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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1919

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Fire in Kempsey. Business Premises Destroyed

Macleay Argus · Thursday 9 October 1919 · page 5

At a quarter to two on Saturday morning an alarm of fire was given an outbreak having been discovered in the block of buildings in Belgrave-street…

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Fire-branding

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 2

Mr. Rickey asked the Minister for Agriculture in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, if in view of the advance of 800 per cent in the price…

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Fire at Kempsey

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 4

A FIRE occurred in the early bouts of Saturday morning in a block of Kempeey's main business premises, known as Barton's buildings. A saddlery business belonging…

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Airplanes for Fire Patrol

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 3

AFTER some preliminary reports concerning the possibility of using airplanes as an auxiliary in the work of protecting forests from fire, it now…

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Cane Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1919 · page 2

The biggest cane fire experienced in the district occurred on the Cudgen plantation. When over 200 acres under crop were destroyed on…

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Big Fire in Wingham. Mr. John Brown's Sawmills Gutted

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 October 1919 · page 2

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out at Mr. John Brown's saw and planing mills, situated on the Cedar Party road. when…

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Big Fire in Wingham. Mr. John Brown's Sawmills Gutted

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1919 · page 2

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out at Mr. John Brown's saw and planing mills, situated on the Cedar Party road, when…

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Fire at Sheep Dip Factory. Damage over £2000

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 3

A shed 100ft. long by 25 feet wide at the Sheep Dip Co's factory at Annandale caught alight as a result of the bottom falling…

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Big Bush Fire In Queensland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 4

A TERRIFIC bush fire has recently raged in Woolgar district, Queensland. It burnt out the whole of Mount Norma cattle station, half of Burleigh cattle station, and…

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Smithtown Ferry Punt Fire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 November 1919 · page 3

The Smithtown ferry punt is temporarily disabled owing to a fire last night, which destroyed the engine-room and, it is thought, permanently disabled the…

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Fire in a Letter Box. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 5

The contents of another letter box at, Broken Hill were found on fire and were partially destroyed. Evidently lighted material was inserted…

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Bush Fires on the Lachlan

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

FIRES, which mean serious conse­quences to the district, have been raging on the Lachlan River below Booligal. They have not yet been…

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