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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Extensive Fires in London Derry

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 5

Armed bands of the Republican Army carried out a series of on outrages in Country Londonderry early on Monday morning. They set fire to and destroyed extensive…

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Collisions Must Stop. Self-restraint Urged. Danger of Countrywide Blaze

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 5

(Published in the "Times.") LONDON, Monday.—The "Times" in a leader says that the Irish border collisions cannot continue without the gravest risk of…

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Chinese of Paris. Student Fires at Minister. Assailant Surrenders to Police. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Renter's Paris correspondent says a Chinese student fired four revolver shots at a motor car containing the Chinese Minister last night,…

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With Bullet and Fire. Campaign in the North

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 5

The destruction of loyalist homes in Tyrone is widespread. The sky is lurid with the glare of burning, farmsteads. Some of the largest farms in the county…

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Told by Telegraph Latest News in Brief. Gathered From All Quarters Fires at Henty

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 3

HENTY, Tuesday.--The disastrous fires are now extinguished. They were the worst for 20 years. Grass and hay stacks and crops of wheat, houses and…

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Ford Fire Fighter. Boon for Country Towns

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

A Ford motor has found its way into the New South Wales Fire Brigades. It stands behind huge Dennis motors, at headquarters station, and looks cheekily…

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Fire at Condobolin. Store and Post Office Destroyed

Northern Star · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A store and the post office at Condobolin were totally destroyed by fire. The inmates had a narrow escape. Three…

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Fire in a Mine Mysterious Outbreak. Auckland

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 7

A fire which broke out last night in the W[?]i mine is still burning. The outbreak was fought night, the men wearing smoke helmets…

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Fires in Sydney. Outbreak at Rubber Premises. Firemen Bush From Dance

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fiew broke out at 9 o'clock last night on the promises iccupied by the Goodyear Tyres, Ltd. Elizabeth-street. A large number of Firemen who were…

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Tweed Heads Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. T. Gorman of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board paid a visit to Tweed Heads and supervised the practices of the local brigade on Friday night. He…

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Fire in Fremantle Mysterious Outbreak. Remarkable Coincidence. PERTH

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 2

A great fire at Fremantle last night destroyed the premises of Wood, Son and Co., general warehousemen, a three story building in an important business block…

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An Appeal Dismissed. Guardian Assurance Company. Fire at Crown Studios

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Full Court today delivered judgment in the case in which the Guardian Assurance Company sought to set aside the decision of the Chief Justice…

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Fires in Belfast

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—Several fires broke out in Belfast in the early morning, the largest being at a jam factory. It was soon assuming large proportions…

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Ford Fire Fighter Boon for Country Towns

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 1

A Ford motor has found its way into the New South Wales Fire Brigades. It stands behind huge Denms motors, at headquarters station…

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A Brewery Fire. Destruction at Munich. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 5

BERLIN, Monday.—While a fire brigade at Munich was engaged for hours lighting a fire in the famous Lion brewery the flames fed quantities of pitch and spread most…

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Fire in Sydney Box Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 March 1922 · page 5

A fire broke out in a box factory in Broughton street, Glebe, to-night. The building, which was of wood and iron, and the contents were destroyed. Three…

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Fires at Pyrmont. Suspicious Circumstances. Produce Company's Stores

Northern Star · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There are suspicious cireumstances connected with fires in the record room on the top floor stores of the Country Produce Selling Company,…

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Suspicious Fires Outbreak in Sydney. Valuable Premises in Danger SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 3

What is regarded as a suspicious fire broke out in the Country Producers' selling Company's premises, Prymont, yesterday, about five o'clock. An…

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Holdings Burnt Out. the Flames Checked

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bush fire broke out in W. Smith's Thornton property in the Trangie district. By nightfall the adjoining holdings had…

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Fires at Wool Stores. "Deliberately Caused."

Northern Star · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The report to the Coroner in connection with the suspicious fires at the premises of the Country Producers' Selling Company, Pyrmont, states that…

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