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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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£50,000 DAMAGE In Melbourne Fire Box Factory Destroyed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 October 1935 · page 5

Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which almost completely destroyed the box factory, with its contents, of John Sharp…

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Ballina Blaze

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 4

Fire gutted the Manchester Unity I.O.O.F. Hall in Tamar street, Ballina, shortly before 11.30 on Sunday night. The cause of the fire, which resulted…

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£10,000 DAMAGE Murwillumbah Fire Club House Hotel Destroyed Many Shops Gutted. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 October 1935 · page 4

Damage totalling £10,000 was caused by the third biggest fire in the history of Murwillumbah, which raged in Wharf street, in the early…

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Big Bush Fire Racing on Fraser Island. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 7

A big bush fire is raging on Fraser Island, and millions of feet of hardwood timber are threatened with destruction. The lighthouse keeper at Woody…

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Film Studio Fire £100,000 Damage Reported. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 October 1935 · page 5

A fire which broke out to-day in a film studio at Twickenham caused interruption of the train service on the southern electric line owing to the…

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Another Fire at Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 4

Damage estimated at about £10 was caused by the fire which broke out in Messrs. Brown Bros.' transport depot, situated next to the Blue Room Cafe,…

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FIRE-WALKERS Fiji Spectacle Clarence Man's Account Mr. H. T. Short's Visit. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 2

A vivid description of the fire-walking spectacle in Fiji was given by Mr. H. T. Short, a native of the Clarence, on his return to Dorrigo, after having…

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Brisbane Fire Motor Vehicles Destroyed Second Building Saved. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 5

The garage of Jackson and Spring Pty., Ltd., transport and Customs agents in Petrie Bight, was gutted by fire to-night, and three heavy transport…

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Factory Destroyed £3000 Fire at Kyogle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 4

Wade's furniture and joinery factory in Ettrick street, opposite the railway station, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The damage is estimated at…

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Lorry on Fire Mishap at Moonee. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 November 1935 · page 4

A lorry was badly damaged by fire at Moonee on Sunday last, as the result of a camp fire setting grass alight, and thus spreading to the vehicle. The…

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Two Injured Film Stores Explosion Fire Razes Building. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 November 1935 · page 4

Lifted from their feet and hurled across the room when a terrific film explosion occurred in the film stores vault of By-products and Chemicals,…

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Fire Brigade Work Demonstration at Bellingen. Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 4

A fine demonstration of the various phases of fire brigade work was given at the Bellingen Park on Wednesday night by the Bellingen, Coff's Harbor…

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Dramatic Rescue Fire In Sydney Sick Woman Trapped. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 5

Almost immediately after a woman had been rescued in dramatic circumstances from a blazing house in Verdun street, Bexley, this afternoon,…

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In Vault Lad Of 15 Trapped Rescuer Risked Life Spectacular Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 4

During a fire in the premises of By Products and Chemicals, Ltd., Bourke road, Alexandria, George Craig (15), of Mascot, sought refuge from the…

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INCINERATED Five In House Fire Trapped Oh Top Floor London Tragedy. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 November 1935 · page 5

Five persons were burnt to death in a fire in a doctor's residence in Wimpole street early this morning. The victims were all trapped on the…

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Fire at Jetty

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 2

About 2.30 this afternoon a fire broke out at Brighton Flats, Jetty. The outbreak occurred in the apartments occupied by Mr…

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Fire Brigad[?] Bellingen Demonst[?]

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 2

Bellingen, Coffs Harbour [?] rigo Fire Brigades particip[?] demonstration of fire br[?] and sports at Bellingen [?]…

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Five Dead Burned In Hospital Fire Mental Patients Fought Rescuers. Montreal

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1935 · page 5

The east wing of St. Jean de Dieu Mental Hospital was destroyed by fire to-day, resulting in the death of five inmates, while 35 were injured and an…

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Murwillumbah Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 November 1935 · page 4

Fire broke out in Manahan's cash and carry grocery store in Murwillumbah about 12.30 a.m. on Tuesday, but the Murwillumbah Fire Brigade effected…

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Bellingen Fire Brigade Queen Crowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 November 1935 · page 4

Miss Leah Jordan has been crowned Fire Brigade Queen at Bellingen. The Queen competition, which was successfully conducted to raise funds to…

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