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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

489 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 25 of 25

Fire at Adelaide. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 3

Three shops were completely gutted and six others badly damaged as the result of a fire at the Central Markets. The damage cannot be estimated yet owing to the…

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Suspicious Fire. Kerosene and Shavings. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 3

A suspicious fire broke out in a building occupied by F. N. Miller, furniture manufacturer, at Redfern, last night. The flames were soon extinguished without…

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Garage Destroyed by Fire. Men's Narrow Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 3

A large motor garage at Wentworth Falls Hotel was totally destroyed by fire. Three ears were ruined. Three men, who were sleeping over the garage, had…

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Bishop's Court Destroyed by Fire. Chritstchurch (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 December 1924 · page 3

Bishop's Court was almost destroyed by fire yesterday morning. It was occupied by Rev. Hubert Jones, pending the appointment of a successor to Bishop…

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Motor Smash Car Somersaults--destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 December 1924 · page 4

A serive motor car, owned and driven by Mr. E. Sweetman, and carrying five male passengers, capsized on the Tweed Heads road between Sexton's…

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News of the World. Fire on Themistocles. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 December 1924 · page 5

A fire which broke out in the ship's galley on the Themistocles lying at King George dock yesterday, was quickly over come. Only minor damage was done,…

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108 Missing Terrible Fire in Tokio Hospital and 50 Houses Burned Tokio

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 December 1924 · page 5

Late last night an outbreak of fire occurred in a private hospital for brain diseases at Tokio. The flames spread with great…

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Tokio Fire. Nineteen Bodies Recovered. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 December 1924 · page 5

Nineteen bodies have been, recovered from the hospital fire. Seventeen are still missing…

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Skip on Fire Japanese Passenger Steamer Passengers Take to Boats. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 December 1924 · page 5

The Japanese passenger steamer Ginye Maru, bound from Valparaiso to Japan, is on fire and is calling for assistance from a point north-west of Acapulco, off…

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