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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1925

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Taree Fire

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

Still another fire is reported from Taree. On New Year's Day at about 2 p.m. an outbreak was reported at T. W. Dugdale's old store and residence,…

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Rubbish on Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

On December 29th, at 3 p.m., the alarm was given "that a fire had started In the rubbish tip at the corner of Cornwall, and…

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Deep Creek Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Sunday after Christmas, while Mr. Jack Cavanagh was at church, a barn on the Deep Creek property he share farms for Mr. J. J. Rowe was burned,…

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A Serious Offence. Fire Engine Tampered With

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

On Christmas morning it was discovered that some miscreant had been in the fire station at Taree and tampered with the fire engine, telephone and…

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Taree Has More Fires Business Centre Again Visited. Three Businesses Wiped Out. Others Damaged

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

Taree is maintaining its unenviable reputation with regard to fires The New Year was ushered in with n disastrous outbreak which…

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Taree Fires. Large and Small Outbreaks

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

In addition to the big fire at Taree at the beginning of the new year, a cottage occupied by Mr. Kelly, of the railway staff, was damaged by fire…

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Destructive Fire in Tares

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

ON New Year's Day a destructive fire oc­curred at Taree, which consumed the pre­mises oooupied by Mrs. Morton as a board­ing establishment, Mr. L. J. Catt's…

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New Fire Station. Tender Accepted

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 January 1925 · page 4

The contract for the erection of the new fire station at the corner of Wynter and Pulteney streets, Taree, has been let to Messrs. S. W…

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The Recent Fire. Council Asks for Special Inquiry

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

At the Taree Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday night, the Mayor (Ald. W. H. Muldoon) asked council to endorse his action in…

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Another Fire Scare

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

The pealing of the fire bell again roused Kempsey people from their beds last night (Monday) and anxious watchers searched in every direction…

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Fire at Mountain View

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

At about 10.30 on Sunday night the residents of West Kempsey were startled to see the reflection of flames coming from the direction of…

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Mountain View Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

Sunday night nigh eleven an old building near the residence of Mr. Geo. Brenton, Mountain View, and owned by Mr. P. C. Baker, went…

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Town Topics. Central Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

Monday midnight a fire occurred in the workshop of Messrs. Allen Bros., back of Belgrave Street; but it was extinguished before much damage was…

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Walking on Fire. a Feat More Simple Than It Seems, ' !

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

The rite of fire-walking, known among the natives of Tahiti as umuti, is described and explained in a pamphlet issued by the American…

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Strange Fire at Tenterfield

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

The inquiry into the fire which recently destroyed the Queen's Park grandstand at Tenterfield was concluded last week, when some remarkable…

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Fire Near Bellingen

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

A fire brigade equipped with a motor engine was formed recently at Bellingen. Their first fire was at a large barn and outbuildings at J. H. Noble's…

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The Recent Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. Geo. B. Morris) has received the following letter from the Department of the Attorney General. "I am…

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Melbourne Town Hall Gutted by Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

The Melbourne Town Hall was totally gutted by a three hours' fire, which broke out early after midnight on Saturday…

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Melbourne Fire

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

The Melbourne Town Hall was gutted by fire, which broke out at 1.30 on Sunday morning. The damage is estimated at £75,000. A…

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Fire Inquiry. Kew, Monday, February 2. (Before Mr. R. Dobson, Coroner.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 8

An inquest was held in regard to the destruction by fire on January 22 last of a house in Laurieton Road, near Kew, belonging to Jacob…

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