Swept by Fire. Twenty Counties Suffer 60,000 HOMELESS
SIX villages were absolutely destroyed by forest and grass fires, which swept twenty counties in the northern part of California. Many towns were in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1923
97 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 5
Gale and Fires
On Sunday a heavy gale did considerable damage in the city and suburbs. The gale, which was accompanied by blinding dust, reached 57 miles…
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A fire broke out in a four-storied building in Sussex-street at 1.30 this morning. The fire brigade, after a short and sharp fight, succeeded in…
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Many great fires that threaten to destroy both life and property on a wholesale scale have been subdued not by water but by explosives…
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At about nine o'clock last night the residents of Kempsey were startled by the ringing of the firm alarm bell. Mr. A. Lake, Captain of the Brigade, was…
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Another fire occurred at Taree on Thursday morning when a wooden building of three shops in Manning- street, owned by Mrs. Maddalena and…
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A FIRE in Manning-street, Taree, on Thursday morning. Three weatherboard shops, owned by Mrs. Maddalena, were totally destroyed. Two were…
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The second big blaze tills year in Manning Street occurred curly on Thursday morning lust, when the shop buildings, owned by Mrs…
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About 1.15 on Saturday afternoon as Mr. H. J. Godfrey was driving over Kempsey bridge he noticed a nice little fire starting in an accumulation of…
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At about noon on Monday the local fire bell clanged out, and immediately them was a rush of anxious residents enquiring where is the fire?…
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Just before midday on Monday a fire broke out at Cundle, on the Manning, and three wooden houses were destroyed. The Taree fire engine was…
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Yesterday morning at Tweed Heads a fire totally destroyed six buildings, including the power house, office and plant, picture theatre and cafe, two…
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A big fire in the main street of Wallerawang destroyed the Carrington Hall, Weinet's picture show and plant, and also several shops…
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On Thursday night last, between 10 and 11 o'clock the Rhodes Timber Company's sawmill at Mt. George caught on Are. The fire had a good…
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Four shops were destroyed in the main business centre of Moree by a fire that broke out on Saturday night. The buildings were constructed of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fire Record in a Tree
Thirteen forest fires, burning over the same area of woodland during a period of nearly two centuries, are clearly recorded in the wood of an…
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The character of the present season has not been such as to make the outbreak of bush fires a very likely contingency in many districts, but every…
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