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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Tullymorgan Cane Crop Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 September 1927 · page 3

Mr. Ferguson, of the A.S.P.A., met the farmers at the school on Saturday afternoon last, and ably expounded the aims of the association, and the work it is doing…

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Lower Bucca Grass Fires

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 6

Dry weather still prevails and there is a shortage of succulent feed. A number of local farmers who have joined the Government Herd Testing Association will…

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Suspicious Fire at Casino

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 4

Suspicious circumstances are alleged by Captain Slater, Officer-in-charge of the Casino Fire Station, in connection with a fire which broke out in a cottage…

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Fire in Dwelling Youth Before Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 5

On a charge of having maliciously set fire to the dwelling of Charles Burns, 417 Pitt street, a girl, Lottie Buckingham then being in the house, Robert Craig,…

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Bond Fire Total Loss £15,000 Joynton Smith Trust Insurances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 4

The Coroner to-day inquired into the fire which damaged Kelly's bond store at Pyrmont early on the morning of July 17…

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Important to Country Fire Brigades

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 September 1927 · page 4

The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. (the Hon. T J. Smith, M.L.C.) visited Wellington on the lst September and met the…

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Convicted of Arson a Paddington Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court, David Alexander Brown, grocer, was charged with arson in connection with a fire which occurred on July 31 in a shop at…

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Guests Alarmed Fire at the Grand Central Hotel. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 September 1927 · page 3

A fire which broke out in the dining room, on the ground floor of the Grand Central Hotel, Clarence, street, city, at 5 o clock this morning, destroyed a large…

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Film Fire Four Girls Incinerated Factory a Raging Inferno Many Thrilling Escapes. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 5

An explosion set fire to film waste at film works alongside Regent's Canal, St. Paneras. The building instnatly was a…

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Big Fire Six Shops Destroyed Blaze at Goondiwindi Damage Exceeds £10,000. GOONDIWINDI

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred here early this morning, in Marshall street, the principal thoroughfare of the town, when, a whole block of…

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Fire at a Camp

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 4

A few days ego a fire broke out in a two-roomed hut occupied by aboriginals at Baryulgil. Messrs. Harry Smith and Jack Layton, who were passing at the…

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Canberra's First Shop Fire. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 4

J. Arbuckle's hairdresser's shop at Eastlake was completely destroyed by fire early to-day. Firemen had a hard job preventing the flames spreading to other…

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Fire at Dapto Block of Buildings Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 5

A block of buildings at Dapto was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The Memorial School of Arts was badly damaged, and was only saved from…

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Hotel Fire Man Burned to Death Mate Gives Life in Attempt to Rescue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 September 1927 · page 5

News was received by police headquarters to the effect that George King was burned to death in a fire which destroyed Rowena Hotel at Rowena on…

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Fire at Baan Baa Bank and Post Office Destroyed Narrabri

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 September 1927 · page 5

A number of buildings, including the Post Office and Bank of New South Wales, were destroyed by fire at Baan Baa early to-day…

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Bonville Fire. Inquiry Re Mr. R. Reedy's Home

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 4

The Belltngen Coroner, Mr. J. S. White, J.P., held an inquiry at Bon ville Hall last Saturday [?]accrniug the fire which destroyed Mr Robt…

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Wollongong Fire Police Make Arrest. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 5

Following a fire in the Jubilee Garage shortly after midnight yesterday the police have arrested a local resident on a charge of incendiarism. Fire was found in one…

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Fire in Prince Street Two Outbreaks

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 4

Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, a report was received at the Fire Station, in Prince street, that a fire had broken out at the back of Moneysaver's…

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Postmaster Arrested Post Office Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 5

A message received in Melbourne from Echuca, says the postmaster at Wambook (N.S.W.), Ernest Sydney Hartley Nelly, has been arrested by the Moama police…

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Sawmills Fire Damage Estimated at £30,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 4

Fire yesterday morning gutted Milliard's sawmills at Morrisset, doing damage estimated at £30,000. Fanned by a strong wind, the outbreak…

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