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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
236 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 12
R.A.F. fighters last night battled with German planes which subjected one area in London to a short but intense attack in one of the greatest fire-raising raids since the outbreak of the war. Many parts of the capital reported bombs, but serious damage in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Assistant Minister, Mr. H. L. Anthony, speaking at Tweed Heads, stated that great sacrifices were being made by the wives, mothers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Of the 6772 stealers and motor ships of 100 tons and upwards registered under the British flag at the beginning of this year no fewer than 4247 are of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Minister for Supply, Mr. Herbert Morrison, announced to-day that he was working out detailed plans to make part time civil defence work compulsory for everyone. He called on men and women to form a civil defence and home guard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between 1 and 1.30 on the morning of Christmas Eve a young man walking along the road between Park Beach and Jetty noticed Mr. Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In peace-time in Britain this was the Southern Railway's weed-killing train, [?]ouring the company's system and spraying liquid to destroy weeds on the track. Now, manned by six fully-trained men, it has it has been converted into a fire-fighting unit capable of carrying 18,000 gallons of water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. C. G. Albert, of Tyndale, had the misfortune to have about half an acre of one-year-old cane burnt on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although the Grafton Fire Brigade received nine calls to attend fires which broke out in the town during last year, all were of a very minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire caused less than £600 worth of damage to property in Lismore during 1940, the amount of destruction being the smallest for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thousands of fire watchers, consisting of men and women and boys, extinguished hundreds of incendiaries dropped by two waves of bombers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Valuable imported fancy work, napery and carved camphorwood boxes were destroyed by a fire which almost burned out the Eastern arts shop at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An old landmark at Nambucca Heads was destroyed by fire on Christmas night. It was the old homestead of the Ellis family,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Air Ministry announced that R.A.F. bombers attacked the German naval bases of Wilhelmshaven and Emden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A German air raid on London to-night assumed almost full blitz proportions, hut although fires were blazing in one busy area, the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British bombers last night covered an exceptionally wide area, demonstrating the increasingly extending striking power of the British aerial forces. Bombers crossed the Alps in bright moonlight, and caused extensive damage at the Italian Royal Arsenal in Turin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rosemount Hotel, store and post office on the Grafton-Glen Innes road, was totally destroyed by fire late on Thursday night. None of the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the R.A.F.'s heaviest bombing raids was carried out on Wilhelmshaven last night and tremendous devastation was caused in the dock and industrial area of the city. Huge fires were visible for more than 130 miles. One pilot described…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Believed to have been caused by incendiarism a fire completely gutted the Lutheran Church at Angaston [?] Adelaide, in the early hours of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The stirru[?] pump now installed in thousands of British households to co[?]e with incendiary bombs is still being turned out by its biggest makers in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advices coming into the city from all parts of the State show that the unprecedented rains of the past two days have resulted in the probable…
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