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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Fire at Coramba Two Cottages Destroyed. Coramba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 August 1926 · page 4

Two small cottages situated in Dorrigo street, Coramba, owned by Mr. Joseph Holier, were totalled destroyed by fire between midnight on Wednesday and 1…

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The Coramba Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 4

Our Coff's Harbor correspondent advises us that the two cottages, which were destroyed by fire at Coramba between midnight on Wednesday and 1 a.m. on…

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Trapped in Attic Dramatic Scenes at Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 August 1926 · page 5

Reuter's Lille (France) correspondent says there were dramatic scenes when a fire in a house rapidly enveloped the staircase driving the occupants into the…

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Sugarcane Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 4

About 1000 tons of sugarcane has been badly damaged by a serious cane fire at Cudgen. Fanned by a strong north-easterly breeze, the flames became…

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N.Z. Warehouse Fire. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 August 1926 · page 3

About £20,000 damage was caused by a fire, which broke out in the warehouse of Salek Bros., wholesale druggists, in Lower Cuba street…

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Burning-off Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 2

At last meeting of Fernbrook P.P.U. a discussion ensued regarding the indiscriminate use of the fire stick on dirty farms during the latter end of…

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Mansion Damaged Another Big Fire in England London

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 5

Lord Blyth's mansion, Blythwood, near Bishops Stortford, was severely damaged by fire, and most of the contents, including valuable pictures, were destroyed…

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Destroyed by Fire. Cricket Club Grandstand. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 8

The South Melbourne Cricket Club's grandstand was almost completely, de droyed by fire early this morning. A fused electric wire in the kitchen beneath the…

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Burglar Drops Bundle Police Fire Three Shots. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 August 1926 · page 5

Late last night, a nightwatchman named Fleming discovered the doors of the Bailey Knitting Mills, at Redfern. open. He informed tho police, and…

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The Coramba Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 1

We are informed that the saving of Mr. Heber's home at Coramba during the recant fire was very largely due to the heroic work done…

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Local and General Fire at Dunoon

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 4

A cottage at Dunoon, occupied by Mr. H. Bennett, was, together with the contents, totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last; during the absence of the…

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Fire in Mine Over 200 Miners Gassed. Johannesburg

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 August 1926 · page 5

A disastrous fire is raging on the seventh level of the Brakpan mine. Two natives are dead and 22 Europeans and 219 natives are in hospital suffering from…

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Cane Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Eric Bailey, a dairy farmer at Dry Dock, Tweed Heads, had the misfortune to have about six acres of cane destroyed by fire Some…

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Charge of Arson Cadia Magazine Fire Accused Bound Over. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 August 1926 · page 5

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day George Davidson Henderson, 49, laborer, was charged with arson. Evidence was given that on June 23 a…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund Melbourne

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

The Victorian bush fires relief fund now amounts to £181,000…

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Careless Use of Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

Matches in the hands of small boys are very dangerous articles, as has been frequently demonstrated in Dorrigo and other centres. During the…

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Fire at Murgon Four Business Places Destroyed Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

In the absence of a fire brigade and water supply, a fire, which broke out at Murgon at a very carly hour this morning, destroyed four business places and…

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The Fire Fiend Two Cottages Destroyed a Third Has Narrow Shave

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

After a spell of a few months, Dorrigo has again been visited by the fire fiend. During the week two cottages have gone up in smoke, while…

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Bush Fires Relief Fund. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 August 1926 · page 4

The Victorian Bush Fires Relief Fund now amounts to £181,000…

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Fires at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 4

Two cottages at Dorrigo were destroyed by fire last week, while another had a narrow escape. The first blaze occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning when…

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