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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Boarding-house Fire Clergyman's Trying Experience Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 5

"Nepean," a boarding house at Mulgoa, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The Rev. C. Willis, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church,…

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Motor Fire Engines South Grafton Proposal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 October 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of the South Grafton Municipal Council last night the Mayor (Ald. S. A. Jones) said that during the day be had met Mr. Lister, one of the…

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Disastrous Fire Eleven Houses Destroyed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 October 1925 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred, at Williamstown North, near the Newport workshops, early this morning, when 11 weatherboard houses, owned by George Owen and Son,…

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Machine Gun Fire. Greek Artillery Active. Sofia

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1925 · page 5

The Greek rifle machine gun fire was reported in the direction of Petritch this afternoon. Simultaneously the Greek artillery, allegedly, shelled the village of…

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Big Bush Fire Homesteads in Danger. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 4

Further details of the bush fire near Bacchus Marsh, show that the flames now extend from the Dandenong Ranges to Healesville Ranges. Fire fighters worked…

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Fire Bugs in Bolshieland

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 2

A message from Cairns states, that foreign fire bugs are being blamed for some of the recent fires in the sugar plantations. Their action is…

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Give Me £50 Evidence at Fire Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 5

At the inquiry to-day concerning the fire at Railway Parade, Granville, Sergt. Parmenter said he had interviewed Kerr, the tenant of the premises, who declared…

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Fire at Printing Works. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 November 1925 · page 3

A fire broke out in the printing works occupied by Tack Gilbert at Paddington at an early hour to-day. The top floor was practically burned out, and…

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Cricketer Set on Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 2

Weekes, of the Wanderers, is a particularly savage bowler. Sparks literally flew from one ball he sent down to Jack Cork on Saturday. In fact it…

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Rappville Fire at Butcher's Shop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 November 1925 · page 1

The butcher shop owned by Mr. H. V. Rapp was partially destroyed by fire in the early hour's of Sunday morning. The outbreak was first discovered by Mrs…

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Fire in Cemetery

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 4

Consequent on much dry weather, bush fires occurred in Taree district, doing considerable damage. In one instance, the fire swept through Woolla cemetery…

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Local and General Benzene Blaze

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1925 · page 4

Lismore fire brigade was called out at on Thursday evening to extinguish a blaze which occurred at the "bowser" in front of Coates' garage in Magellan…

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Mysterious Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 2

The Armidale fire brigade was called to the residence of Mr. W. Bath, Rusden-street, on Monday night of last week to extinguish a blaze in the…

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Child's Clothes Catch Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 2

Three or four kiddies of tender years were seated on the door step of a business house in Hyde-street one day during the week when one of them…

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Fire in Garage. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 5

A fire broke out in the Adelaide Motor Hire Coy's garage this morning, causing damage to the extent of £1700. A number of cars were destroyed…

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Forest Fire Damage in Pilliga Scrub. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

Several thousand acres of Crown lands were destroyed by fire in the Pilliga Scrub, 45 miles from Narrabri. The destruction of settlers property and…

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Stables on Fire. Limelight Burnt to Death. Cootamundra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 November 1925 · page 5

A fire occurred at the stables of the Albion Hotel to-day, and the racehorse Limelight, owned by Mr. George Main, was burned to death. Other racehorses…

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Queensland Bush Fires. Charleville

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

Bush fires have been raging in various parts of this district for some weeks past. A report from Landsdowne Station yesterday stated that a big fire had broken…

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Fire at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 4

A two-storied house in Magellan street, Lismore, was almost totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The house, which was known as…

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Fire in Shop Constable's Plucky Rescue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

Constable Bogan, while walking along Regent street, Redfern, late last night saw smoke issuing from a two storied music store. He rushed into the building…

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