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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1921

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Alleged Blackmail. Fire on a Launch

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1921 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At the Central Police Court Stanley Williams, 30, and Thomas Childs, 29, were charged with having threatened to accuse Percy Coleman of the crime…

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Fires at Farms. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Seven fires simul taneously occurred at farms in the outskirts of Surrey and London. Large and valuable stacks were burned. The outbreaks are at…

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Fire on a Farm

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire broke out on a farm at Garibaldi, near Young, and Mrs. Taylor, wife of the owner, armed with a green bush, fought the fire till help arrived…

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Wheat Stack on Fire. 4

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday—One of the wheat stacks at Weedallion Siding was still ablaze to-day. The eause of the outbreak is a mystery…

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Wheat Stack Fire. 10,000 Bags Threatened. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 March 1921 · page 3

A Young message, states that the wheat stacks at Weedallion Siding are ablaze. The origin of the fire is a mystery…

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Enemy Routed. Many Fires Visible. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 3

The defenders of Upton resisted until reinforcement arrived, thus preventing the capture of arms and ammunition, which was the attackers' main objective…

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Week-end Casualties. Incendiary Fires in England. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1921 · page 3

Casualties for the week-end amongst the Crown forces were twleve killed and thirteen wounded; Sinn Feiners, thirteen killed and seven wounded…

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Fires at Manchester. (United Service, Ltd.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 March 1921 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Incendiary outbreaks in Manchester, including a fire at the museum, Lave been suppressed. No arrests have been made…

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Fire Near Rifle Butts

Northern Star · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 4

At. 8 o'clock last, night a four-roomed weaiherboard house located near the rifle buttsat the end of Dalley-street, aud occupied by-Mr. laana, milk vendor, was totally destroy…

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Fire Brigade for Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 March 1921 · page 4

For a long time now the question of the establishment of a Fire Brigade at Tweed Heads has been discussed at meetings of the Chamber of Commerce…

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Fire in Wheat Stacks

Northern Star · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—An inquiry was held at Young into the cause of the outbreak of fire in the wheat stacks at Weedallion siding, when 200 bags of wheat were…

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Sydney Fire. Woman's Jump to Safety

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A wooden cottage at Maroubra caught fire, which spread to an adjoining cottage where a woman was entrapped on the upper…

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Russia. Rifle Fire at Kronstadt. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Friday 25 March 1921 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.—Reports from the Finnish frontier state that there has been rifle firing at Kronstadt night, believed to de due to a mass of executions of rebel…

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Farm Fires in England. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—The week-end marked a series of incendiary farm fires in the northern outskirts of' London and Northumberland, attributed to Sinn Feinism. The…

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Fire at Oakey Creek

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1921 · page 2

Mr. M. Kennedy, of Oakey Creek, near Casino, sustained a rather heavy loss on Sunday evening through the total destruction of a large barn or…

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Fire at Theatre

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 7

SYDNEY, Sunday.—During a concert by the State Orchestra at Her Majesty's Theatre on Good Friday night, Mr. Verbrugghen, conductor, noticed that the…

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General News. Fire Insurance

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 4

In connection with the destruction by fire recently of the dwelling near the ri[?] range occupied by Mt. Iaana, dairyman, together with the furniture, we are informed…

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A Tokio Fire. 5000 People Homeless. Tokio

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 March 1921 · page 3

A thousand houses were burned in a populous quarter of the city and five thousand people are homeless as the result. Many are sheltering in the…

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Fire Brigade Foe Tweed Heads

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 4

For a long time now the question of the establishnve[?] of a Fire. Brigade at Tweed Heads has bean discussed ("Tweed Daily") at meetings of the Chamber of Commerce…

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Suspicious Fire. Discovery of Kerosene. Evidence at Coroner's Inquiry Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1921 · page 3

The fire at the premises of Messrs. Weingott and Sons, clothing manufacturers in Sussex Street, in December last was the subject of an inquest today by…

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