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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

453 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 23

Gundurimba Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 4

Further particulars concerning the fire at South Gundurimba on Sunday night show that it started about 8 o'clock in a house, the property of Mr. George A…

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Spontaneous Combustion. Interesting Fire Experiments

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

About a fortnight ago a fire was discovered in the ironmongery department of F. D. Felton's store, Ballina. A rag which had that day been used to wipe up…

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Car Destroyed by Fire. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 4

One of Robinson Bros' cars was destroyed by fire near Woodford quarry, Illarwill, this afternoon. Mr. Duffy Sands was driving, and Mr. W…

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Wiped Out by Fire Polish Town Devastated. Warsaw

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 5

Ryki, a town near here, has been entirely wiped out by fire. Four thousand have been rendered homeless. The buildings destroyed included a 300 year old…

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Bowling Green Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 April 1925 · page 2

Sleeping until the flames actually reached him, W. Foster, keeper of the Shepparton bowling green, was badly burned when his home caught fire last…

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Fire at Casino

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 4

A fire occurred at Casino early on Sunday morning, whereby portion of the residence of Mr. C. Callinan, a horse trainer, was destroyed. The building, which is…

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A Fire Fiend's Plan

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 April 1925 · page 4

Goulburn racecourse grandstand was nearly burned down a few days ago. The caretaker, Mr. Tom Gambridge, noticed that a fire had been set in the porch at…

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Fires at Forbes Boy Under Suspicion. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 April 1925 · page 5

At an inquiry at Forbes into a number of recent fires the police gave evidence that a boy of 10 years had confessed to having been responsible for four of the…

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Farmer Burnt Out Rats and Matches Blamed. Cowra

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 5

The gnawing of matches by rats is thought to have been responsible for a fire which destroyed the farmhouse of P. J. O'Dwyer early this morning. The…

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Fire at Warialda. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 1

Several buildings were destroyed by fire at Warialda yesterday morning…

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Chicago Fire Destruction of Grain. Chicago, Wednesdayy

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 5

Two million bushels of grain and two elevators have been destroyed by fire. The loss is stated to be two million dollars…

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News of the World Fire on S.S. Aenas. Damage Over £10,000. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 5

The fire on the steamer Aenas at Durban was only extinguished after the hold had been flooded to a depth of 18 feet. The original estimate of the damage,…

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Fire at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 April 1925 · page 2

A house in which a considerable amount of furniture, bedding and clothing was stored, situated hear the three mile peg on the Glen Innes road, was…

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South Lismore Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 6

A five roomed cottage in Engine street, South Lismore, was partially destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon. The building was occupied by Mrs. L. Currie and…

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Two Cottages Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 7

At three o'clock on Thursday morning the people of Ballina were awakened by the ringing of the fire bell, to learn that a fire had started in an unoccupied cottage…

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Fire at Ulong

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

"I am very norry to have to record the destruction of Mr. Sheppard's house, by fire on Sunday morning. Mr. Sheppard returned to his home from…

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Ulong Fire Destroys House and Shop

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 6

On Saturday night last a fire occurred [?]t Mr. A. Shepl[?]rd's, and totally destroyed his tailor's shop and residence. As to weather he was insured or not the writer…

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Fire at Manly. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

A fire broke out in Jazzland refreshment room on the Corso at Manly last. night, doing damage estimated at £2000. The inmates had a narrow escape…

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Fire in Mine. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

A fire broke out at the 1070 feet level of the South mine this morning, but was soon extinguished before much damage had been done. The origin is a…

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Telegrams Incendiarism? Five Fires at St. Vincent's. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5

During the past week or ten days five fires have been discovered in various parts of St. Vincent's hospital. Fortunately they were easily subdued…

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