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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Fire Brigade Art Union

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 2

Captain Dombkins, of Dungog Fire Brigade, will be selling tickets for the Fire Brigade Art Union for Hospital at Gloucester during the show…

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The Fire Walkers

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2

Tourists have at times expended much money viewing the unusual sights of the world. If the majority were questioned they Would tell you of the wonders of…

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Fire Walkers

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 4

The advent of the six Tagalog Fire Walkers to Kempsey for the Show will be looked forward to by lovers of the unusual. This party of religious…

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Brake Van on Fire

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 4

The brake van of a goods train caught fire at Wingham on Thursday evening. The fire raged fiercely for a time. However, the brake van was…

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Body in Fire. All-night Vigil. Accused Man's Dreadful Story

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 June 1929 · page 12

A sensational statement was made by Edward Manance, charged with the murder of an old man named Jack Green, near Surat, on April 12, at his…

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Set It on Fire Thieves at P.O. £20 Stolen. Kendall

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 3

The Post Office at Kew was entered by thieves on Saturday night. A bout £20 in cash and postal notes was stolen. A large sum of silver…

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Kew Post Office. Robbed and Set on Fire. £20 Stolen

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 June 1929 · page 2

The post office at Kew was entered by thieves on Saturday night. About £20, in cash and postal notes was stolen. A large sum of silver after…

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Fire at Red Hill

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

Shortly after 7.30 on Friday night the residence of Mr. Ray Simon, of Red Hill, owned by Mr. M. Galvin, was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. Simon…

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Hospital Fire Queen. Coronation Ceremony at Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 2

Despite a very frosty atmosphere, there was a big crowd in Smith-street on Friday night, when the final scene in connection with the Hospitals Fire…

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Forster Hotel. Destroyed by Fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 3

The old two-storied Lakes and Ocean Hotel, at Forster, a wooden building, was totally destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock yesterday (Tuesday)…

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Fire at Forster Hotel Gutted. Everything Lost

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 June 1929 · page 3

Our Forster correspondent informs us that at 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning the well-known Lakes and Ocean Hotel at Forster was completely destroyed…

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Fire at Forster—hotel Destroyed

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 2

The Lakes and Ocean Hotel at Forster was completely destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The building was a…

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Hospital Fire Queen Coronation Ceremony at Kempsey

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 6

Despite a very frosty atmosphere, there was a big crowd in Smith-street, Kempsey, on Friday night, when the…

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Fire at Nabiac. Milliner's Shop Destroyed. Nabiac

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 June 1929 · page 10

Mrs. Tom Priestley's millinery and dressmaking shop was totally destroyed by fire this morning. About 7 o'clock some members of…

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Fire at Nabiac Shop Destroyed

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 2

On Friday morning the millinery and dressmaking shop conducted by Mrs. Tom Priestley at Nabiac was totally destroyed by fire. The flames…

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FiRE Insurance. Spreading Risks

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 6

In reviewing the work of the great British fire insurance companies it is essential to remember, that their activities are world-wide. This…

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Church Destroyed by Fire. Outbreak During Sermon

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

A fire in which three firemen were injured, rudely interrupted morning service at Haberfield Methodist Church on Sunday. The building was…

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£20,000 Fire. Boy Struck a Match

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the £20,000 fire which destroyed the Toowoomba (Q.), show pavilion on April 18, the coroner found that the…

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Disastrou Fire. Ballina

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

With a howling gale blowing, and heavy rain falling, a disastrous fire broke out in Ballina, at 2 a.m., yesterday. A dozen business places…

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Floods and Fire. at Richmond River. Tragedy Feared. Lismore

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 2

Floods, gale, fire, and it is feared, tragedy, marked the blackest week-end in the recent history of the Richmond River…

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