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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Disastrous Fire. in West Australia. Perth

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

A fire which was due to some dry logs becoming ignited, did great damage in the Capel district. The flames spread with remarkable…

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Fire at Dorrigo

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 2

The premises of George H- ROBS, who trades as the Dorrigo Motor Company, with nine cars, plant, and other contents, were destroyed…

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Fire Engine Tampered With

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 4

An allegation that the fire engine had been tampered with was made when Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M., sitting as a special coroner commenced an inquiry into fires…

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Another Fire at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

There was another disastrous fire in Dorrigo early on Friday morning last, the…

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Tribute to Fire Brigade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

At the adjourned inquiry into the fire by which Hircock's store premises at Casino were recently destroyed, the Coroner (Mr. A. E. Wren) found that the…

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Local and General Fire at Ballina

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

On Monday night a house in Burnett street, Ballina, owned by Mr. Keyes, of Glen Innes, and occupied by Mr. Harvey, of Harvey Ellis and Company was burned…

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Fire in Theatre Drop Curtain Blaze. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

The drop curtain at the Palace Theatre caught fire last night. Although the house was crowded, there was no panic and very little excitement prevailed. The…

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Sensational Fire Blaze at Woolwich Arsenal Exciting Rush of Engines Neighborhood Alarmed. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

Fire engines, from all over London, rushed out to-night to a blaze at the Woolwich Arsenal. Thousands of people watched the…

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Fire at Megan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

The residence of Mr. Aubrey Heber, of Megan, was destroyed by fire. After finishing his dairy work Mr. Heber went for a swim in a creek about 150 yards…

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Fire at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

Early on Thursday night a fire broke out in a building at the rear of the residence of Mr. Payne, ice cream vendor, Cambridge street, South Grafton. Mr…

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Fire at Tyringham Mr. Cotmore's Loss

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 2

A barn containing about 400 bags of corn, a quantity of tools, machinery, and other material, was destroyed by fire on Thursday morning at an early…

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£50,000 Insurance Melbourne Town Hall Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 3

The insurance companies decided to pay £50,000 to the Melbourne City Council as a result of the destruction of the Town Hall by fire…

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Stranger Surprised. Watchman Fires Shot. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

John Tierney, nightwatchman at the Co-operative Box Company's works, on the Parramatta River near Abbotsford, told V the police that while on his rounds he…

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Raging Inferno Broken Hill Mine Fire Must Burn Itself Out. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

The Silver Peak mine at Round Hill, four miles from Broken Hill, was destroyed by fire yesterday in mysterious circumstances…

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Fire at Tyringham

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

A barn containing about 400 bags of corn, a quantity of tools, machinery, and other material, was destroyed by are on Thursday morning at an early hour…

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Fire at Byron Bay

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 4

At 1 a.m. on Sunday Mr. W.. F. Hodge's house in Kingsley street, Byron Bay, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. and Mrs. Hodge and family were asleep at the time…

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Butter Factory Destroyed Fire at Inverell. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 5

The building and plant of the inverell butter factory were destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at £8000…

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Early Morning Fire at Casino

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 4

A cottage situated in Farley street, Casino, occupied by Mr. Percy Dwyer, and owned by Mr. W. Hillway, together with the whole of the furniture and contents,…

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Picnicers Beat Out Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

A bush fire near Beaumaris yesterday threatened devastation, but the flames were beaten out by a large number of picnicers and others who happened to be…

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Fire at Wellington Four Shops Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Wellingtom (N.S.W.), last night, Rosenberg's buildings being completely gutted. They contained four shops occupied by a saddler…

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