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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

364 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 19

Motor Launch Destroyed By Fire Two Men Escape. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 7

[?] of Five Bock, and Lro Villiers of Rose Bay had a lucky escape when a fire broke out and destroyed a 32-feet cabin cruiser…

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Fire at Ulong Business Premises Destroyed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1938 · page 4

On Friday night last the business premises recently vacated by. Mr. James Hyde, of Ulong, in favor of his own premises immediately opposite, were…

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It Talks Latest Fire-alarm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 3

Mr. Walter [?] 52-year-old engineer and inventor, of Hampton Hill. Middlesex, has seen his "talking" fire-alarm system--the first of its kind in…

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Died in Fire Two Little Children Mother Saves Baby. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 5

Two children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a five-roomed house in the railway settlement of Rangatana, near Ohakune…

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Fire at Ulong

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

The store premises recently vacated by Mr. James Hyde at Ulong were destroyed by fire last Friday night. Mr. Hyde had not long shifted out…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

An unoccupied cottage on Mrs. P. Lumley's property, Wardell road, was destroyed by first on Monday afternoon. The building was used by a family…

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Log Fire Dance

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 4

The log fire dance which was held at Tralee on Saturday, was a great success. There were 120 people present. the hall being decorated with…

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Charred Body In Ruins Of Hotel Fire New Zealand Tragedy. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 4

Following a fire at the Commercial Hotel, at Waiki. to-day. the charred body of a man was discovered. The hotel was filled with guests when the…

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Colliery Fire Section Sealed. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 5

A fire was detected in the workings at Cessnock No. 2 colliery to- day. The section was scaled and the extent of the outbreak will not be known until the…

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Fire at Wauchope

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 2

A fire broke out suddenly among the electrical equipment in the power house at Wauchope on Wednesday niglit, and the town was plunged…

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Truck on Fire Following Collision

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 12

E[?] from their blazing utility truck after it had collided with a stationary transport truck at Killarney [?] on Friday night. Roy Henry…

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"OFFERED £200" to Release Lugger Captain Gives Evidence Why Larrakia Opened Fire Darwin

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 5

Captain Haultaia, formerly master of the Larrakia, alleged to-day, when the Japanese appeal case was continued, that he had been offered…

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Camp Destroyed by Fire. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 July 1938 · page 4

On returning from a cricket match which was played in an adjoining paddock in which they were camped, a man named Pernell and two…

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Local and General House Menaced by Grass Fire

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

When long grass in the yard of an occupied house at the rear of the Masonic Temple, Mullumbimby, caught on fire on Saturday the building was…

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6500 MILES In A £14 Car Englishmen Blaze New Trail in Asia India to England in Ten Weeks. London, June 18

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 8

Three Englishmen arrived in England, this week, having driven 6500 miles from Delhi by a route through Asia never before attempted in a car…

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Quick Action Prevents Fire

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 4

A small fire in a dormitory at the Mental Hospital, Watt street, Newcastle, about 9 o'clock on Friday night, was quelled promptly, by the nursing…

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Fire Causes Black-out at Wauchope

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 3

Wauchope was without electric power and light for several days recently. The town was plunged into darkness on Wednesday night last when…

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Fire Brigade Annual Social

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 4

The Grafton Fire Brigade grand annual social will, as in the past years, be held on Monday of race week at the Criterion Hall. The staff are…

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Hair Catches on Fire

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 4

Joan Pitt, 10, of 63 Lagoon street, Goulburn, was severely burned about the face and head when her hair caught fire while she was standing in…

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Leaders Under Fire

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 4

There has been a good deal of plain speaking during the debate in the Legislative Assembly on the Address-in-Reply and both the Premier and the Deputy Premier have come in for criticism from Government supporters, the former in connection with the changes which he made in the Cabinet…

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