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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

272 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 14

An Unusual Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1935 · page 7

An unusual fire recently happened in England. A driver of a motor truck was giving his engine the usual clean up, employing a washbowl of waste…

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Police Fire on Mobs More Riots in Cairo. Cairo

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 December 1935 · page 5

Students and schoolgirls continued patriotic rioting to-day when one tram car and two motor buses were set on fire and destroyed…

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Mungindi Fire Eight Buildings Destroyed Residents Run From Swimming Pool. Mungindi

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 December 1935 · page 4

Eight buildings in the centre of the town were destroyed by fire this afternoon, while other premises were saved by the strenuous efforts of a bucket [?]ire…

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Woman Chef Jumps From Second Floor Big Fire at Walgett. Walgett

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1935 · page 5

The woman chef employed at the Imperial Hotel was badly injured when she jumped from the second floor to the ground last night…

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Fire Near Inverell Hotel and Store Destroyed. Inverell

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 December 1935 · page 5

A large single-story hotel and general store at Graman. 25 miles from Inverell, were destroyed by fire. The property was owned and…

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House Destroyed Fire Near Rappville. Rappville

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 December 1935 · page 4

A fire destroyed the house, with the exception of the kitchen, on the farm situated at Ramallah, on the Myrtle Creek-Tatham road, occupied by Mr…

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The Normandie Fire in Refrigerators. Le Havre

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1935 · page 5

A fire broke out in the refrigerators of the liner, Normandie, when in dry dock. Little damage was done…

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Two Incinerated Another Seriously Hurt Motor Truck on Fire. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 28 December 1935 · page 5

Two persons were incinerated and, another was seriously injured when, a motor truck overturned last night near Moora…

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Fire Hazard

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1935 · page 4

Dr. Gordon W. Kline, of the Bureau of Standards, has discovered a chemical that will reduce the fire hazard in airplanes. The airplane cloth is "doped"…

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Negroes' Faith Three Die In Fire Refused Rescue Aid. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1935 · page 5

Three followers of Father Devine, leader of a negro religious cult, were burned to death in a fire in a two-storey house they occupied in Newark…

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Local and General False Fire Alarm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade was summoned last week from the alarm near Hampden Bridge, Fitzmaurice street, about 1.30 o'clock, but when it arrived…

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Smart Save Fire At Dorrigo Two-story Building Damaged. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 3

A fire last night partly destroyed a two-story building owned by Mr. T. Navin. The outbreak was noticed by a…

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Three Women Dead Burnt In Hotel Fire Seven Others Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1935 · page 3

Three women were burnt to death, and seven were injured, including a honeymoon couple, owing to a fire in the new Waverley Hotel at Edinburgh,…

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