The Recent Fire
The long and costly series of devastating fires which mark the comparatively brief history of Coraki seems to have no lesson for its people. In every phase…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
472 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 24
The Recent Coraki Fire
Mr. J. Sketchlek's iron safe was recovered, from the ruins of Claffy's buildings on Holiday afternoon, and broken open, when part of the contents (including…
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About 8 o'clock the other night th[?] alarm of fire was received at the fire st[?]tion, and the bell was rung. A few min[?]tes later another message came throug[?]…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Friday.—Bycroft's Hour mill and biscuit factory were badly burnt by fire at Auckland to-day, many, thousand pounds worth of damage being…
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On Friday last Mr. J. Allison, J.P., District Coroner, conducted an inquiry at the Corald Court House into the circumstances attending the recent fire at…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A fire broke out at York and Marshall's timber yard at Caulfield. After a desperate fight the blaze was got under, but thousands of pounds'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Timber Yard Fire. Muck Damage. Caused. MELBOURNE
A big fire broke out in a timber yard at Caulfield this morning. After most desperate efforts the fire was got under control, but thousands of pounds worth…
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About 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning while the boys were away from home Mrs. Cormack, of Tullymorgan, took the opportunity of leaving the house to inspect a…
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The first of what is to be hoped will be a series of competitions amongst the members of the Murwillumbah Fire Brigade took place in Commercial Road…
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It is anticipated that the new Fire Station will be completed in almost a fortnight's time, and the Brigade will immediately shift out of the present…
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A grass fire at the reservoir reserve disturbed the usual harmony of High-street at midday on Saturday and brought up the hill a young army of small fry to enjoy the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Wheat Stacn. Damage Estimated at £36,000. SYDNEY
Seventy-five thousand bags of wheat, valued at £36,000, were destroyed by fire at Mirrool yesterday. The outbreak is attributed to a spark from a passing…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—During a fearful fire which swept through Otway Forest on Saturday two men named Clarkson and Richards, and a third, a mill hand, perished…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—It is reported that in the Otway Forest fire a hundred homesteads have been burnt. In Victoria ab[?] 500 persons are homeless and to make…
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The first of what is to be hoped will be a series of competitions amongst the members of the Murwillumbah Fire Brigade took place in Commercial road on Thursday evening. A…
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Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the house occupied by the Turnbull family, with [?] the girl Gladys Quirk resided, caught alight by some means unknown. The…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Reports continue to reach Melbourne of country districts ravaged by disastrous bush fires. It is known that three lives have been lost. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Bush Fires. Disastrous Conflagrations. Three Deaths Reported. MELBOURNE
Reports from various Victorian country districts reveal that disastrous bush fires are raging, and many people have had narrow escapes from being burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Fire and Eloquence. Manifested in Tribute to A.I.F.
The cables some time ago referred to a beautiful and moving address given by the R.C. Bishop of Amiens in the church at Longe (Somme), on the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A wood and iron. structure used as a boiling room of the Sterling Varnish Company, Alexandria, was with its contents destroyed by fire this morning…
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