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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 13
Dorrigo was surrounded by fires on Wednesday night of last week. A fire over the Dorrigo Mountain towards Thora had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway authorities, contrary to usual custom put an extra train on the Dorrigo line on Wednesday of last week and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chief Secretary's blanket ban on the lighting of fires in the coastal areas was called "stupid" by Mr. J. R. L. Johnston at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Sun.--A warning against lighting fires where fire danger existed, and an appeal for co-operation of everyone, whether…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUDAPEST, Mon.--Hungary's largest and best equipped oil refinery at Mikols was totally destroyed by an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Mon.-- German war prisoners helped to remove valuable furniture and vestments from the danger zone when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Mustangs dive-bombed a fire at Point Cook, using chemical bombs, as part of the R.A.A.F.'s experiments and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steps designed to stop people lighting fires during danger periods when burning permits were suspended, were taken by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thurs.--For having set fire to the home of the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. W. F. J. McCann). Maurice Wilbur Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Fri.--There were five separate fires on four decks of the liner Asturias (22,000 tons) in Sydney Harbour to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CAIRNS, Fri.--When firemen went to a guest house yesterday to extinguish a small fire, they found £2645 in £5 notes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Mon.--A second big outbreak of fire occurred this afternoon at the premises of the Australian Paper Manufacturers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ATLANTA (Georgia), Sun.--At least 112 persons are believed to have lost their lives in America's most tragic hotel fire. An early morning outbreak turned Winecoff Hotel in Midtown Atlanta, into an inferno from the 6th to 15th storey…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SASKATOON (Saskatchewan), Mon.--At least ten persons were killed and 18 injured when the Hotel Barry caught fire in the early hours of the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A scheme to reduce the bush fire menace was put to Tweed Shire Council by a deputation from the Tweed Banana Growers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.--In view of the decision by the Coff's Harbour and District Council of the Banana Growers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early yesterday morning a fire broke out at the rear of the residence of Mrs. Mary Zuber, 149 Prince street Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thurs.--Pleading guilty to having set fire to a cabin of the liner Asturias on November 22, John Henry Holmes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An early morning fire in a blacksmith and engineering shop at Glen Innes on Tuesday caused damage estimated at £200. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →PERTH, Friday.--Damage estimated at £150,000 has been caused by bushfires in some north-east districts of the wheat…
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