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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

337 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 17

Fire at Palmer's Island Early Morning Blaze. Palmer's Island

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

A six-roomed cottage, owned by Mr. J. Ross, and tenanted by Mr. L. Baker, was completely desstroyed by fire, together with the contents, yesterday…

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Fire at Wool Goolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

About 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning last the cottage known as Woolgoolga House, Woolgoolga, with contents, was completely destroyed by…

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Fire in Log Dump

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

On Wednesday morning a fire broke, out mysteriously in a large stack of turpentine piles lying at the log dump at the Jetty awaiting shipment by an…

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House Destroyed Fire at Woolgoolga

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

At an early hour on Tuesday morning, a house belonging to Mr. G. Turner, on Woolgoolga Creek, was destroyed by fire, together with the contents. Mr. Turner…

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Local and General Fire in Timber Stack

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 4

A stack of turpentine piles at Coff 's Harbor caught fire on Wednesday morning. The flames, fanned by a strong breeze, gained a good hold on the timber…

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Family Wiped Out Home Then Set on Fire. Oslo

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

Responding to a request by a calm voice on the telephone to send police and the fire brigade to Venial, near Trondheim, the authorities on arrival found that a…

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Film Fire Families Trapped in Building Six Killed, 25 Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 5

A message from Zagreb (Yugo-Slavia) states that an explosion at midnight in photographic chemicals, due to a fire on the second floor trapped 45 families in the…

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Grand Interstate Volunteer Fire Brigades' Demonstration

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1932 · page 4

The Grafton Fire Brigade are desirous of sending a team to Wagga Wagga to compete in the Grand Interstate Volunteer Fire Brigades' demonstration, which is to…

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Repton Fires

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 3

The village of Repton has been reduced considerably in size lately by fires. Within the past few months a sawmill and four or five, residences…

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LIGHTNING Two Persons Killed Box Factory Set on Fire Terrific Storm in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 5

Two persons were killed, a box factory was destroyed, a house was set-on fire and a woman temporarily paralysed by lightning, at the…

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Destructive Fire Big Store at Balmain Destroyed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 5

Several thousand pounds damage was caused bv a fire which swept rapidly through the Strand Stores big drapery establishment at Balmain to- night…

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Set Fire to Hay. Bailiff Circumvented

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

When a bailiff entered her husband's farm at Dalwallinu (West Australia) and seized everything under a bill of sale, Mrs. Ethel Jane…

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Fire at Meldrum Cottage and Contents Destroyed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 2

A stroke of bad Luck came Mr. George Perkins's way on Wednesday night last when his cottage at Meldrum and its contents were destroyed by fire…

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Allahabad Further Serious Rioting Police Fire on Mob. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 5

There was more rioting at Allahabad yesterday. The police were compelled to fire on several, occasions to disperse the crowds of many thousands who,…

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King Carol's Loss Country House Destroyed by Fire. Bucharest

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 5

King Carol's country residence, Fiichor Castle, at Sinaia, was destroyed by fire Most of the valuable contents was saved. King Carol lost his private papers and…

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Fire in Mine Seventeen Indians Perish. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 5

Seventeen Indian ledgers perished in a fire in the Lady Rangi mica mine in the Hazaribagh district, Bihar Province. Forest fire ignited the timbers of the…

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House Destroyed Fire at Camira Creek. Camira Greek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 4

Mrs. J. Steen's house on the property at Batten's Bight was completely gutted by fire early last Sunday morning. Only Mr. A. Steen was at home at the time,…

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£20,000 Damage Big Fire Ay Armidale. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 5

The biggest fire in Armidale for many years occurred about midnight, when the premises of F. Braund and Co., Ltd., in the heart of the business centre, were…

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Guest House Destroyed Fire at Apollo Bay. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 5

Two shops, a cafe, guest house, garage and two touring cars were destroyed by fire at Apollo Bay this morning, and the damage is estimated at several thousands…

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"A Fire That Spread" a Maclean Happening

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 1

At the Maclean Police Court on Thursday last before the Police Magistrate, Mr. Carr-Boyd, Frederick John Webber was charged by the police for leaving a…

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