The Bush Fires in Victoria
THE Colac correspondent in the Melbourne Argus writes on Thursday:—" No complete estimate of the damage caused by the bush fires on Tuesday, can yet be made, but it is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1886
9 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Goulston v. Hanseatic Fire Insurance Co
AT the Supreme Court on Monday, in the Jury Court, before his Honor Mr. Justice Fawcett and a jury of four, the following action was heard:- Goulston v. Hanseatic Fire Insuranoe Co. of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Coraki. Coraki, May 12
OUR correspondent sends us the following account of the fire reported in our issue of Saturday:- "At 2 a.m. on Wednesday last the…
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THE following is a translation of the Latin inscription on the north side of the monument, erected [?] perpetrate the rememberance of this great calamity —"In the year of Christ, 1666, the 2nd day of Sey…
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A MEETING of firemen already enrolled in the Volunteer Fire Brigade for Grafton, to be registered under the Fire Brigades' Board of the Borough of Grafton, was held at the engine station on Tuesday…
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A FIRE originated at the Royal Hotel, Port Macquarie, about three o'clock on Thursday morning. It was first discovered by a pupil teacher staying at the hotel, who was disturbed by the smoke. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Cameron's Tobacco Factory
THE fire at Cameron and Co.'s Tobacco Faotory was, with one exception, the largest and most destructive that has happened in Sydney for many years. It was not such an extonsive conflagration as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at South Grafton. Walker's Hotel Burned to the Ground
EARLY on Tuesday morning last, that old-established premises at South Grafton, known as the "Steam Ferry hotel," situate immediately alongside the ferry, were totally destroyed by fire. So…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Fire at South Grafton. the Inquiry
AN inquiry into the origin of the fire that caused the destruction of the Steam Ferry hotel, at South Grafton, was held by Mr. C. Dickey, ooroner for the district, and the following jury—Messrs D. M'Dermid,…
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