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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

126 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 7

Loss Payable Under Fire Insurance

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 6

At the December meeting of the Central Executive of the P.P.U. a resolution was carried to the effect that where loss occurs through fire…

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Personal Delivery of Letters and Fosters £5 to £50 Fires

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 7

Is it generally known that it is a punishable offence to deliver letters containing accounts, invitations and other forma of correspondence, by…

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Fire at Coffs Harbour

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

At 10.25 p.m on Sunday week Mr. Ernie Kidd was walking past the premises in, Moonee street, Coffs Harbour, occupied by Mr. C. Cook,…

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Launch On Fire. Burned To Water's Edge. Tuncurry Fishermen's Escape

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 March 1936 · page 6

Two well-known fishermen of Tuncurry, James Nicholson and Thomas Gaudron, had an unenviable experience on Tuesday night last, when the…

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Launch on Fire. Burned to Water's Edge. Tuncurry Fishermen's Escape

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 4

Two well-known fishermen of Tuncurry, Messrs. James Nicholson and Thomas Gaudron, had an unenviable experience on Tuesday night last,…

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Launch on Fire Burned to Water's Edge Tuncurry Fishermen's Escape

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 4

Two well-known fishermen of Tuncurry, James Nicholson and Thomas Gaudron, had an uneviable experience on Tuesday night last, when the…

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Signal Fires Warn Pilot

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 March 1936 · page 4

Signal fires, lighted on the aerodrome at Old Bar, near Taree, on Sunday warned the pilot of an air liner from Sydney not to go on with…

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Fire at Stoney Creek

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

A four-roomed weatherboard house at Stoney Creek, owned and occupied by Mr. Fred. Hamphrtes, timber getter, was destroyed by fire on…

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House Destroyed Fire at Stoney Creek

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Humphreys and family, of Stoney Creek, suffered a heavy loss on Saturday, between 1 and 2 p.m., when their home, together with…

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Fire Bug at Kinchela. Telephone Wires Cut

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 4

About 12.30 a.m. on 3rd April Mr. Herbert Cooke, fishing in the river near Kinchela, saw a blaze at the back of Mr. A. E. Dodds' barn…

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Five Men Stranded in Western Australia Built Fire on Road Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1936 · page 2

A message from Perth states that five men have been found in a serious condition between the towns of Meekatharra and Wiluna as a result of being…

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The "Fire King." Saturday, November 12th., 1870

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 8

The Steamer arrived rather earlier than usual on Tuesday last. Among the passenges were Miss Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Skye and family,…

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Beating Bushfires

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 April 1936 · page 4

Mr. R. H. Luke, of Taree, at the Forestry Field Officers' Association Conference last week, told how a plan in operation in his district had almost…

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Beating Bushfires

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 8

Mr. R. H. Luke, of Taree, at the Forestry Field Officers' Association Conference last week, told how a plan in operation in his district had almost…

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Huge Fire at Grafton. £20,000 DAMAGE

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 6 May 1936 · page 2

More than £20,000 damage was done when fire early on Friday morning destroyed Webber's sawmill, Joinery works and ice works at South…

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Two Lorries Burnt. Coff's Harbor Fire Heads to Arrests

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 11

Two motor lorries, valued at over £1000, were destroyed by fire in a garage at the Coff's Harbor Co-operative Dairy Co. shortly after 6 o'clock…

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Fire at Pola Creek

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 May 1936 · page 4

On Friday night last flames shooting high in the air under a canopy of smoke to the north attracted attention of natrons at the dog races,…

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A Friday Fire

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1936 · page 4

Friday evening last, about 9 o'clock, a weatherboard cottage at Pola Creek, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. F. Hilliar and family, was destroyed by fire. Mr…

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Fire!

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 7

The chief cause of fire in the home: is carelessness. A little forethought would prevent scores of outbreaks. Never put hot ashes in a wooden…

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House Destroyed by Fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 8

A house owned by Mr. W. G. Wilkins and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. A. Carson, at No. 138 Cornwall Street, Taree, was almost totally destroyed…

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