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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

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Disastrous Fire. Suspicious Circumstances

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

Mr. Eber Murrell of Girvan had the misfortune to lose his house and furniture and all the clothing and personal effects of his wife, children…

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Fires. Gilgandra Blaze

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire at the "Gilgandra Weekly" office. The brigade saved two adjoining buildings…

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Trangie Blaze

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 8

Fanned by a terrific gale, a fire which broke out in a main street early on Wednesday, destroyed eight shops before the flames could be checked…

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Camp-fire Yarns

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 3

A number of commercial were [?] and which the played [?] that…

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Fires and Storm Sweep Large Area. 45 Cottages Destroyed Gale Does Extensive Damage

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 2

Tremendous damage resulted on Sunday from a violent westerley gale which was experienced in Sydney and suburbs, and in many other parts of…

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Black Sunday. Racing Bush Fires. Trying Times at Tuncurry.--two Residences Destroyed. Fierce Blaze at Old Bar. Residence Destroyed at John's River

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 4

The weather conditions on Sunday were the worst that have been experienced on the Manning for quite a long time. One Sunday some seven…

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Widespread Fires Sweep Over the State. Ruin at Woy Woy

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 10 October 1928 · page 2

During thy week-end this and practically the whole of the coastal districts to the southward received a visitation by fire. City papers…

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Bush Fire at Corangula

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 4

On Sunday last the Corangula district received more than its share of the terrific weather conditions which prevailed. During the afternoon the…

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Sawmill Destroyed by Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 1

The British Australian Timber Company's sawmill at Nana Glen, in the Grafton district, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday last…

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The Bush-fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 4

T'was early in October, when this story first begins, When balmy summer breezes took the place of winter, winds;…

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Fires

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 October 1928 · page 1

Most places here have been affected by bush fires. In some places there have been heavy losses of grass, etc., whilst Mr. J. Bruton's house and…

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Motorists and Bush Fires

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 3

While denying that the motorists should be suspected in every case of being responsible for outbreaks of fire at week-ends in the bush in the…

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Byron Shire Office Burnt Out

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

The Byron Shire office at Byron Bay was burned to the ground at 10.45 p.m. on Sunday. When the fire was discovered the building was…

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Fire on Railway Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

The bridge on the North Coast railway at Tocal caught fire on Saturday night, but scone persons noticed it in time to prevent the approach of a…

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" Fire at Ulmarra. Eight Shops Destroyed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred in Coldstream Street, Ulmarra, at an early hour on Monday morning, resulting in the destruction of about half of…

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Bush Fires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 4

There is drought along the ranges From Kilkivan to the Cane; With a wind that chops and changes With a heat that burns the brain…

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Fire at Killawarra

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2

On Friday night last a fire occurred at Killawarra, when the detached kitchen of residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pitts was destroyed. How…

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A Pointless Appeal Victory. on Recent Street Bettinig Conviction. Is It "From Fat Into Fire"?

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 3

Before his Honor Judge Mocatta, at the Kempsey Quarter Sessions, which opened at the Kempsey Court House on Monday, Daniel Thomas Quinn…

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After the Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 4

Visitors to Tuncurry now see a sight which is unique in many ways (says the M.R. Times). When the little old church at Lower Wallamba…

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Bush Fires. Firefighter Burnt

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 November 1928 · page 5

While fighting a bush,fire at Mole-ton, which was threatening Reid's sawmill on Thursday Alfred Arandale, a teamster, 45. of South Gratian, was…

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