Fire Damage At Meatworks
BRISBANE Mon.-- A fire early this morning caused many thousands of pounds damage to the meatworks of Borthwick and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
241 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 13
Case Factory Destroyed By Fire
COFF'S HARBOUR, Monday.-- Early this morning a fire completely destroyed Mr. R. W. Smith's case factory in High…
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Mr. I. W. (“Scob”) Smith’s box mill at Coffs Harbour was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, involving very heavy loss…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.--Mrs Gladys Fischer (35) was badly burned to-day when her clothes caught fire, after she po[?]…
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COFF' S HARBOUR, Friday.-- Tests are at present being carried out in connection with recently installed radio equipment for the control and combating of forest fires in the Clarence- Coff 's Harbour -Dorrigo forestry district…
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GLENREAGH, Mon.-- The Clenreagh Hotel was completely destroyed by fire early this afternoon within an hour of the flames being first noticed. Residents who rushed to the fire were helpless to save the…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--Damage estimated at £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a two storey building occupied by Rox…
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WOOLGOOLGA, Wednesday. -- Several cottages on Woolgoolga Headland were in danger of destruction yesterday when a bush…
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GLENREAGH, Thursday.--The homes of Mr. F. Watson and Mr. W. O'Driscoll were recently endangered by grass fires. But for…
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On Tuesday afternoon the fire brigade was called to the Jetty, where a fire had got a hold in growth along the railway line just south of…
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A report from Dorrigo at an early hour this morning states that the Briggsvale mill was well alight, with little prospect…
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SYDNEY, Sun.-- Three sailors jumped overboard into the Harbour when a naval pinnace in which they were working caught…
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A £20.000 sawmill owned by G. L. Briggs arid Sons Pty. Ltd., was completely destroyed by fire on Friday night, but 60…
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Armidale Chamber of Commerce will make representations to the P.M.G.'s Department and to the Board of Fire…
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LISMORE, Thurs.--A fire which has already swept thousands of acres in the Nimbin district, is reported to-night to be beyond control, as flames, are being fanned by a strong north-easterly wind. COFF'S HARBOUR, Thurs.--Bush fires are burning fiercely in forest areas in the Orara and Bulla Creek district. Following the day, calls were received at the District Forestry…
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A sawmill unit of G. L. Briggs & Sons, of Briggsvale, was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning, but 60 mill employees and six firemen from…
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In giving his finding that two shops in Hickory Street were accidentally destroyed by fire in the early hours of Friday…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--Fire caused damaged estimated at £20,000 this afternoon, when the two-storeyed premises of Abraham…
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Families living at Woolomal, the residential portion of the former military camp, on the Manila road, Tamworth, fought a…
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A stockman's cottage at Halfway Creek, owned and occupied by Mr. S. I. Brown, was completely destroyed by fire during…
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