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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

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

Bush Fires Damage In Tasmania SCENES Or Desolation. Narrow Escape--heavy Losses. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 5

Bush fires in the northern section of the State have been extinguished and the people are returning to devastated, almost unrecognisable…

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Fire-walkers Miracle of Fiji P. and O. Arranges Spectacle

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 6

Fiji is planning a unique spectacle in honor Mf the pleasure cruise of the Strathaird next April. Fire-walkers will be brought from Beqa Island to perform…

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Railway Bridge on Fire Train Backed Two Miles. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 5

While the south bound goods train was crossing a timber bridge about 200 feet long over Brown's Creek, near Yandina, at midnight on Saturday the driver…

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Fire at Dorrigo Good Work by Fire Brigade. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

The Dorrigo Fire Brigade had 1100 feet, of hose out early on Sunday morning and pumped 7000 gallons of water on a fire which destroyed a house owned by…

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Curtains on Fire

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 4

When a window blind and curtains caught fire at the home of Sergeant and Mrs. McGrath. 59 Victoria street, early last evening. Mrs. McGrath ran through…

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Mysterious Fire

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 2

There was another mysterious fire in Dorrigo during the early hours of Sunday morning last, when a cottage in Myrtle-street, tenanted by Mr…

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Car on Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

A motorist from Coffs Harbour, driving a single-seater Rover car in Black-street, Bellingen on Sunday evening, experienced bad luck when…

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Fire Destroys House in Owner's Absence. Coff's Haeboe

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 4

The residence of Mr. W. A. Robinson, of Boambee, was completely gutted by fire while Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were spending a short…

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Coroner's Verdict Police Issue Statement Ryde Fire Station Explosion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 5

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Childs. issued a statement this afternoon stating that he agreed with the detectives that Ernest Carter, 42, volunteer fireman, who…

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Reichstag Fire Three Accused Become Russian Citizens

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

MOSCOW, Thursday. The Soviet to-day granted Russian Fitzenship to Dimitroff, Taneff and Popoff, there of the five accused in the…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire Boarder Jumped From Balcony. Gloucester

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

The Royal Hotel, Park street, was totally destroyed by fire to-day. One hoarder was not awakened until his room was filled with smoke. He then tried to escape…

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£10,000 Damage Fire at Christchurch. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

A fire in the building occupied by Royds, Howard and Co., motor car and radio dealers, in Christchurch, caused damage estimated to be at least £10,000…

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The Story of Jericho Earthquake and Fire Evidence From Excavation

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 3

The abundant materials recovered during the past season from the Palace area of Jericho justify definite conclusions as to the main epochs of the city's history…

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Reichstag Fire Three Victims Now Russian Citizens Demand by Soviet. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

It is understood that the Soviet Consul in Berlin will shortly demand the release of Dimitroff, Taneff and Popoff, who were defendants in the Reichstag fire trial, on…

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Two Families Perish Fire in New York Slub Firemen Unable to Rescue Victims. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 5

Eight, of whom five were children, were burned to death in a five-storey tenement in the congested East Side slum section early this morning in one of the most…

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Fire at Gloucester

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 2

Trapped upstairs when the Royal Hotel at Gloucester caught fire about 2 o'clock last Friday morning, Mr. T. Stace, a middle-aged man, climbed…

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Grafton Council Meat Inspection Question Trees in Fisher Park Fire Brigades Demonstration

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 2

At the meeting of the Grafton City Council last night, there were present:--The Mayor (Ald. B. Eggins); Alds. W. B. King, Joseph Reid, C. H. MeKenna,…

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Ten Women Burned to Death Fire Horror in Pennsylvania. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 5

A message from Brockville (Pennsylvania) states that 10 women, widows and daughters of Civil War veterans, were burned to death early to-day when a fire…

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Open Verdict Inquiry Into Moree Fire Evidence of Hotelkeeper. Moree

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 February 1934 · page 5

An open verdict was returned by the Coroner at the conclusion of the inquiry concerning a fire which destroyed the Criterion Hotel and four shops at Moree…

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Fire Near Harwood House and Contents Destroyed Occupants Escape in Night Attire

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 February 1934 · page 4

A four-roomed weatherboard house at James' Creek, one mile below the Harwood ferry, on the Maclean-Harwood road, was totally destroyed by fire at…

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