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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1914

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A Disastrous Fire. One Thousand Buildings Destroyed. Damage £4,000,000

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

Salem (Massachusetts) June 26. Nearly half the old "witch city" of Salem rich in historic buildings has been [?] by fire…

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Fire in Bellingen

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 4

On Sunday morning last, says the "Courier,"' at about 3 a.m., one of the inmates at the Catholic Convent at Bellingen was awakened by an…

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State Fire Insurance

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

A matter having some connection with State finance is State fire insurance. A bill is being introduced by the Government to empower it to…

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Liege on Fire a Terrible Time

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 2

Brussels, Saturday Morning:—The morale of the Seventh and Tenth German Army Corps has been seriously shaken by the withering Belgian fire…

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Fire at Missabotti. Coroner's Inquest

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 8

In connection with a fire which occurred on July 19 at Missabotti, when the contents of a barn on the farm of Henry Joseph Borger were…

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Accurate Fleet Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 4

ACCURACY of gun fire in the British fleet is largely due first of all to the range-finder, an ingenious apparatus invented by Sir Percy Scott, and…

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ESTRANGED or the Lost Heiress of the CHAMPNEYS. (All Rights Reserved.) PART 24. Chapter Xxii the Old Fire Flames Anew

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 7

Lady Cham[?]nay, standing in the b[?]t glow of the numerous lights, and, l[?]g out from the drawing [?] alow of her husband's house,…

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Corangula Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1914 · page 4

Sunday evening, about eight o'clock, the residence of Mr. M. McCarthy at Corangula was completely consumed by fire. Mr. McCarthy had been…

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Local and General. Fire at Barrington

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

An inquiry was held at the Court House on Saturday morning last by G. Sadler Esq. District Coroner, in reference to the [?] which completely…

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Making a Fire with the Aid of Ice

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 9

Take a piece of very clear ice and melt it down in the hollow of your hands so as to form a large lens. The illustration shows how…

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Fire in Church Street

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred in Church Street early yesterday morning (Tuesday) in premises occupied by Mr. Furness. At three o'clock…

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Antwerp Falls. Bombarded 40 Hours. Devastating Fire From 200 GUNS. Antwerp has fallen

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1914 · page 2

The city surrended to the besieging Germans at nine o'clock on Friday, after a severe bombardment extending over forty hours. Vivid stories…

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The Sunken Mine Layer Accuracy of British Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 1

A boatswain of the Grimsby steamer City of Bradford, Mr. William C[?]way, formerly a gunner in the navy tells on interesting story of the…

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Fire in a Bakehouse

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Thursday morning, Mr. Harold Reynolds was driving home to Bowraville from Bellingen, and when on the hill…

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Local and General. Fire in Church Street

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

A fire caused by the up-seetting of a keresence lamp, occurred in Mrs. M. E. William's Confectionary Shop, between half-past nine and ten o'clock…

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The Dondingalong Fire. Personal Inquiry

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 4

FRIDAY morning, in Kempsey Court House, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, P.M., conducted an inquiry into the origin of the fire which on the night of the…

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Town Topics. Fire Station Site

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 4

Saturday morning last, in company with Mayor Savage; the Hon. Frederick Flowers, who among other things is chairman of the N.S. Wales…

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