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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

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Coramba Fire Store Destroyed Bucket Brigades Save Gkafton

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 4

Late on Saturday night the general store of Red and Bettridge, situated in the main street of Coramba, was totally destroyed by fire, together…

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Fire of Revolution" Riverina Movement Miners Watch Events Leader's Statement Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 5

Mr. J. Kelloek, the northern miners' vice-president, in an address yesterday said there were 5000 miners unemployed…

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Fire Horror 10 Children Perish Home Destroyed Sixteen in Family LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 5

Residents of central Newhampshire were shocked when a fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Avery, killing seven of…

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Awful Tragedy 10 Children Dead Out of Family of Sixteen House Caught Fire

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 3

HOLDERNESS (New Hampshire), Monday:--The residents of Central New Hampshire were shocked when fire destroyed the…

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Fire at Coramba

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1931 · page 2

Late on Saturday night, the general store of Reid and Bettridge, situated in the main street of Coramba, was totally destroyed by fire, together with…

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Policeman Killed Explosion of Gas Cylinder Fatal Hotel Fire

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--The explosion of a gas cylinder during a fire at Momolong Hotel, at Bo[?]gan resulted in the death of a…

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Gas Cylinder Explosion in Fire Police Officer Killed Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 26 March 1931 · page 5

The explosion of a gas cylinder occurred during a fire at an hotel at Berrigan and within a few minutes the entire population turned out. The…

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Coolangatta Fire Inquiry in Brisbane Adjourned Indefinitely

Tweed Daily · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday:--The destruction by fire of a house at Coolangatta at 12.30 a.m. on January 8, following a previous, outbreak early in the…

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Kirra Fire Evidence at Inquiry BRISBANE

Northern Star · Saturday 28 March 1931 · page 13

In the Coroner's Court, Mr. Harris, city coroner, heard further evidence in the inquiry into the fire which destroyed house and contents at Kirra…

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Caniaba Fire

Northern Star · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 4

Easy yesterday morning the home of Mr. Alfred Nixon, at Caniaba, about two m[?]rom the main Lismore-Coraki road, was destroyed by fire. The…

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Fire at Georgica

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

A cottage at Georgica, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and owned by Mr. C. J. S. Fox, was destroyed by fire about midnight on March 25. The…

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Post Office Fire Coroner's Inquiry Evidence at Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 8

The District Coroner (Mr. E. A. Mahony) held an inquiry at the Ballina Court House on Friday into the fire which destroyed the residence…

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Still Fruitless Search for Southern Cloud Port Phillip Patrolled Signal Fires in Omeo District ?

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:--Today's search for the Southern Cloud again proved fruitless. A number of 'planes belonging to…

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Early Morning Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 6

Lismore fire brigade about 2 o'clock yesterday morning after a long fight prevented the destruction of a cottage in Pine-street, North Lismore, which…

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Tintenbar P.o. Fire

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 2

Lengthy evidence was given at the inquiry at Ballina on Friday last into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed the Tintenbar post…

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Fire at McKEE'S HILL

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 4

A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage at McKee's Hill was totally destroyed by fire about 9.30 p.m. on Saturday. The building was owned by…

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Two Arrested Suspicious Fire at Tweed Heads Early Morning Blaze Good Save by Local Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

A suspicious fire occurred at the Tweed Cafe, Tweed Heads, shortly before 4 a. m. yesterday morning, and but for the promptitude of the…

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Tweed Heads Fire Two Arrests Made Tweed Heads

Northern Star · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 4

At about 4 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the Tweed Cafe, which is portion of a two-storey brick building situated in Bay-street, Tweed…

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Thieves Fire Store

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday:— Thieves are believed to have deliberately set fire to the store of D. J. Healy and Son this morning. The fire was got…

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Two Greeks Arrested Tweed Heads Fire

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 3

Early "on Wednesday morning a fire occurred in the Tweed Cafe, Tweed Heads. The building was also occupied by the Commercial Bank of…

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