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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 16
After a hearing lasting for 32 days --the longest in the history of the Old Bailey--the 10 accused in the gigantic insurance, incendiarism and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Daily Telegraph," in a special article to-day, says the full significance of the fire conspiracy trial is only now revealed. In the opinion of leading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detectives detained a man to-day in connection with what they believe to be a systematic plan to defraud Sydney insurance companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German Relief Committee in London announces that the German Government has refused all requests for an International Commission to conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Before the Magistrate at Balmain Court committed George Quin for trial to-day on a charge of having maliciously injured the bedding, floor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When a fire occurred at midnight, on the Paris-Marseilles mail plane, the pilot ordered the wireless operator to jump by parachute, which he safely,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In consequence of the recent fire conspiracy case, London insurance companies have appointed a secret committee of senior officials to form an unofficial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A spectacular fire at the Century Storage Battery Co., Ltd., Alexandria, late this afternoon, destroyed about 3000 tyres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An intimation has been received that members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., including the President (Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Streams of escaping petrol burst into flames in Parramatta road, Homebush, to-night, when a motor lorry crashed through two bowsers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two buildings were destroyed by fire last night. They were the office of the "Henty Observer," a weekly newspaper, and the bootmaking shop of Christopher…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While Constable Astill, of Peters[?]am was walking along Parramatta road last night, he was attracted to a shop by the smell of overpowering fumes. Forcing an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The prolonged drought continues in England and forecast indicate further fine weather. There is a water shortage in several parts of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When he fell into the fire at his hut in Darling street, South Dubbo, on Friday last Mr. William Samuel Vallentine, aged 80 years, one of Dubbo's oldest residents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From many reliable sources recently evidence has been forthcoming of definite improvement in the trading conditions in Great Britain. Scotland Yard interviewed Leopold Harris, who was sentenced to imprisonment at the recent trial arising out of the big arson swindles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a little room behind the Law Courts, the International Legal Commission of Inquiry is considering the burning of the Reichstag. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Employees at a sawmill along the Dorrigo-Glenreagh railway line had an exciting time the other night. Benzine was being poured from a 50 gallon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When a fire broke out on the ground floor of a furniture factory at Redfern to-day, Wallace Shepherd, 22, was caught on the top floor. He escaped down the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire. The alarm given. The engines rush from the station. Bells clang a signal for traffic to clear. The pace is fast and furious. A familiar incident in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →the tale of a young mother's ordeal on a lonely run, deserted by even the black gin, and with two badly burned children under her care was told…
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