Destructive Fire at Grafton
A FIRE broke out just after midnight on Tuesday, of last week in M'Canu's general store, Prince-street, Grafton, which is about the centre of the city. The building,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1908
80 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4
Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Fire at Mullumbimby
A destructive fire occurred at Mullumbimby last night. Five buildings were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at the Meadow Bank Works
The large works of the Meadow Bank Manufacturing Co., near. Ryde, were partially destroyed by fire on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mullumbimby. Great Loss of Property. Block of Buildings Destroyed
What proved to be the most disastrous fire which has ever occurred in Mullumbimby broke out at 3, a.m. on Tuesday, starting with the E. S. and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Ryde. 350 Men Thrown Out of Employment. £30,000 DAMAGE. Sydney
About 3 o'clock this morning a fire occured on the premises of the Mea dowbank Manufacturing Company, at Ryde, which comprise railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tingha
A destructive fire occurred at Tingha, where a number of shops were destroyed, and the post office narrowly escaped. The loss is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mending the Fire
Two men were hunting "big game" in British Columbia. Toward morning one of the portsmen awoke shivering with the cold. The fire was very low…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in a Mine
During a fire in a mine in Nebrasks a rescue party entered the workings to rescue three miners. It is believed that twenty rescuers perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wonderful Rapid-fire Gun of New Design
The latest machine gun is the invention of Major W. H. Fitzgerald, of England, who has devoted himself for many, years to devising and improving…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire a in Church. Priests Avert a Panic
During Divine service at the Dominican Church of St. Paul, Berlin, incendiaries set fire to the roof. The priests, learning of the outbreak,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in the Country. Outbreak at Tingha. Five Shops Gutted. Damage Estimated at £10,000
There was a destructive fire in Tingha on Monday afternoon. Tet Fong's Arcade, Messrs. Pepper and Catcher's tailoring establishment,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grafton Fire
The Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company recently paid alarms amounting to £[?]200 in connection with the fire at Grafton a few weeks ago. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Proprietary Mine Fire. No Further Anxiety
There was no new developments in connection with Block 12 fire at the Proprietary mine at Broken-Hill on Saturday. The work of increasing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Fire Panic in New York. Guests Perish at Windows
America has been furnished with yet another object-lesson in the folly of tolerating " fire-traps " in big towns by the total destruction of the Aveline…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Hayti 3,000 Houses Destroyed. Thousands Without Food or Shelter. French Cruiser Damaged
A Router's message states that 3,000 houses, comprising the whole of the southern part of the town of Port-au Prince, Hayti, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Girl Heroine at a Fire
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl, Miss Margaret Euler, is to be made an honorary member of the New York fire brigade in recognition of her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sword Starts a Fire
A soldier attempted to commit suicide at Batignolles Station in Paris, and set fire to the station by doing so. He threw himself off the bridge on to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in British Columbia
Bush fires have destroyed a town in British Columbia. Seventy residents were killed, a hundred injured, and five thousand remain homeless. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A New and useful Fire Detector
A new fire detector of unusual kind is a fine copper wire encased in fusible metal, which, in turn, is covered with insulating material and enclosed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Fire at Gloucester
On Monday morning, about 1.15, the shop and dwelling owned and occupied by Mr, Thomas Mahon was totally destroyed by Are., Mr. Mabon…
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