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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Destroyed by Fire Wallangarra Railway Station. Tenterfield

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1927 · page 2

A fire totally destroyed Wallangarra railway station, at an early hour to-day. It is not expected, however, the fire will interfere with the despatch of trains…

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Fire on Steamer Crew's Strenuous Fight. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1927 · page 5

With a fire burning in three holds the steamer Otterpool with a cargo of 6000 tons of coal from Great Britain, arrived to-day…

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Port Kembla Fire Private Hospital Destroyed. Port Kembla

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 August 1927 · page 5

A fire destroyed the private hospital, and residence of Nurse Peterson, at an early hour to-day. Fortunately there were no patients in the building at the time…

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£18,000 Damage Wallangarra Station Fire. Tenterfield

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 5

Further particulars of the destruction by fire of the railway station at Wallangarra show that so rapidly did the flames spread that the stationmaster had…

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Woman Fatally Burned Cottage Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 31 August 1927 · page 5

Mrs. Kathleen Armstrong, 50, was reading in bed at her home at Narrabeen last night when the newspaper came in contact with the naked light, igniting the…

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Hearse on Fire Waiting Outside Church. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 4

A motor hearse with a coffin inside caught fire in front of St. Stephen's Church, Phillip street, city, this morning Fortunately the damage was slight. The…

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Fire on Oil Tanker Explosion Heard Miles Away. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 5

When the German oil tanker Swendy, carrying 800 tons of oil from Cologne, caught fire and blew up on the Rhine, near Strasbourg the explosion was heard…

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More Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 2

There were more fires in various parts of the district on Sunday ans Monday last, when a strong wind was blowing. At North Dorrigo several…

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Unusual Cause of Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 3

A small fire started amongst some papers on a table on Mr. Thomas Carlton's verandah the other day, says Dungog "Chronicle," and, of…

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Fire at Stadium. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 2

A fire broke out in the office of the Sydney Stadium at an early hour this morning, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was done…

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Fire in Banana Plantations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 4

A serious fire occurred among the banana plantations at Nerang, Queensland, at about 3.30 o 'clock on Monday afternoon, causing damage estimated at…

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Car Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 4

A few days ago a Hudson motor car, driven by George Weatherstone, of South Grafton, was destroyed by fire. The car was travelling along the road towards…

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Cane Crop Fire Outbreak at Tullymorgan

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 7

An outbreak of fire occurred in the cane crops of Messrs. Landrigan Bros., at Tullymorgan, on Wednesday and resulted in about four acres of two-year-old cane and…

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Fire at Leichhardt Furniture Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 5

At a late hour to-night a fire completely destroyed the furniture factory of C. Dickenson in May street, Leichhardt. The damage is estimated at many…

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Phosphorus Sticks Fire in Clothing Factory. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 5

The City Coroner found the fire which occurred in the clothing factory at W. E. Ward and Co., Ltd., Forest Lodge, had been maliciously caused by some person…

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Fire at Cowra Damage Between £2500 AND £3000. COWRA

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 4

Damage estimated at between £2500 and £3000 was caused last night by a fire, which destroyed the store of J. H. Morgan…

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Woman Burned to Death Woman Found After Cottage Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 September 1927 · page 7

A woman, known as Mrs. Barbara Allan, 60, was burned to death early today, when a cottage in which she lived at Richmond was gutted by fire…

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Fire Hydranis Important to Country Fire Brigades

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 3

The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales (the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.) visited Wellington on September 1, 1927, and met the…

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Fire at Canberra. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 2

A fire broke out in workmen's quarters at the Monolite Construction Compiny's works at Red Hill early to-day. Henry Fisher and his wife escaped in the nick…

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Second in Fortnight Fire at Soldiers' Club. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 September 1927 · page 5

For the second time within a fortnight a fire occurred at the Soldiers' Club in Perkins street to-day. A block of warehouses adjoining was menaced, but…

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