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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

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Gallantry Under Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 July 1919 · page 5

A military order of the day records that the Commander of the 3rd Australian Division highly commended L Cpl. T. Richardson for…

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Fire at Comboyne. Boarding House Destroyed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 July 1919 · page 2

Mr. Bailey's boarding house at Comboyne was totally destroyed by fire early on Monday morning. The fire progressed, with…

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Fire at Comboyne

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1919 · page 4

ABOUT 3.40 on Monday rooming a serious fire occured at the Comboyne in the boarding house kept by Mr. Don Bailey. It appears that the baby woke Mrs. Bailey,…

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Broken Hill Fire. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 5

An official estimate of the damage done by the recent fire at Broken Hill is £79,000, and the cost of reconstruction will be…

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steamer wauchope Destroyed by Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 4

THE steamer Wauohope was totally destroyed by fire at Portses, Victoria, on Friday evening last 'She had recently been trading between Melbourne and…

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Steamer Wauchope. Destroyed by Fire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 8

The-loyalist-manned steamer W[?]chope, an inter-State trader, wan destroyed by firn during the early hours of Saturday morning…

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Fire

Macleay Argus · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 4

Yesterday morning between three and four o'clock, a 'bus belonging to Mr. C. Felton, of West Kempsey, was destroyed by fire. The 'bus was in the…

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Fire Brigade

Macleay Argus · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 4

Mr. Andrew Lake has been appointed Captain of the Kempsey Fire Mrigade as from August 1st. The natural strength of the Brigade is 10 men and…

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Cundle Plains Fire. an Open Verdict

The Northern Champion · Saturday 23 August 1919 · page 4

On Wednesday last at Cundletown Mr. G. B. Morris, J.P., district coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances of the fire which destroyed…

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Gundle Plains Fire. (Continued from last issue.)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 27 August 1919 · page 2

Roland Tasman Beale deposed:—I am an architect and reside at Cundle Plains, I made a statement to the police which was read to me and…

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Fire

Macleay Argus · Thursday 28 August 1919 · page 4

Mr. Thomas McKenna's house on the Belmore River was burnt down on Saturday night. It appears that the family was asleep and, when aroused by…

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Telegrams. Fire at Barraba. Freezing Works Destroyed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 5

A destructive fire occurred at Barraba yesterday, when the freezing works and a cottage were destroyed…

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Fire

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1919 · page 3

Mr. Thomas McKenna's house on the Belmore River was burnt down on Saturday night. It appears that the family was asleep, and, when aroused…

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TROTSKY, the Fire-eater; and LENINE, the Icy Intellectual Force of Bolshevism

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 September 1919 · page 7

"LENINE and Trotzky" is perhaps the most advertised "firm name" in the world to-day, so much so that it is almost impossible to think of one man without…

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Fire at Forster. MRS. M. McINTOSH'S Home Destroyed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 24 September 1919 · page 2

The residence of Mrs. Murdoch McIntosh, one of the longest dwellers in Forster, was destroyed by fire, together with its contents, at about…

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Chamber of Commerce. Annual Reunion. Wanted: Few Battling Good Fires. Conservation of Fodder and Water. Primary Products and Manufacture

Macleay Argus · Thursday 25 September 1919 · page 10

The annual banquet of the Kempsey Chamber of Commerce followed the annual meeting on Thursday night. Mr. A. C. Parker (President) presided, and…

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Fire at Muswellbrook. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 1 October 1919 · page 3

A number business pre[?]ses at Musewellbrook were destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £5000…

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Fire at Murwillumbah

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1919 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred in South Murwillumbah on Sunday night shortly before midnight, when a block of buildings comprising Messrs. W. G…

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Diastrous Fire. Brigade's Good Work

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 October 1919 · page 4

ABOUT 1 30 on Saturday miming Central Kempsey was awakened by a wild alarum of fire and the message tolled out on the night proved all…

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Bishop and Girl Mothers. the Devil, the Fire, and the Tow

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 8 October 1919 · page 4

Picas on behalf of the unmarried mother were put forward at the Infants' Welfare Conference, by among others the Bishop of Kensington (the…

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