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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
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AN inquest was held at the Court House, Cooper nook, on Friday, 7th inst.,by the District Coroner, Mr. A. Gates, P.M., as to the origin of a fire, by which the store premises and contents, owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The boat shed and scull manufactory recently established on the foreshores of the Parramatta River by George Towns, cham-pion oarsmen of the world, was totally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FIRE broke out in the forward hold of the four-masted barque Earl of Dunmore early on Friday morning last. The vessel arrived from London on the Sunday previous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon one of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Sydney for a long time broke out at Toohey's Brewery in Elizabeth-street, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Fire Brigade of Orange has taken a determined stand with the local municipal council. The latter, refusing to pay the former a subsidy, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire, of mysterious origin, occurred at Mr. G. De Saxe's, Taree, on Wednesday night, about half-past 8. At the time, Miss McKay, Miss and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →on Wednesday evening last the residents of Taree were startled by the alarm of fire at Mr. G. De Saxe's residence—it having originated in the workshop on the side verandah; Shortly after 8 o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINCE the recent fire in Taree the residents have a wakened to the fact that a fire station and engine were of no use if only used as an ornament to the town, so they determined to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held in the committee-room of the School of Arts, Taree, last Tuesday night, to take steps to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Nabiac contributor writes as follows:— "When visiting Taree, I have often thought how terribly disastrous it may prove for the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHERE a fire burns on the health G[?] say the lightning will never st[?] and evil beings will not dare to enter the house. In the North of England we have a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHERE a fire burns on the health Germans say the lighting will never strike and evil beings will not dare to enter the house. In the North of England we have a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A [?] of those interested in forming a fire brigade in [?] was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening last. The Ma[?] (Mr. J. H.Stewart) [?]upied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During a terrible forest fire at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a bear was seen to emerge from the woods with its shaggy coat all aflame. The sagacious animal…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EARLY on Saturday morning last a fire of a most disastrous nature occurred at the seaside township of Harrington--a general store and its contents the property of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held before Mr. Gates, P.M., and a jury of 12, last Saturday, at Mr. Hogan's Brighton Hotel, Harrington, into the circumstances connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As inquest was held at the Brighton Hotel, Harrington, on Saturday morning last, concerning the late fire at Harrington, by which the store premises of Mr. R. Allan were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS has come to hand that the missing steamer Ovalau caught fire off Lord Howe Island, and sank. All on board were saved. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Messageries Maritimes Company's steamer Pacifique has solved the mystery relating to the missing Ovslau. The vessel being long overdue on a voyage from Norfolk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.—A beam in the room below Queen's Alexandra's sleeping apartment in Sandringham hall caught fire last night, with the result that a…
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