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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
303 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 16
Serious bush fires have been raging in the Upper Murray district during the pa[?] two days. A girl was badly burnt, one homestead was burnt, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Poignant circumstances are associated with the tragic death of Eileen Corallie Fleming, 5 years, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Fleming, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About midnight on Sunday a six-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. T. R. Meaker and family, was totally destroyed by fire, together with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A spark, it is believed, set fire to a case of dolls in the Brisbane Doll and Toy Hospital (registered), about 10 a.m. on Sunday, and in a few minutes the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A large amount of damage was caused by a fire which broke out at Mirrool House Barracks, on the irrigation area, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another deliberate attempt was made to destroy the Mirrool House barracks by fire when a heap of blazing rubbish was found under the verandah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →But for the timely arrival of fire brigades assisted by a big force of volunteers the town of Alexandria would probably have been destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That a weatherboard cottage at Bankstown, owned by James Blackburn, which was destroyed by fire on February 19, was deliberately set on fire by some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Following quickly on an anonymous warning that incendiarism was intended a fire destroyed St. Jacques Roman Catholic Church on Sunday while the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire in an electric sign caused some excitement at the garage of E. M. Wiggins, Broadmeadow, Newcastle, early on Friday night. Hamilton Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fanned by a strong wind a fire which broke out in long dry grass at Newport to-day threatened the Newport Oil Company's works. There were 22 tanks within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While a tremendous fire in seven buildings in Bachelor's Walk, in the centre of Dublin, was engaging the full strength of the fire brigades and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cries of the occupants of a burning store in Main street, Babinda (Q.) aroused the police, the stationmaster, and the ambulance superintendent, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A committee of inquiry reported to the Minister for Marine that the fire on the liner L'Atlantique, was due to incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Eric Brampton, of Cornwall street, South Brisbane, forced his way into a burning house at South Brisbane last night and attempted to extinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a fire broke out and completely destroyed her home at Long Bay, early this morning, Mrs. H. Dark, although almost suffocated by smoke, dashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Every church in this city is under police guard following the destruction of one Roman Catholic Church a week ago and incendiary attempts on two others on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Whilst a gale was raging in the early hours of this morning a fire broke out in Gill's two-storey brick buildings, a large block opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which occurred in Gill's twostorey brick building at Tweed Heads early on Wednesday morning last caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An outbreak of fire in a drying shed at the Austral Plywood Ltd.'s works, at Tennyson road, Tennyson, early yesterday morning, resulted in damage estimated…
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