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Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
96 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 5
A type of Incandescent lamp designed to give as nearly absolute security against fires or explosions as possible has been devised by Dr. D. Tomasal of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT the Police Court on Friday last, before the Police Magistrate, Philip Morris Hart was charged that on the 7th February he did wilfully commit perjury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Union Oil Engine Co's. shed at Woolloomooloo Bay was burnt out last night. The stock of oil engines and a quantity of oil were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It is somewhat extraordinary that water which extinguishes fire is composed of two gases, one of which, hydrogen, is combustible, and burns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is somewhat extraordinary that water which extinguishes fire is composed of two gases, one of which, hydrogen, is combustible, and burns…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keep cool, to bo sure. Sooner said, than done. It is not very easy to keep either your skin or your nerves cool when flame and smoke are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is of often a source of wonder to onlookers that the rivers of water which are thrown by a dozen or more fire-engines into a burning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE body of an old man named Donald Steward was found outside his tent near Wentworth. He is believed to have been sitting near his camp fire when he died,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last night a fire occurred on board the North Coast Co's. coal hulk lying in Darling Harbor. The whole of the after part of the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →ON Saturday morning a fire broke out in the warehouse of Prescott Company, Ltd., Sussex-street, and was not extinguished until much of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →During a fire in a large warehouse a large black cat with shiny, yellow eyes, appeared on a windowsill of a fifth story. Behind it a dull red glow…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The township of Marwillombah, the principal town on the Tweed was destroyed by Sre on Monday morning last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE broke out at Murwillumbah, Tweed River, at 9.30 last night, and completely swept the town. Fifty-nine buildings were destroyed, including the Banks of Australasia, New South Wales, English,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →bah.—On Monday hist our Sydney correspondent wired that the township of Murwillumbah had that morning been destroyed by fire. no less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The picturesque town of Murwillumbah, situated on a fertile plain on the banks of the Tweed River, about 400 miles north of Sydney, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous fire has occurred a Bangalow on the Richmond. Four shops and the bank of N.S.W. were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire has occurred a [?]. Four shops and the bank of N.S.W. were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Bangalow, Richmond River, on Monday morning last. Four shops and the Bank of New South Wales were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The ruins of the Murwillumbah fire are still smouldering in places. Extra police have arrived in the town and additional watchmen have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire at a mine in Japan destroyed over 100 houses. While efforts were being made to extinguish the flames the mine reservoir burst…
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