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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

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Empty Boat Picked Up. Struck by Shell Fire. New York

Macleay Argus · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 5

The Carolina's empty boat, which was picked up, had been struck by shellfire. It is expected the U-boats will return to Germany or go to a secret base…

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Big Fire. SYDNEY

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 June 1918 · page 4

Mr. James Stedman's confectionary factory at Pyrmont was gutted by fire at a late hour last night. The damage is estimated at between £20,000…

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Fire. SYDNEY

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 June 1918 · page 4

A fire broke out at midnight in a shop occupied by Charles Himmelfer[?], a Russian, at the corner of Liverpool and Sussex streets…

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Autumn Fires

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1918 · page 3

In the other gardens And all up the vale. From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail!…

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Sparkes From Railway Engines Cause Fires. (To the Editor)

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1918 · page 2

Sir,—I notice in the Gloucester Advocate of June 15th in the Shire President's report of minutes passed at the Shire Conference at Sydney in May…

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Fire

Macleay Argus · Thursday 18 July 1918 · page 4

A fire occurred on Monday night in the Burnt Bridge Creek district resulting in the destruction of some sheds and two bullock trucks belonging to…

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Disastrous Fire. at Rollands Plains

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 4

A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Rollands Plains on Sunday last, 21st inst., when Eugowra homestead, the residence of Mr. M. G. Rudder, was…

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Fire at Holland's Plains

Macleay Argus · Thursday 1 August 1918 · page 4

A fire occurred at Rolland's Plains on Sunday, 21st ult., as the result of which Eugowra homestead, the residence of Mr. M. G. Rudder, was completely…

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Miscellaneous. the Prevention of Fire. In Grain Crops

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 August 1918 · page 2

The following recommendations for wheat growers have been issued by the College of Agriculture of the University of California:—…

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Camp— Fires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 4

Gleaming up among the ranges when the dark creeps o'er the earth; Sparkling on the desert stretches, where the hot winds have their birth;…

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Municipal Council. Fire Insurance Rates. Horse and Cart Bogged in Punt Approach

Macleay Argus · Thursday 19 September 1918 · page 3

The Kempsey Municipal Council met on Friday night, there being present: The Mayor (Ald. C. A. Lane), Aldermen N. Savage, P. J. O'Neill, W. O'Meara,…

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The War Blaze in Balkans Allies Advance Five Miles London, Tuesday night

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 3

Reuter learns that Sunday's attack by the French and Servians on the Bulgarian position followed heavy artillery preparation…

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Proposed Fire Brigade

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 4

In reply to a communication from the Chamber, the Board of Fire Commissioners, Sydney, answered a number of questions asked with…

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Big Forest Fire. SYDNEY

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 16 October 1918 · page 2

A Reuter Vancouver message states that Clouquet, a town in Minnesota, has been partly destroyed by forest fires. There are 9000 refugees…

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City Fire

Macleay Argus · Thursday 17 October 1918 · page 4

At an early hour on Wednesday morning last the premises of Messrs. C. Barnes and Co., Ltd., ham and bacon curers. 23 and 25 Liverpool-street, were…

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Bush Fires

Macleay Argus · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 4

Miles or the countryside between Greenhill and Temagog, and extending away on to the mountains, raged with bush fires on Tuesday, and in many…

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Big Fire in Sydney Colonial Sugar Defining Co's Huge Loss Sydney

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 3

Early this morning a fire was discovered in the refined sugar store of the Colonial Sugar refining Co., at Pyrmont, as a result of which the…

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High Temperatures and Bush Fires

Macleay Argus · Thursday 31 October 1918 · page 4

The weather has been very oppressive this week. The readings of the thermometer at the Post Office, Central Kepmsey, showed that the highest…

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The Armistice Signed. General Jubilation. Macksville on Fire with Excitement

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 4

During the whole of Monday the one enquiry on the lips of everyone met in the street or in business circles had reference to the…

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Disastrous Fire in Tasmania

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1918 · page 2

Ashlin and Son's sawmill, at Greeveston, in the Huon district, one of the largest in Tasmania, has been totally destroyed by fire. The buildings,…

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