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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Fire at Coramba

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 3

About 8.30 on Saturday night two sheds belonging to Mr. R. Casson at Coramba were destroyed by fire. Their contents, consisting of…

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Big Fire Bond's Oxford Street Store. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was done by a fire, which occurred in a large store of Bond an company Limited, Oxford street, early this…

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Rowing Boats Twenty-Four Burned Yarra Bank Fire Damage Estimated at £5000. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 4

Believed to have been caused by the burning end of a cigarette, a fire broke out in Yarra boat sheds, on Yarra bank, to-night. The building, which is a…

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Big Fire Over 200 Bales Of Wool A,w, and P, Company's Store Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 5

Heavy damage was done by a fire which destroyed the drying shed at the Australian Wool and Produce Coy's store at Beach road, Botany,…

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Fire at Bondi. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 5

The police are investigating the circumstances connected with the total destruction by fire of a weatherboard cottage in Edward street, Bondi, early this…

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Open Verdict Dundoo Sawmill Fire Coroner's Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 4

An inquiry was held on the mill property at Dundoo yesterday, before Mr. Charles Walker, coroner, into the cause of the fire which destroyed the sawmill…

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Fire in Flat Man's Narrow Escape . Entered Burning Building to Save Woman. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 5

A fire broke out early this morning in a building in Phillip street, the first floor of which is leased as a flat to Mrs. Lilian Ritchie…

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Big Bush Fires Taree And Bathurst Houses Destroyed Aged People Rescued. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Disastrous bush fires continue in many parts of the State. Considerable damage has been done in the Taree and Bathurst districts…

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Three More Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The followers of Zoroaster in Persia or India would not. run short of a shrine at which to worship if they were to migrate to Dorrigo. This…

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Glenreagh House Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 7

A four-roomed house, owned by Mr C. Shipman and occupied by Mr. Arthur Pont, caught at about 11 o'clock last Friday morning and was burnt to the…

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Dundoo Mill. Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Returning an open verdict at the inquiry concerning the destruction by Are on the morning of January 3 of the sawmill owned by the…

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Colliery Fire Damage Estimated at £10,000. NEWCASTLE

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

A fierce, fire is raging at the Northumberland colliery, Fassifern. Damage estimated at about £ 10,000 already has been done and the position is becoming hourly…

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Churches Menaced Bush Fires Near Cessnock Damage in Lithgow District. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

Disastrous bush fires are raging at Laguna, 13 miles from Cessnock. Residents are making valiant efforts to stem the flames, but hundreds of acres of grass…

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Burnt Itself Out. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 4

The fire which broke out at Northumberland colliery, Fassifern, near Newcastle, on Wednesday night, practically burnt itself out. As a result of the…

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Allegations at Fire Inquiry

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 2

Two houses in Pitt lane, North Lismore, were destroyed by fire on the night of January 7, the owners being two Hindus, Ram Chund and Jimmy Nutta Singh…

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Fires at Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

A fire shortly after midnight on Sunday night, destroyed a six-roomed cottage in Junction street, Lismore. The occupants, Mr. M. Kennedy and family, were…

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Three More Fires at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 4

The followers of Zoroaster in Persia or India would not run short of a shrine at which to worship if they were to migrate to Dorrigo, says the local "Gazette."…

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Mysterious Fires

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 2

Our attention has been drawn to the assertion in last issue of the "Gazette" that the cottage on Mr. McMinn's farm recently destroyed by…

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Fires--and Mosquitoes

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4

All that district from Ascot to Pinkenba and beyond presents an interesting picture to the visitor who chances to travel through at night, says the…

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Victorian Bush Fires Plucky Girl's Ride. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Serious bush fires are raging at Mt. Charlie, 40 miles from Melbourne. Over 300 fire fighters, summoned by Miss P. Irvine, daughter of the captain of the…

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