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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 13
KURE, Thursday.—Exploding ammunition hampered fire-fighters when four two-storey barrack buildings, housing Australian Air Force units at Bofu in the British occupation zone, was set afire and nearly razed to the ground on March 21…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at 17 Villiers street. The Grafton Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The technicolour film of Grafton and district taken at the height of the Jacaranda Festival was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A first hand impression of what London and its heroic people went through during the six years of war is given in a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PERTH, Mon.—Nungarin army ordnance, fire wnich, on February 19, caused damage estimated at £250,000, was investigated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Sun.—Charles Henry Clarke lost two of his babies, a niece, a sister-in-law and his mother-in-law in a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sun.âPolice are investigating four fires which occurred within close proximity of each other, but did little, damage,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE, Sun.—The Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) is to send experts on low bombing to Cessnock by plane as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CESSNOCK, Monday.—A senior R.A.A.F. officer who is an expert on bombing to-day inspected the burning Cessnock No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PARIS, Tues.—Chinese patrols fired on unarmed French soldiers at Hanoi, Indo-China, on Sunday, killing 12 and wounding 20 others…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Wed.—Dynamic gangs, aided by millions of gallons of water are gradually bringing the fire in the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Thurs.—Experts say that the fire in the Cessnock No. 2 Colliery is still dangerous, despite its great decrease in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Fri.—Some measure of success in fighting the fire in Cessnock No. 2 Colliery has been achieved. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early yesterday morning, fire destroyed a wooden cooking room, and damaged the rear of Goldthorpe and Son's butcher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TEHERAN, Mon.—Two persons were killed and three wounded when police fired on a group of workers en route to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CHICAGO, Thurs. — Over 20 racehorses owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, known professionally as Elizabeth Arden, cosmetic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Damage estimated at more than £1000 was caused by a fire which mysteriously broke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BELLINGEN, Wed.—Fire has totally destroyed a large barn and its valuable contents, the property of Mr. Sam Lovell, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Sun.— Vincent Foreman, 41, of Nicholson street, North Fitzroy, suffocated when bedclothes caught fire at his home…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage estimated at £1000 occurred when a fire broke out in the upstairs lounge of the Railway Hotel, Werris Creek, on…
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