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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
174 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 9
The Jap Navy suffered another severe blow when a battleship and heavy cruiser were set on fire by Liberators in an attack on the enemy naval base at Brunei Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The most disastrous fires ever experienced in the Coff's Harbour district raged all day yesterday, and at a late hour last night were burning fiercely. The town has been under a thick pall of smoke all day, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the bush fires which raged at Coff's Harbour and Woolgoolga districts on Monday, 19 banana plantations were destroyed in the latter district, with numerous small sheds. In the Coff's Harbour area the residence of Mr. T. J. Jordan,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Tues.--Two German convoys sailing in opposite directions in the Mediterranean opened fire on each other in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty-one plantations were destroyed and 400 acres of bananas destroyed by the recent bush fires in the Coff's Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large and representative gathering of citizens of the Coff's Harbour and Woolgoolga districts at the Coff's Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wed.--Extending the sympathy of the Government to the sufferers in the bush fires, the Premier, Mr. McKell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Central and Upper Bucca correspondent writes:-- Following the heat wave when the temperature on Friday of last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CANBERRA, Fri.--The Acting Prime Minister, Mr, Forde, has told State Premiers that every effort would be made to adjust…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the recent heat wave, fires burnt fiercely throughout the district and many homes were threatened. Vigorous effort…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Sun.--Flight Lieuts. R. M. McKenzie, O.B.E., of Bondi. and J. D. Stubbs. D.F.C., of Canowindra, were two of four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Sun.--Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air when a mystery fire enveloped Peter's petroleum production oil plant at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tues.-- Legislation compelling people to realise their responsibilities as far as bush fires were concerned was advocated by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Sun.--The Air Ministry communique states the important rail centre of Hagen, in the Central Ruhr, was raided last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Trocadero dance hall, situated at the corner of Queen and Fitzroy streets, Grafton, was seriously damaged by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Mon.--The campaign to prevent bush fires wlil officially open to-morrow. Thousands of posters and booklets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wed.--A Workers' Compensation Bush Fire Fighters' Bill, which aims at providing for the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Fri.--The Acting Divisional Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, issued a warning to-day that heat and freshening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Sun.--A wall of fire swept through New South Wales to-day, taking everything in its path. The damage is already estimated at many millions of pounds, as homes were gutted, crops lost, and stock incinerated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A bush fire, burning with terrific fury and fanned by a strong westerly wind, broke out yesterday on the flat farming lands…
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