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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

272 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14

£15,000 Damage Fire at Dunedoo Rain Damages Stocks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 5

Fanned by a strong wind, the most, disastrous fire in the history of Duncdoo broke out at 2 a.m, to-day, and destroyed the Royal Hotel, five shops, an two…

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Lahore Riots Moslems And Sikhs Demolishing a Mosque Royal Scots Fire on Mob. Lahore

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 July 1935 · page 5

The Royal Scots were forced to fire on a huge crowd of Moslem rioters, killing two and wounding others. The shooting was a climax to day…

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Vacant Factory Blaze

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 July 1935 · page 4

An untenanted factory building in Clyde street, Hamilton North, near the gas works, was destroyed by fire late on Friday night. The firemen found a bed…

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Fire Horror At Southport Three Dead Mother And 2 Children Burned to Death Trapped in Blazing Home Husband's Frantic Rescue Efforts. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Isabel Hoyle (35) and her two children, Beverley (4) and Graham (11 weeks), were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a…

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Bush Fires Near Town

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 2

The fire brigade was called out on Saturday afternoon to a fire that broke out on the northern side of the Jetty Koad between the school and…

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Snow, Hail and Wind Rough Week-end in N.S.W. Dust and Bush Fires. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 5

New South Wales experienced one of the most remarkable week-ends in its history. Blizzards, snowstorms and hailstorms swept the south-eastern and…

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DAIRYVILLE Fire Destroys Farm Home

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1935 · page 3

Between two and three o'clock last Thursday morning Mr. Harry Hartley was suddenly conscious of an increasing roar and bright glow from the…

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House Burnt Down Fire at Dairyvale

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 4

Hartley brothers and Miss. Hartley, of Dairyvale, had their house burnt to the [?] early on Thursday morning, writes our Upper Orara correspondent…

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Bush Fire Burns Car

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 6

A Queensland resident touring this way with members of his [?] very nearly lost his car t[?] bush fire at Boambee Headl[?]…

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Sawtell Fire An Unsolved Mystery

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 4

At 1 o'clock in the morning everything about a cottage at Sawtell seemed all right. An hour later a neighbor was awakened…

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Big Grass Fire Thousands of Acres Swept in the Bostobrick Country

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

Fanned by a heavy wind at the week-end fires in the Tyringham and Bostobrick district got beyond control and swept ever thousands of…

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Fire on U.S.A. CRUISER 100,000 Dollars Damage. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

Damage estimated at £50,000 dollars was done to the United States newest 10,000 toll cruiser, Quincy. by fire which was largely confine to the expensive…

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Grass Fire Damage in Dorrigo District

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 4

A. grass fire which swept through the Little Murray River valley during the week-end did considerable damage on holdings from Bostobrick to the…

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Grass Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 4

Grass along the railway embankment between Duke and Villiers streets, Grafton, caught alight yesterday morning, and until the arrival of the Grafton Fire…

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Fire at Hospital 41 Patients Removed to Safety Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 5

Less than 15 minutes after a fire which extensively damaged the building broke out a [?] afternoon, 41 patients had been removed…

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House Menaced by Grass Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 4

For almost an hour on Saturday, Lismore firemen fought a grass fire which threatened the home of Mr. E. P. Murphy, at North Lismore. Fanned by…

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Fire at Tamworth Undertaker's Premises Damaged. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 1

Fire early this morning destroyed the Stables and outbuildings at the rear of Allen's secondhand shop and undertaking establishment in Peel street…

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Bottle of Beer Fume Extinguisher Goya Henry's Plane on Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 4

When it was accidentally set alight by rockets, Mr. Goya Henry nearly lost his plane recently, but "assisted by some genius with a bottle of…

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Fire in a Church Damage Estimated at £1300 Short Circuit in Wire? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 5

A fire which broke out in the basement of St. Luke's Church of England, Mosman, yesterday, destroyed the engineroom, and damaged the organ, chanced…

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Berlin Fire Many Trapped In Tower Rescued by Rope Ladders Radio Exhibition Destroyed. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 5

A disastrous fire broke out tonight in one of the great wooden buildings housing the radio exhibition and rapidly spread to other halls,…

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