the south of France, which an army of fighters are unable to extinguish, have destroyed villages, villas, and…

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Liner on Fire. Mails and Cargo Damaged. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 5

A fire aboard the liner President Grant, which started in numbers six and eight holds, raged fiercely till late last night, when it was controlled by…

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The Yamba Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 4

When the police charge against Forest Wallwork and William Thomas Wallwork, in connection with the Yamba fire, was mentioned in the Maclean…

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Fire in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 1

Several shops were damaged by fire which broke out in Barlow street, city last, night. The brigades were speedily on the scene and prevented what seemed…

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Police Fire on Strikers. Athens

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 5

It is officially stated that the strikers at Piraeus came into conflict with the Police patrol of which four were wounded…

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Charge of Assault. Police Fire Shot. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 1

George Davies was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having assaulted John Perke, in company with two other men whose names are unknown and…

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Forest Fires. Still Raging in France. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 5

Sporadic forest fires in the Riviera, which continued all last week, have now assumed alarming proportions at Laciotat, defying all the efforts of the…

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Greek Crime. Fire Italians Murdered. Shot in Cold Blood. Greek Government Express Regret. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 August 1923 · page 5

Five members of the ital an mission to Albania have been massacred, namely one general, two officers an interpreter and chauffeur…

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Fire at Gleniffer Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 4

The Gleniffer Co-operative Dairy Co.'s factory premises had a narrow escape from destruction by fire during last Thursday night. Fortunately it was…

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Overwhelmed. Tokio and Yokohama. Typhoon--Earthquakes--Fires. Japanese Cities Burking. Great Less of Life Feared. Chaos and Panic in Tokio. San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 3

The entire city of Yokohama is on fire, following an earthquake. Numerous. casualties are reported. SHANGHAI, Saturday…

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22 Dead. Mine Disaster. Fire and Explosions. Heroic Rescue Work. Heartrending Scenes at Pit. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 2

Thirty-one miners were entombed at the Bellbird colliery as a result of a big explosion and fire. Only, a few escaped alive. The mine is being…

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Fire on Steamer. Passengers Unaware of Outbreak. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

When the steamer Baradine, with nearly 500 immigrants aboard, was off Melbourne four days ago a fire broke out in No. 3 hold. The hold was…

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Doomed Cities. Ruin and Death in Japan. 100,000 Dead in Tokio. Earthquake--Fire--Tidal Waves. Whole Towns Wiped Out. Three Hundred Miles Swept. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 September 1923 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" has received a New York radio message which states that the earthquake lasted one and a-half hours, and caused devastation along the best part of three hundred miles and the most thickly populated area in Japan, and later it became a mass of flames…

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Fire at Gleniffer Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 4

The Gleniffer Co-operative Dairy Co.'s factory premises had a narrow escape from destruction by fire during last Thursday night. Fortunately it…

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Fire at West Pelaw Mine. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 5

A fire is raging in the No. 3 West mine at Pelaw Main colliery, and the miners have been sent home…

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Another Colliery on Fire Pelaw Main. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1923 · page 2

It is reported that a fire is raging in No. 3 West Pelaw Main colliery, The miners have been sent home…

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Burnt Alive. How 30,000 Japanese Died in Tokio Fire[?] Trapped in Military Compound Shanghai

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 September 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Osaka correspondent says it is now established that the major portion of the Tokio fatalities occurred in one place, namely, the military…

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