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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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Bush Fire

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 2

On Thursday a bush fire started on the south beach at Brunswick Heads, threatening the cottages of Messrs. F. Harkness, of Mullumbimby and…

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Violent Storms Sydney's Rough Week End. Heat and Bush Fires

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY Sunday—Sydney was scorched yesterday by a north west wind and burning sun, which sent the thermometer to 101.4 degrees at one o 'clock. A couple…

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Fires and Gales. Plate Glass Windows Blown In. Man Surrounded by Flames

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Coincident with another heat wave bush fires broke out again yesterday in outlying suburbs. Towards evening a gale sprang up from the south-west and…

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Fires in Sydney Family Cut Off by Flames. Escape over the Awning

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fire occurred at six o'clock this morning in a two storied building in Mosman occupied as a factory and dwelling by Arthur Kerslake,…

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Fire at a Shop. Occupants Escape Through Window

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Arthur Kerslake, manufacturing confectioner, and his wife and two small children were compelled to make their escape through a window on the…

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Bush Fires Usher in the New Year. Blue Mountains Ablaze. Orchards in Danger

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--Reports from the Blue Mountains give, graphic accounts of the bush fires which occurred the holidays…

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Ship on Fire Fierce Gale Blowing

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday.--A fire broke out in the linen store of the steamer Anconia in mid Atlantic during, a gale which blew at the rate of 60 miles an hour…

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Sawmills Burnt Fire at the Main Arm

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 2

Law and Robbins's sawmills at the Main Arm, Mullumbimby, were destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. The cause pf the outbreak is not…

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Fire on a Steamer. in Mid-ocean

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A fire broke out in the line store of the Anconia in mid-Atlantic during a gale blowing at the rate of 60 miles hour. The danger is great, as only a…

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Bush Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

On Thursday last a bush fire started on the south beach at Brunswick Heads, threatening the cottages of Messrs. F. Harkness, of Mullumbimby, and Swanson, of Brunswick Heads…

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An Exciting Experience. Train Dashes Past Bush Fire. Casino and Lismore Passengers Aboard

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

The flames from a grass fire almost licked the carriages as the Murwillumbah-Casino train raced past the scene of the blaze on Monday evening…

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Camp Fire Girls. an American Organisation

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 12

To leave Nelson ten years ago for Alaska, and to return here to-day the lender of a great nation-wide organisation in the United States, is surely something in the nature of a record…

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Bush Fires in the South

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--Bush fires are reported along the South Coast and 2000 acres of grass have been burnt at Buck enboura estate…

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Bush Fires. Along the South Coast

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Bush fire are reported all along the South Coast. An area of 2000 acres of grass was burnt at Buchenboura estate…

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Western Bush Fires. Losses Near Bathurst

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bush fire broke out in the Yetholne Ranges, about 20 miles from Bathurst. The fire started on Garrard's property, and was fanned by a stiff westerly…

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Bush Fire. Outbreak on the Mountains

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A great bush fire raged in Jamieson Valley, Blue Mountains, yesterday Por some hours Queen Victoria Sanitorium was in danger, but the patients…

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Big Fire in Calcutta

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

LAHORE, Wednesday. --A great fire destroyed the All India exhibition of indigenous products to- day in one of the suburbs of Calcutta…

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Big Fire at Calcutta. Exhibition of Products Destroyed

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

LAHORE, Wednesday.—A great fire destroyed the All India exhibition of indigenous products in the suburbs of Calcutta. Only the western portion was saved. The damage…

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Fire on a Steamer. Crew's Battle Foe 10 Days

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The crew of the steamer Kitsea, which arrived at Newcastle, battled for ten days with, a fire in the coal bunkers. The outbteak was separated from…

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Financial Pulse. Guide To Country Investors. Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Ltd

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 3

Amount to be invested, £150. Buying 100 £1 shares. Price, 30 (seller). Yearly Income, £710-…

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