The Port Macquarie Fire
Mr. Patrick O'Neil, of West Kempsey, formerly of the Hastings, was brought up at the Police Court, Port Macquarie, on Thursday before Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1886
6 stories in Mid North Coast's papers
When Heart Fires Die
Calm evening skies; gray, edgeless clouds that float Moveless and undefined, and give no hint Of far dawn's splendour, or the noon's gold…
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Patrick O'Neill late proprietor of the Royal Hotel, after a long inquiry has been committed to take his trial for arson at the Criminal Sessions to be held in…
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Now that our town has been incorporated and become possessed of power to manage its own local affairs and look after its own local wants, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys' Column EXPERIMENTS (As there is some danger in performing tricks of this kind, they should be managed with extreme caution, and on no account be attempted by very young and inexperienced persons.) 1. -- to Obtain Fire From Water
Throw a small quantity of potassium on the surface of a little water in a basing Immediately a rose-coloured flame will be produced. Any chemist will supply the…
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Max Rothermel stood and watched the faces before him. He liked to watch them. To him they were books. Beneath gray smiles he could read of hollow hearts…
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