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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1910

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Fire at Coff's Harbor

Nambucca News · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 2

Herd's furniture and joinery shop, in Grafton-street, Coff's Harbor, was burned about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. No one was living on the…

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The Fire at Kolb's. Coronial Inquiry

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 3

AT the Courthouse on Tuesday last, the Hon. E. A. T. Peary, P.M. and Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire in the rear of Mr. Kolb's premises in…

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Fire Brigades Board

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 July 1910 · page 2

ACCORDING to the final report of the Fire Brigades Board for 1909, the assessments in 1884 by 26 municipalities amounted to £3,291,905, upon…

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Motor Tricycle Fire Apparatus

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 17

Fire extinguishing authorities are constantly agitating for new and improved forms of emergency fire engines for narrow city streets; but it…

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Fire in a Draper's Shop

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 5

Fusion of all electric light wire set fire to [?]ods in the [?] of [?] drapper's shop at A[?]rington, Lancashire. The premises were soon ablaze…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 11

Early this morning a fire broke out on the premises of Lyons and Milling, hardware merchants of Clarence-street, Sydney. When the…

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Fire Fiend in Bowraville. Guidoux's Mill Gutted

Nambucca News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 4

BETWEEN 3 and 4 o'clock on Thursday morning a fire broke out at Mr. J. Guidoux's saw mill, and raged so fiercely that in a very short time the whole of the…

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Fire at Bowraville

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 14

BETWEEN three and four o'clock on Thursday morning last week a fire broke out at Mr. J. Guidoux's saw mill and raged so fiercely that in a…

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Fire at Brussels Exhibition. Widespread Distress

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 18

THE international exhibition, at Brussels, the capital city of Belgium, has been almost destroyed by fire. The loss of money to the exhibitors…

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The Brussels Fire. Damage Greatly Exaggerated. No Loss of Life. Safe Recovered with Takings

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1910 · page 13

The fire afc the Brussels Exhibition originated through a short circuit of the illuminated device at the entrance to the Belgian section, and sparks fell…

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The Brussels Fire. Repairs Effected in a Fortnight

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 3

The president of the executive of the Rrussels Exhibition, commenting on the great exaggerations of the damage done by the fire, which were stated…

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Steamer on Fire at Port Adelaide. Danger of Dynamite Explosion

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1910 · page 5

Excitement ran high at Port Adelaide and surroundings on Saturday evening when it was learned that the steamer South Africa, which had…

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Fire at Murwillumbah

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 11

The Cosmopolitan Hotel at Murwillumbah (Tweed River) was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. There were 25 rooms in the hotel, and the…

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The Forest Fires in America. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 11

The amount of damage done by the forest fires this season in the State of Oregon is estimated at the money value of £1,400,000…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. the Forest Fires in America

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 11

With regard to the big forest fires in Western Montana and Idaho (U.S.A.) the outlook is more hopeful. The town of Mullan has been saved…

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The Land of Ice and Fire

Nambucca News · Friday 26 August 1910 · page 8

Just bordering on the Arctic circle 50 miles north-west of the northern coast of Scotland, lies the large island, Iceland. It is larger than…

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Forest Fires. Devastated Towns

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 9

A hundred square miles of country are on fire, and 30 people have been burnt to death at Wallace, U.S.A. half the town is standing, but there is…

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Bush Fires in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 11

Disastrous bush fires have occurred near Winton in Queensland. Over 30,000 acres of grass have been destroyed and 400 sheep were roasted…

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Fire at Narrabri

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 11

The factory and contents of Piper's soap works at Narrabri were totally destroyed by fire last night. The conflagration started in the office…

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Illustrated Notes from all over the World Artillery Fire Indoors

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 5

Our two sketches show an ingenious apparatus, which is the invention of a French artillery officer, Lieutenant Le Masne. The country in which the…

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