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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
510 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 26
The ravages of the recent bush fires have been responsible for great destruction in the South Coast district. At Numbugga, the school house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire broke out last night in a building at the corner of Ultimo road and Thomas street, owned by the City Council and used as a wholesale and retail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The five-roomed residence of Mr. C. G. Smith, Broken Head, with its contents, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Mrs. Smith and family were,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported that Twelve Greeks who were employed as sleeper cutters in the vicinity of Whipstick mines where the buildings were all demolished by bush…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A carriage on the Melbourne express, which arrived here yesterday, caught alight at Goulburn shortly after midnight and passengers rushed on to the station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A six-roomed weatherboard cottage at the rear of the hotel at Urunga was destroyed by fire early last Friday morning. It was owned by Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →While Omos Avery, of Te Kuiti, was sealing a coffin a blow lamp exploded. He was unable to reach the stairs owing to the rapid spread of the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabinet discussed the Bill for dealing with bush fires this morning and the Premier stated subsequently that would be presented to Parliament as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parramatta Coroner commenced an inquiry this morning into the cause of the fire and explosion, which destroyed a boot shop at Earlwood on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another outbreak of fire has occurred in the Barrallier district. All able-bodied men available are fighting the flames. Five firefighters had a sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two more fires were recorded in the Dorrigo district this week. On Saturday evening a cottage, which had been occupied by a bullock-driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquiry into the fire which destroyed the Great Northern Hotel, South Grafton, on Sunday, December 30, was opened at the Grafton Courthouse by the District…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A stage which had just been completed for the production of sound pictures at a ocst of more than £200,000 was destroyed by fire, the origin of which has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational evidence was given in the police court to-day, when Joseph Stanislaus. Philipson, 21, draughtsman, and Isabel Williamson, 52, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News to hand last night shows that bush fires are raging over a wide area in New South Wales and Victoria. Several townships were ringed by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ford car, owned by Mr. T. E. Benn, Lionsviil, was destroyed by fire between Fine Flower and Baryulgil, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Benn, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out to-night in a seven roomed weatherboard house in Phyllis street, South Lismore, occupied by Ernest Hoult. The dining room and a bedroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. G. White, of Iluka, was severely burnt about the body at Iluka yesterday afternoon, and sustained injuries which necessitated her removal to the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carelessness in exposing a naked flame while filling at a petrol bowser was responsible for a fierce blaze in the main street of Kempsey. A traveller pulled into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two separate outbreaks of fire, one in the eastern end and the other in the western end, were discovered at the Sydney Stadium shortly before, midnight last…
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