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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
272 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 14
A disastrous earthquake, involving, it is feared, a death-roll of many thousands, occurred in British Baluchistan, Northern India,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An unprecedented heat wave in Southern India has taken a heavy toll There have been numerous fatal cases of sunstroke. Many perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The death occurred in the Armidale and New England Hospital to-day of George Cook, 64, the third victim of the fire tragedy at Backwater, near Guyra,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire broke out in the Paramount Cafe, in Wharf street. Murwillumbah, early on Monday morning and badly damaged the building and contents, before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Monday afternoon at 3.43, Lismore Fire Brigade turned out in response to a eai1 received from East Lismore, only to fire that it was a false alarm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Damage estimated at over £200 was caused by a fire which gutted the top storey of a timber barn on Mr. D. G. Collins' property, at 55 Breimba…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members of the Dorrigo Fire Brigade assembled at the Fire Station last Thursday, and were addressed on brigade and demonstration matters by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eighteen months after his acquittal on a charge of complicity in the Reichstag fire. Ernst Torgler has been released after 27 months' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the worst disasters in Central Germany occurred when the munition factory at Reinsdorf blew up, while working at full pressure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the biggest fires which have occurred in the metropolitan area for some time took place this afternoon when a three-storey tallow and skin store at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Having ransacked the premises and stolen a large quantity of butter from the Wholesale Butter Supply. Pty., Ltd., South Melbourne, early to-day, thieves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despite extensive Congressional investigation into Government regulation of the shipping industry, "favoritism, graft and inefficiency"…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 10 o'clock on Saturday night a fire destroyed a weatherboard house, with contents, in Acacia street, Mullumbimby. The house, which was occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fourteen were killed and many were injured seriously, when lightning struck the village of Kolki in Kathiawar State, during a storm heralding the breaking of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Grafton Fire Brigade's annual social will be held at the Criterion Hall, on Monday, July 15, in aid of the Fire Brigade's demonstration fund, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The necessity of using fire retardant materials in modern building construction was clearly demonstrated by the disastrous fire that recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Columns of smoke are to be seen every day issuing from some point of the district After such a long spell of dry weather it is an opportune time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Harold Francis suffered a heavy [?]oss on Sunday morning when the homestead on his farm, overlooking the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The necessity of using fire retardant materials in modern building construction was clearly demonstrated by the disastrous fire that recently caused such…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. A. Lattimer, a farmer, noticed smoke issuing from a barn. He endeavored to save the building, but there was no water. The building, 80 bags of…
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