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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

364 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 19

Trapped by Fire Girl Rescued By Mother Woman Enters Blazing House. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 5

Trapped by a fire on the first floor of a shop in Summer Hill to-day, Jean Gray (20) was rescued by her mother. The girl's father had rushed to the…

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£600 DAMAGE Fire At Box Factory Damage at Coff's Harbor. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 December 1938 · page 4

Damage estimated at £600 was done when a fire partially destroyed a box factory, the property of Mr. I. Smith, at Coff's Harbor, during the early hours…

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Fought Fire 200 Women and Girls Township In Danger Bucket Brigade at Coolah Coolah

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 December 1938 · page 5

A 22-roomed guest house, two cottages and several smaller buildings were destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Bush Fires Burning in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 December 1938 · page 5

Bush fires are still burning in Victoria. Between Mount Wills and the Razorback a seven-mile firebreak has been burned, checking the blaze on a…

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