Fire in Maclean
ON Tuesday morning a fire originated in the back promises of the ADVOCATE office, and a serious conflagration was narrowly averted. Some waste paper had been set on fire in the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1898
29 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 2
Local Fire Brigades
The destruction of a building and property at South Grafton on Saturday again demonstrates the necessity of having well-equipped Fire Brigades in both municipalities. Those…
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During the height of the westerly gale on Saturday morning, the branch tailoring establishment of Mr. W. Zietsch, at the corner of Spring and Skinner streets, South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Hordern's
During the early hours of Wednesday a fire broke out at Anthony Hordern and Sons' Haymarket. The fire was first noticed at about 10 minutes past 2 a.m. It broke out…
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The recent devastation of cane fields on the Richmond and Tweed and in Northern Queensland shows that care must be exercised in burning off, or of lighting fires in close proximity to…
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One of the best agents for extinguishing fires, according to the "National Druggist," is liquid ammonia, without any addition…
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ONE of the best agents for extinguishing fires, according to the NATURAL DRUGGIST, is liquid ammonia, without any addition whatever. We have personally had experience with the almost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires at Dorrigo
OUR correspondent gives particulars of bush fires 'which .caused some damage at Beilsdown Creek, Dorrigo. For some time fires have been burning in various parts of…
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An old hand in the Glen Innes district, who in his day, has done a 'power of droving' (to use his own phraseology) can tell some of the tallest stockwhip yarns that ever fell…
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