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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Kyogle Fire. Former Resident's Heavy Loss

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 5

One of the heaviest losers in the disastrous fire which occurred at Kyogle on Christmas Eve night was Mr. Hairy Walker, son of Mr. Jack Walker, tailor,…

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The Kyogle Fire. Fourteen Shops Destroyed. Damage Put Down at £100,000

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

Shortly after midnight on Xmas Eve a most disastrous fire occurred at Kyogle, by which 14 business premises in the main street were…

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Disastrous Fires. Conflagration at Kyogle. Fourteen Shops Burnt

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred at Kyogle shortly after midnight on Christmas Eve. Fourteen business houses in the main street were destroyed…

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Echo of the Bush Fires. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

Leslie Percy Sterek was fined 30- at Wagga Police Court yesterday for carelessness in connection with a fire which caused £40,000 worth of…

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Disastrous Fire at Dorrigo. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 January 1927 · page 3

A fire at Dorrigo yesterday destroyed two large shops. The damage is estimated at £20,000. Two other blocks of buildings were saved with difficulty…

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Bush Fires Commission

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

The committee of three recently appointee to inquire Into the cause and means of prevention of bush fires in New South Wales will have the same…

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Carelessness and Bush Fires

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

The big bush lire which swept the Murrumbidgee Valley, above Wagga, on December 10, had its sequel in the Wagga police court yesterday, when…

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A Dorrigo Blaze

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 4

With a record of sixteen fires in as many months Dorrigo kept up its reputation by having another one Sunday night last when the fine and…

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Fire at Dorrigo

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

A disastrous fire at Dorrigo on Sunday night destroyed two shops. The damage is estimated at £2000. The recently formed Dorrigo fire…

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Latest Cables. £200,000 FIRE

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

[?] Monday. A fire destroyed four blocks of [?] have been rendered houseless and the damage is…

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Cinema Fire. 96 Deaths. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

A Montreal message on Monday stated that the deaths in the Laurier cinema lire have now reached 96, being mostly children under 16 years of…

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Fire in Philipines. 5000 Homeless. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 2

A message from Manila, Philippine Islands, on Monday, stated that a Are destroyed four blocks of houses and that 5000 persons have been…

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Relief for Bush Fire Victims

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

In the Assembly on Wednesday, the Minister for Agriculture gave a reply to questions asked by Mr. Ball regarding settlers who had been affected by…

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Fatal Panic Theatre Fire 77 Lives Lost—terrible Scenes Montreal, Jan. 9

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

A terrible tragedy is reported from Laurier, where a panic followed an outbreak of fire at the Palace Moving Picture Theatre on Sunday afternoon…

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Bush-fire Panic

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 7

Owing probably to many generations of their Cold-land ancestors knowing nothing ol the danger of imported animals behave…

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Balls of Fire

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 9

It occasionally happens that during a severe thunderstorm what is described as a bell of fire" is seen to travel slowly through the air, and then to burst before…

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Fires

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 5

Macksville has been very fortunate in recent years in regard to fires. Consequently the community received a shock at 2 a. m. on Monday when…

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A "Fire" Decision

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 8

Two employees of the Railway Commissioners were charged before the Police Magistrate for the Park[?]s district last week with careless use…

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Fire Inquiry

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 4

THE District Coroner, T. Maloney, Esq., J. P., held an inquiry at the Court House, Port Macquarie, on Monday, 24th inst, regarding the origin of the fire which…

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Railway Engine Causes Fire

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 2

Goulburn: The inquiry into the Tarago fire on December 10th, has concluded. The coroner found that the property of J. J. and B. Lehane…

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