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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1918

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Fire at Bowraville

Macleay Argus · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 4

On Tuesday of last week a shed at Dr. Blumer's, Bowraville, with all contents, including two motor cars, was destroyed by by fire…

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Motor Car Destroyed by Fire

Macleay Argus · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 4

Yesterday morning one of Messrs. Wilson and Co. 's passenger cars was destroyed by fire near Homebush on the Macksville-Kempsey road. The…

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Fire on Schooner. a Dawes Point Blaze. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 5 December 1918 · page 5

A fire broke out on the schooner, Edward West, at Dawes Point. It is believed to have been started by a lighted match, near some oils. The fire…

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Outbreak of Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 December 1918 · page 2

A fire broke out in Fetheringham's Hotel, Taree, on Monday night last Some bed curtains were burnt. A line blaze was averted…

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Furnace of Fortune a Romance of the English Cotton Mills (Copyright.) PART 23. Chapter Xxiv. the Knell of Fire

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 December 1918 · page 7

[?] a couple of days after that very foolish escapade of his George Maskell was a most sad and thoughtful man. As he had declared so…

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Race with Bush Fires

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

A message from Harden states that drivers of trains and other official as they arive give bad accounts of devastation from bush fires. The…

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Grass Fires

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

Grass fires have been of frequent occurrence during the past few weeks On Friday afternoon Mr. J. Hungerford's house was endangered, but…

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Another Taree Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 December 1918 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, while the "Champion" staff was busy getting mails away, a call came for assistance to help put out a fire that had broken…

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Big Sydney Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 2

A lire look place in Sydney on Friday night last at the corner of George and Market Streets. The fire, which was one of the biggest the city has…

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Grass Fire Sweeps 44 Miles

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 2

Another disastrous fire has taken place in the district south-cast of Hay. On Friday morning during n light thunderstorm lightning set the grass…

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Municipal Council. Washington Street. and Other Streets. the Loan Arranged for Ganger Paine Resigns Telephones, Fire Brigades, Quarries Parks. the Compliments of the Season

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 3

At Friday night's Council meeting there were present: Mayor Lane, Aldn Savage, Cosbey, Webster, O'Meara, Brown, Gamack, and…

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