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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
78 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 4
BALLINA, Monday.—A disastrous cane fire broke out at Cumbalum yesterday evening, being attended with fatal results. The fire started in a swamp close to cane belonging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Yarkes telescope, at the Observatory on L'Geneva, Wisconsin, 75 miles N. of Chicago, was the largest refracting telescope ever built. Its object glass was 40 inches in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A DISASTROUS cane fire broke out at Emigrant Creek on Sunday, resulting in the destruction of about 40 acres of cane belonging to Mr. C. Jarrett, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MISFORTUNES never come singly. Less than a fortnight two smoke was discerned issuing from an upstairs window in Mr. McDongall's Royal Hotel at Bowra, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE R. B. TIMES reports that a disastrous cane fire broke out at Emigrant Creek on Sunday, resulting in the destruction of about 40 acres of cane belonging to Mr. C. Jarrett, who was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The annual meeting of members was held on Thursday, Captain Dellow presiding The enrolment of members was reported to be 20, and the average attendance at drill…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE R.R. TIMES reports that another cane fire occurred at Tevan on Friday evening, at which Mr. Ralp Forster lost about two acres of cane and Mr, John Percival seven acres. Mr. Alex…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A demonstration of Robertson's patent fire alarm was given at the offices of Messrs. Chas. Markell and Co., O'Connell-street, and those present evinced admiration at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN connection with the Fire Brigade exhition on Fisher Park on Monday, the undermentioned events resulted as follows: --…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An appalling fire broke out in Colney Hatch lunatic asylum, Dondon. The building was partially destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AN appalling fire broke out in Colney Hatch lunatic asylum, London. The building was partially destroyed. The fire broke out in an annexe containing 200 women, all of whom were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speaking at the annual meeting of the Railway Institute, in Sydney, the Treasurer said, with regard to the railways that the times were no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A cablegram from London, dated January 27, states that a fire broke in the Colney Hatch Lunutic Asylum that, morning. It was then still raging. Fifty deaths were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CORRESPONDENT throws out a suggestion that, considering the rapid advancement the town of Maclean is making, the time is ripe for the formation of a Fire Brigade. Volunteers would…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most disastrous, distressing nnd tragic fires that has occurred in Grout Britain for a long while broke out in Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, seven miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE reduction in the vote for the country fire brigades came before the Newcastle Council on Monday night for discussion. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"I happened to see the start of a fire in Paris," said F. D. Higbee, in the "Buffalo News." "It was a rather ugly blaze in a three-story building. I thought the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Grafton Volunteer Fire Brigade was held on Thursday evening. Mr. F. Kimpton presided, and 15 firemen also attended. As a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A FIRE was discovered in the billiard room of the Hotel Australia at 1 o'clock this morning. The room was badly damaged and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a few minutes after half-past 12 on Saturday morning, the startling alarm of fire at the Hotel Australia was received. Superintendent Webb at once ordered out detachments, and turned out the…
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