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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
316 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 16
Exciting incidents were associated with the capture of a youth who later was charged with breaking and entering. The youth was noticed inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after midnight a fire commenced in the main street of Gatton and when it was extinguished several hours later fourteen shops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three valuable yearings were burnt to death and a sale ring stand and 17 horses were destroyed by a fire which broke out at H. Chisholm and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A narrow escape from death was experienced by Mrs. Albert Holmes, an invalid., when a house at Caulfieid caught fire early to-day. Her husband was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A valuable collection of curios was lost in a fire which destroyed the contents of the sitting room of Dr. Keith Piper's home, Peel street, Tamworth, early last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Declaring that drivers of fire engines are not exempt from traffic regulations, the Coroner, Mr. White, to-day found Henry Edward Tronsselot. Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Asking Judge Lukin in the Bankruptcy Court to-day to grant him leave to prosecute the National Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., in his own name, counsel for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It was just as well that there were a number of men present in Mr. Sid Cork's billiard room on Wednesday afternoon. Had the building been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire at [?] Murrell racing stables. Mentone, on [?]rch 24, which resulted in Mr. and Mrs. William Murrell and two horses losing their lives,w as recalled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anxiety to answer his name when the jury roll was called at the Melbourne General Sessions cost a man his coat. When his name was called he dropped his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Exceptionally heavy rain a a storm at Casino on Saturday afternoon. In a short time gutters were running bankers and the water overflowed on to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the most serious fires in the history of the town, occurred at Burleigh Heads this morning when a block in the business centre of the town, consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The oil tanker, Soli, narrowly escaped destruction yesterday morning, when near Thursday Island, a shower of sparks suddenly blew from the cook's galley funnel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New South Wales Fire Brigade is amongst the foremost in the world, de flared Mr. T. P. Nance, who recently retired from his position as chief officer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Perkins, stated to-day that considerable financial loss had been suffered by the destruction by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Referring to the statement made by the Rev. A. C. Donaldson at the Anzac memorial service at Ulmarra on Sunday, that men sacrificed their lives, offering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible injuries were sustained by Mrs. E. Hanrahan, 29, of Burraga. When, she was seized with a fit she fell face First into a fire at her home and some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taking a fit and falling into an open fire while boiling a billy in a humpy at Mt. Colah this afternoon. Peter McGregor, 60 was terribly burned about the face…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The historic town of Oamupung is on fire. The famous monastery and a hundred houses have already 'been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage estimated at between £40 and £50 was caused to a window of a news ageney at Mosman this afternoon when a large quantity of fireworks was ignited…
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