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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

236 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 12

Eggs Burnt Fire in Cool Chamber. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 6

When a fire occurred in the freezer at Riverstone meat works to-day hundreds of cases of eggs were destroyed Firemen were forced to wear…

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Big Fire Timber Yard in U.S.A. PHILADELPHIA

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 August 1941 · page 5

A million dollar fire destroyed a lumberyard housing defence material and adjoining plants and homes. A watchman said it appeared to be…

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Big Fires In German Cities SIX R.A.F. Planes Missing. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 August 1941 · page 5

An Air Ministry communique states that objectives at Mannheim and Karlsruhe were attacked last night by aircraft of the Bomber Command…

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YAMBA Bush Fire a Timely Save

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 August 1941 · page 6

A timely save was effected in Yamba on Wednesday afternoon last. when a bush fire broke out at the rear of premises occupied by Capt. J. Freeburn and Mr. C. Carr. At the…

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War As Bush Fire Must Be Kept Away Weekly Farewell

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 3

The war must be regarded as a big bush fire,which must be extinguished at the furthest point from the home, so that men must be enlisted to go…

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R.A.F. Raids Industrial Targets Heavy And Successful Many Enormous Fires London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 30 August 1941 · page 5

Aircraft of the Bomber Command made heavy and successful attacks last night on Duisberg in the Ruhr, causing enormous fires and explosions…

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Big Fires R.A.F. Bombs On Tripoli Quay and Ships Ablaze. Londin

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1941 · page 5

Air attacks on enemy shipping were the most important feature of the latest R.A.F. Middle East communique. In Libya bomber aircraft of the…

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Fire Supt. Started Fire to Test Brigade. Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 September 1941 · page 5

Bryan Clarke Edwards, service car driver, was committed for sentence to-day on charges arising following a fire in an unoccupied house in…

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Fire Destroys House

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 4

The residence of Mr. Albert Stanford at Ellangowan, near Casino, was destroyed by fire on Monday. The family left home to visit Casino in the…

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London Fire Fighters

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 5 September 1941 · page 4

Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service who have done such magnificent work in the fire raids on Britain, are seen coupling a large hose during a recent London demonstration of incendiary bomb fighting. Department of Information Photograph)…

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R.A.F. "On the Spree" Berlin Got a Hammering New Heavy Bombs Wreck City Terrific Explosions and Great Fires London

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 September 1941 · page 5

"Our bombers got there and hit the city hard," said the Minister for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair, referring to the Berlin raid last night. "It was a splendid attack. The Germans are fully aware that this is only the beginning…

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Heavy Damage Banana Plantations Bush Fires Cause £400 Loss. Goff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1941 · page 3

Damage estimated to exceed £400 was caused by bush fires which burned into the banana plantations of Messrs. J. H. Taylor and H. J. Ginger and son,…

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Extensive Fires Miles of Grassland Burned. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1941 · page 3

From 1 p.m. to-day until late in the afternoon an extensive bush and grass fire raged along the Angourie road and across the Yamba common…

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Explosions at Sea German Patrol Ships on Fire. Stockholm

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 September 1941 · page 5

Violent explosions out to sea recently awakened the inhabitants of Bergen. Two German patrol vessels were seen ablaze off the coast. The explosions…

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Jackadgery Fires Extensive Damage Caused

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 September 1941 · page 2

Extensive damage was caused to grazing lands over an area of nearly six miles in the Jackadgery district by fires during the past few days. The…

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Bush Fires Banana Growers Suffer

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 2

Serious bush fires so early in the spring are an evidence of the very dry winter experienced this year. Much damage was done to…

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Berlin Blasted Hundreds of R.A.F. Bombers Launch Attacks on German Cities Havocs Raid Nazi Aerodromes Great Fires Raging at Boulogne London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 5

Hundreds of R.A.F. bombers were in action over Germany last night and the greater portion of the force concentrated over Berlin. The first machines were there before midnight and the last did not leave until well into the early hours of the morning…

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Berlin Blasted Over 300 Heavy Bombers Dropped 200 Tons of Bombs Great Fires Raging in City Squeals From Rerun Press London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 September 1941 · page 5

Over 300 heavy bombers carrying the biggest load of bombs ever to leave England were responsible for last night's devastating raid on Berlin, declares the aeronautical correspondent of the "Daily Mail." The R.A.F.'s planes are complete for even heavier raids against the…

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Turin Arsenal Hammered by R.A.F. Bombs Fall On Italy Great Explosions and Fires London

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 5

The Italian Royal Arsenal at Turin was the target for R.A.F. bombers last night. Great fires and explosions occurred in the target area…

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R.A.F. Raids Shipping Attacked Fires At Docks Few Planes Over Britain London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 September 1941 · page 5

Considerable forces of R.A.F. bombers raided Kiel and Rostock, a Baltic port 179 miles north-west of Berlin. This is the first time mention…

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