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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
273 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 14
LONDON, Sun.—"The Netherlands Government emphatically denied the stories emanating from enemy sources that Japan has been asked for armistice terms," declares the Netherlands Government Information Board in London. "As the Japanese at present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Mon.—Axis statements that the Japanese have conferred with the Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies with a view to reaching agreement on the cessation of hostilities, received no credence in London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ULMARRA, Wed.—The hay shed of Mr. Bernie Carlton on the Pacific highway, near Ulmarra, was burned to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Wed.—Two forward holds of an overseas freighter had to be flooded to-night after a fire had burnt for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire that might easily have become a conflagration, disturbed the oven tenor of the day's work at Hollingworth's garage, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Fri.—Trapped by a fire which is believed to have started when he dropped a lighted match or a cigarette butt in his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wed.—The lighting of fires in the open for the purpose of burning off in coastal areas and mountain country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The 56th bulletin on what to do in an air raid explains the method of dealing with a new type of Japanese fire bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sun.—A R.A.A.F. spokesman said to-day that a new process of fire proofing flying suits to enable airmen to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regulations have been gazetted dealing with the lighting of fires. The regulations, which supersede The Careless Use of Fire Act, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wed.—The twenty passengers who lost their luggage and personal effects in the fire aboard the Melbourne express…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LISMORE, Sun.— Four thousand pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed Sly Bros.' sawmill near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sun—Photographs of the R.A.F. raid on Lubeck, the western Daltic Port last night bear out the crews' optimistic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent fire that practically destroyed the French liner Normandie while being loaded in a United States port causes some people to ponder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wed.— Concern in authoritative quarters at the fact that there have been two outbreaks of fire on Interstate trains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Thurs.— The third train fire in this State in less than a fortnight occurred at the Hawkesbury River bridge early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH, Sun.— When a fire broke out at the Claremont depot of United Buses yesterday, a former employee, James Brown,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Sun.— Fire-fighting services from the headquarters of the fire brigade in Sydney to remote fire-fighting services in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A wooden garage owned by Mrs. E. Bollard, of Carr's Creek, about three miles from Grafton, and a 1936 model Dodge sedan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW DELHI Sun.— United States bombers, operating from bases in India, carried out smashing night raids against…
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