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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 16

Forest Fires South Australian Outbreaks. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Fire-righters spent to-day in combating flames near Kuipto forest outside of Adelaide, and at dawn they appeared to have the situation in hand. Fires were…

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Destructive Fire Seven Shop at Trundle Trundle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Seven shops in the main business Centre of Trundle were gutted by fire early this morning, and the contents totally destroyed…

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Fire Brigade Fund

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

Replying to the shire council's application to use surplus moneys in Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade fund for use on improvement of Coffs Harbour…

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Theatre Blaze £30,000 Damage at Toowoomba School Hall in Danger. Toowoomba

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 4

Shortly before 7 o'clock to-night, the Empire Theatre in Neil-street, one of the largest buildings in Toowoomba, was completely gutted by fire. The damage…

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Nightmare Voyage Cyclone, Fire and Stripped Propeller Blades. Fremantle

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 3

The British freighter, Helmspey, entered port, this morning after a nightmare voyage of 50 days from Sunderland. During the trip the Helmspey encountered…

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Mysterious Fire Bathurst Railway Workshops. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a mysterious fire which broke out in the railway workshops at Bathurst this morning. The fire…

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Motor Hearse on Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 4

A sensation was created near Cowra when a motor hearse conveying the remains of Mr. Thomas Markham (a very old resident of the Cowra district) burst…

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Remission of Sentence Prisoners Who Fought Bush Fires. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

When big bush fires recently menaced the afforestation area at Mannus, near Tumbarumba, warders and prisoners worked hard and prevented the area being…

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Innisfail Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 3

Five business premises and an empty shop were destroyed by fire at Innisfail early on Friday morning. A fire shortly before 3 a.m. swept the business premises…

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Garage Destroyed Fire at Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 4

Emitting dense volumes of smoke, fire fiercely burnt out the garage of Mr. E. P. West, Main street, Murwillumbah, in the early hours of Sunday morning, and…

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Victorian Bush Fires. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 2

Further big bush fires were reported today, mostly in the Strezlecki Ranges, South Gippsland. Some of the outbreaks made rapid headway, burning through…

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Dutchman Arrested Fire in Reichstag Started with Petrol Soaked Shirt. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

The Reichstag was badly damaged last night by fire, by fire, deliberately started by a 24-year-old Dutchman. The blaze was observed at 9 a.m. in the main hall in which…

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Still Raging Bush Fires in Victoria Homesteads Menaced. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 5

Homesteads and station properties are now threatened by bush fires which are still raging in the Seymour district. The fires gained a firmer hold this…

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Midnight Blaze Fire at Glenreagh Barn, Produce and Poultry Destroyed

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

The burning of a barn on the property of Mr. A.J. Finlay, Braeside, Glenreagh, provided a spectacular sensation shortly after midnight on Wednesday…

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£20,000 Damage Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 5

Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire on the top floor of a Flinders Lane building occupied by the Signa Company, Ltd., wholesale…

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500 Sheep Burnt Fires Near Deniliquin Deniliquin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 8

Encircled by flames from a fire, which broke out on the property yesterday, 500 sheep were, burnt to death…

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Rats Cause Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 March 1933 · page 4

On the theory that rats found their way into the chest of drawers and ate wax matches lies the explanation for a fire which occurred at the residence of…

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Ballina Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 4

Damage totalling about £100 was caused by a fire in Burgett's Boot Palace, River street, Ballina, late on Thursday night. The loss would have been greater but for…

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Fire at Glenreagh Poultry Farmer's Loss

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 1

Mr. A. J. Finlay, well-known and successful exhibitor at district shows, suffered damage to the extent of about £15[?] by a fire that occurred…

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Flour Mill Fire Damage Estimated at £25,000. ADELAIDE

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 March 1933 · page 2

Jeffs Bros.' flour mill at Kapunda was destroyed by fire at the week-end. The damage is estimated at £25,000. The min recently received a large order for…

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