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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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£15,000 Fire Russian Club Burnt Out Other Shops Damaged. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 5

Shortly before four o'clock this morning a lire broke out oil the top floor of a four-storey building in George street, near Goulburn street…

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Fire in Church Valuable Pipe Organ Destroyed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 April 1930 · page 2

Mystery surrounds a fire which caused considerable damage in St. Phillip's Church to-night. A valuable pipe organ was amongst the property destroyed…

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Railway Shed Fire the East Greta Blaze. West Maitland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 5

The Coroner to-day returned an open verdict, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the carriage shed and passenger rolling stock of South…

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Explosion in Shop Fire Destroys Sports Depot. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 3

When a quantity of polishing material exploded this evening in Eddison and Bain's sports depot, Belgrave street, city, R. Bain was blown through a door, but…

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Bullock Drivers Fierce Riot In Calcutta Police Open Fire Six Killed, Over 100 Injured. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 April 1930 · page 5

Six persons were killed and over one hundred injured in a remarkable riot here culminating in the police opening fire on an angry mob of…

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A Funny Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 6

Without warning and with no ostensible cause, a fire broke out in the door of a railway carriage forming a part of the 5.30 p.m. train from Tweed Heads,…

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Fire at Morora Mill

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 1

Mulhearn Bros. sawmill at Morora, Eastern Dorrigo, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire early last Saturday morning. The…

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Comorin Mails Badly Damaged by Fire. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 5

The mails from the steamship Comorin which caught lire at Colombo, reached here considerably damaged by water. The extent of the damage cannot yet be…

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Atta Boy! America's Best Gusher Oil Running to Waste City in Peril From Fire. Oklahoma City

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 5

In one of the greatest fire hazards created here, a new oil gusher in a field near the city has been spouting daily 200,000 barrels of oil, under the…

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INCENDIARISM? Big Fire At Brewarrina Seven Shops Destroyed Damage Estimated at £10,000. BREWARRINA

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 5

A sensational fire which destroyed seven of the principal business houses in Bathurst street, Brewarrina, early this morning was followed some hours…

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Cabbages Committed to Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 4

One thousand seven hundred and twenty-six heads of cabbages were burnt in Brisbane last week as the result of Government health inspectors' vigilance…

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Brewarrina Fire Two Men Charged with Arson. Brewarrina

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 April 1930 · page 5

At the local court to-day Richard Simmons and Charles Nicholas Conomos were charged with arson in connection with yesterday's disastrous fire. They were…

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HOTEL - Fire One Man Fatally Burned. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 April 1930 · page 4

When a hotel at Bellgrove, N.Z., was destroyed by fire nine occupants escaped in their nightclothes. One, John Galvan, was severely burned…

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Petrol Fires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 1

Replying to the shire council's application to the Board of Fire Commissioners for supply of a foam extinguisher to Coffs Harbour Fire…

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Open Valve Escaping Decline Fire on Oil Tanker. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 1

The Coroner to-day commenced an inquiry into the fire which severely damaged the oil tanker British Honor in Newcastle harbor on February 24…

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Four Shops Destroyed Country Town Fire in Victoria Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 April 1930 · page 1

Four shops were destroyed by fire at Lang Lang early this morning. The town is without a water supply, and the residents had to watch the buildings burn…

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Sequel to Picture Film Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 4

At the Taree Police Court, Constable Bedingfield proceeded against Walter Clyde Levick alleging that he did not carry out the provisions of the Act by…

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Forty Persons Perish in Russian Cinema Fires. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 5

A cinema fire in a travelling circus caused the death of 22 spectators at Volsk. Eighteen persons, mainly women and children, perished in a similar disaster in the…

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Brisbane Fire. £25,000 Damage. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 5

Over £25,000 damage was caused by a tire which broke out in the premises of Robert Reid and Co. in Hie city last night. Most of the damage was caused…

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Fire Brigade Art Union Inquiry to Be Held. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 April 1930 · page 5

The Attorney-General's Department has ordered an inquiry into the accounts of the Fire Brigades' carnival and union. Last year the art union showed…

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