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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

288 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 15

Dash to Rescue Neptuna Tows Macdhui Passengers Transhipped Fire in Hold Under Control Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 5

European and native passengers were safely transhipped, with luggage, early to-day, when the Neptuna, after a 300 miles dash at full…

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Police Fire on Oilfield Strikers. Port of Spain

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 5

Two more men and a boy are dead, and 26 were wounded, when police fired on parading strikers on the oilfields…

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Trinidad Strike One Killed, 8 Wounded Volunteers Fire on Strikers. Port of Spain (Trinidad)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 5

The situation on the oilfields where a strike is in progress is still serious. Another man was killed and eight more wounded when volunteers fired…

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Paint Works £4000 Damage in Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 5

Damage estimated at about £4000 was caused by a fire which partly destroyed Taylor's paint Works, Paddington, this morning…

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Homestead Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 4

A spectacular fire which broke out on Saturday morning, completely destroyed Warrana, the historic homestead of the Major family containing valuable…

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Banana Fire District Court Case

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 4

In the District Court at Bellingen last week John Casey, of Coffs Harbour, who owns a banana plantation at Taylor's Arm, Nambucca River,…

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Urbenville Blaze Stock Inspector's Home Gutted

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 12

A four-roomed weather board house, near Urbenville, owned by Mr. A. F. Hill and occupied by Mr. J. Mitchell, assistant inspector of stock, was…

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Sweets' Factory Fire Causes Heavy Damage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 5

Damage running into thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out in Quality Sweets confectionery manufacturers' premises at…

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Weapons of War The Modern Flame Thrower the Use of Fire During War Time

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 9

Dealing with weapons of modern warfare, the publicity department of the Byron Regiment deals this week with another type of projector, namely…

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Fire at Casino Garage and Car Destroyed. Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 4

A garage and a motor truck, the property of V. H. Gregor. baker, were totally destroyed by fire late last night. The truck was valued at £150 and the…

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34 Dead in Mine Disasters Explosions And Fire in English Collieries London

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

Thirty men were killed, or died from injuries, and six others are in a serious condition, as the result of explosions in the Brymbo colliery, near…

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Sawtell Fire Butchers Shop Burnt

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 2

Mr. L. MacKay's butcher's shop at Sawtell was destroyed by fire shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday morning. It was discovered in…

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Sawtell Early Morning Fire

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 1

Referring to the fire which destroyed Mr. L. C. Mackay's butcher's shop, our Sawtell correspondent writes:— A disastrous fire occurred in the…

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Von Neurath Helped Queen Mary Rescued Treasures From Fire 40-Year-gld Episode Recalled. London, June 26

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 10

Hopes that Baron Von Neurath, Hitler's Foreign .Minister, will come to London in the near future have been expressed in the capital, and one…

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Fire Brigade Annual Social

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 4

As usual the members of the Grafton Fire Brigade are putting on their annual social on Monday night at the Criterion Hall and those attending can be…

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Local and General Fire Brigade Annual Social

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 4

The Grafton Fire Brigade's annual social will be held to-night at the Criterion Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock sharp. The members of the brigade…

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£10,000 Damages Fire in Tasmania. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 4

The worst fire in the history of Huon, Tasmania's principal fruit-growing district, occurred during Friday night when five buildings in the business…

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Burned to Death Man Aged 95 Years Fell Into Kitchen Fire. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 4

Falling into a fire in the kitchen at his home this afternoon, Walter James Crampton (95), of Botany, was burned to death…

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Fire in Bananas Verdict for £44 Is CASEY v. JOSEPH

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 3

At a special sitting of the District Court at Bellingen to conclude the case in which John Casey, of Coffs Harbour, claimed…

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Fire on Steamer S.O.S. Received. Monte Video

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 5

A British steamer at first reported to be the Barrhill, from Glasgow, sent out an urgent call for assistance when a fire broke out in the engine room, when…

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