Incendiary Fires
Seven fires, the result of incendarism, occurred in Rockhampton on Wednesday night. No clue to the perpetrators has been discovered. The damage was slight…
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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
238 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 12
Seven fires, the result of incendarism, occurred in Rockhampton on Wednesday night. No clue to the perpetrators has been discovered. The damage was slight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A rather disastrous fire by which two haystacks belonging to Mr. Godfrey, senr., were burned to the ground, occurred at Eglinton about 4 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey and family write, thanking the many friends who so ably assisted in saving their remaining stacks, which would, no doubt, have also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The premises of Mr. G. S. Simmons produce merchant, Annandale, were destroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at Portland, America, has destroyed half a million bushels of wheat and 200 freight cats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire has occarred in a wheat elevator at Portlond, Oregon. Half a million bushels of wheat, 2000 tons of merchan-dise, and 200 freight cars were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire occurred at Charleville early this morning. Four buildings were destroyed. The insurance is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An explosion at a chemist's in Blenheim (N.Z.) caused a fire which gutted four shops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred in Gloucester-street, near Argyle Cut, which originated in a shop occupied by a grocer, which was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In reply to a question last night in the Assembly Mr. Brunker Mid that the necessity of compelling ire insurance companies to contribute to country fire bridges would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The China steamer Catterthun brings news of a most destructive fire at Canton, by which there was great loss of property, and neatly 1000 people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The China steamer Catterthun brings news of a destructive fire at Canton, by which there was great loss of property and nearly 1000 people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Adelaide insurance companies haying agreed to subscribe 6d a year each for every £100 of insurances held by them in the town, the Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A house at Forbes, owned by Peter Sheid, was burned to-day. It was insured, in the Australian Mutual for £100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Dalmorton, on Monday, the house of Mr. Peters was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Peters perished in the flames, and her charred remains were afterwards found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out this afternoon at Messrs. Holdsworth, McPherson's new place in George-street. Heavy smoke was noticed, but the firemen soon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of a fire at Taglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand, has been received. It destroyed several business places, including Vickers and Stephens, auctioneers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ADVOCATE some little time since published cables announcing the destruc-of a large number of towns and villages in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forbes fire brigade has resigned, aa the insurance companies will not fairly support it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Francis Johnson, Chief-Justice of the Superior Court of Province of Quebec, on one of his circuits in the Eastern townships during the winter, put up at…
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