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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1916

53 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Fire in West

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 4

Thursday morning last, near three, Dr. MacInnes, going horns from Telegraph Point noticed a fire burning in the window of the news agency of Mr…

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Macksville Fire Brigade

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 5

At the meeting of the Macksville Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, Mr. Gardiner read a report on the proposal to establish a fire…

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The Big War. Roumania. Enemy Anxiety. Canadian Parliament House Destroyed by Fire. Six Lives Lost. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2

Owing to an extensive movement of troops the Germans have re-closed the Belgian Frontier. A Paris message says that Russia…

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Ottawa Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 5

OTTAWA, Saturday.—There are conflicting statements regarding the supposed origin of the fire which destroyed Parliament House. Several members of Parliament and some policemen assert that…

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Fire at Wauchope. Great Destruction. Seven Buildings Gutted

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

About 3 a.m. this (Friday) morning a very destructive fire occurred at Wauchope, seven buildings being more or less completely burnt out. Only meagre particulars are…

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Town Topics. Wauchope Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 4

Shortly before four Friday morning fast, there was a serious outbreak of fire that practically demolished all the buildings on the street side opposite…

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The Wauchope Fire. Coronial Inquiry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

THE District Coroner, F. Hayward, Esq., J.P., held an inquiry on Saturday last, at the Court Home, Wauchope, concerning the origin of a fire which destroyed a number of buildings in that…

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General News. Belgian Queen Under Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 1

Recently German aviators made five attacks on hospitals and medical establishments behind the Belgian front which are under the direction of Queen…

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Careless Lighting of Fires

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 March 1916 · page 4

At the District Court, Kempsey, last week, says the "Argus.'' Henry Provost, junr., of Burrapine, sued Cecil William Carter, of the same…

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Fire in Powder Factory

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 3

London Toostlay-It is Officially aii-nqimced Uhat a flro starloil accident tally in a Ipowdcr factory in Kent, sories of Bros and explosions took j pltco in the vorks, and many poople woro killea and others injured. Thc| C3SUiilliC3 wcro approximately .20(1…

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West Kempsey Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 6

Between three and four o'clock on Thursday morning last the large wooden building next O'Neill's Hotel, in Elbow-street, was completely gutted…

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Fire

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

At 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a six-roomed weather-board house, belonging to Mrs. Byrnes, of George-street, Bowraville, was burnt to the…

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Destructive Fire. McGANN'S Club Hotel Gutted

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 2

PORT MACQUARIE was the scene of a destructive fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning last, when McGann's Club Hotel, in Clarence-street, was completely burnt…

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Club Hotel Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1916 · page 2

THE District Coroner (F Hayward, Esq., J.P.), on Friday last, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed the Club Hotel…

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Club Hotel Fire

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 24 May 1916 · page 2

The District Coroner (F. Hayward, Esq., J.P.), on Friday week last, held an inquiry into the cause of the fire which destroyed the Club Hotel at…

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The Latest. Germans' Supreme Struggle for Verdun. Massed Rushes and Awful Slaughter. Mounds of German Corpses Obstruct French Fire. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 May 1916 · page 5

The Germans attempted a powerful night offensive eastwards of Morthomme. A hand to hand struggle ensued. After heavy sacrifices the enemy…

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Beliigen Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1916 · page 2

On Holiday morning last week a large building situated at the east end of the town or Bellingen caught fire, and within two hours the building…

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General News Fourteen Days Under Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 1

For 14 days the French troops at Verdun remained under the enemy's fire. Four times they met the furious assaults of the Germans, and four…

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Short Story Published by Special Arrangement. the Keeper of the Fires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 3

In the conservatory adjoining a London ballroom a man and a girl sat together under the shadow of a huge palm. It required of the observant…

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Fire at Tuncurry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 2

A fire broke out on Sunday morning last about 4.30 a.m. in Mr. Wm. Sloman's shed and stables at the Belle Vue Hotel, Tuncurry. The…

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