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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Big Fire at Bendigo. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 6

The factory of the Bendigo Preserving Company was destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is estimated at £50,000…

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Sound Asleep While House Was Blazing Escape in Night Attire Fire at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 4

Awakened in the nick of time, Mr. w. Reid and his wife, with their baby in arms, escaped their night attire from their burning home, at the…

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Motor Car Damaged by Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Norman McLennan left South Grafton for Coutts' Crossing, with Mr. Livermore, a railway employee, as a passenger. They arrived…

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Fire at Harwood Island Farm Residence Destroyed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 March 1929 · page 4

An eight roomed residence, situated on a farm at Harwood Island, fronting the North Arm, and owned by Mr. Henry Skinner, of Chatsworth Island, was totally…

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Big Fire. Heavy Damage Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Thirty thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire at Belmore House, Campbell-Street, City, last night…

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Campbell Street Fire Consternation Among Chinese. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Several thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire, which gutted the two top floors of Belmore House, in Campbell street, to-night. The…

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Destroyed by Fire Big Boarding House. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 5

Ocean House, a two-storey boarding house, containing 20 rooms, was totally destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this morning, at Narrabeen…

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Huge New Liner Destroyed By Fire Heat Boiled Water Insurances Total £3,000,000. BERLIN

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 5

A fire broke out in the hold of the mammoth Nord Deutsch Lloyd liner Europa, which is being secretly built at Hamburg, with a view to…

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Mysterious Fires Outbreaks in Newsagency. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 7

A message from Windsor states that 10 distinct fires occurred in the shop of Charles Buckton, newsagent, in three days. Fortunately all the outbreaks…

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Burned While Extinguishing Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

When a fire broke out in the front bedroom of a house at Paddington occupied by Mrs. Margaret Quinlan. Mr. and Mrs. Quinlan and their daughter were…

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Alexandria Fire Box Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 5

Ryan's box factory at Alexandria was destroyed by fire early this morning. The occupants of a number of nearby residences removed their furniture into the…

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£30,000 Damage in City Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

The damage caused by a fire at Belmore buildings, Campbell street, city last night is estimated to exceed £30,000…

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Dentistry Fire Charge Against a Young Man. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 5

Following a fire which occurred last night in premised occupied by F. and G. Turner dentists, the police arrested John Cyril Roberts, motor trimmer, 23, who…

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Armed Intruder Fires at Pursuers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 3

Returning to his home at Kensington last night, Alfred Walker found a man inside. The intruder ran into the street, pursued by Walker and two other men…

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Big City Fire £150,000 Damage Parbury's Bond Store Firemen's Narrow Escapes. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 3

Tremendous damage was caused by fire, which broke out early yesterday morning in Parbury's bond and free store, Miller's Point. The premises,…

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Spectacular Fire Glasgow Church Destroyed. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

Damage amounting to £300,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the United Free Church at Eglinton Toll, Glasgow. A vast crowd watched the…

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English 'Bush' Fires Heath Land Aflame Soldiers Assist to Quell Outbreak London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 5

Several practically rainless, weeks have resulted in local fires like miniature Australian bush fires. Several square miles of heath land near…

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Australian Forests Allegations at League Meeting "Clandestine Ringbarking and Bush Fires" Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

At a meeting of the Australian Forest League allegations were made that, in order to obtain land now under forest, certain individuals were not averse to…

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Fire at Mortlake Family Escape Through Window Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 4

When a fire broke out early this morning and destroyed the four-roomed weatherboard house of Chas Smith, in Dardanelles. street, Mortlake, Mr. Smith…

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Cessnock Residential Fire Boarders Escape in Night Attire. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1929 · page 5

Six men boarders in a residential at Cessnock escaped in their night attire early this morning, when, after an explosion, the building burst into flames…

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