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New England · Fires & bushfires
289 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 15
The last bales of Bawra wool in Australia were shipped on the Federal Steam Navigation Co's. liner Leitrim, at Victoria Docks, Melbourne, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A hairdresser's shop at Katoomba was [?] gutted by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at £3000. The contents of an adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late last night Armstrong and Royee's timber yards, with millions of feet of timber, were totally destroyed by fire. The loss is a huge one. Twelve…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred last night in a three-storey brick store occupied by the British United Shoe Co., at Redfern. The firemen discovered three outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire at Wellington (N.S.W.) this morning completely destroyed three [?] A number of adjacent buildings narrowly escaped a similar fate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Armstrong and Royce's timber yards at Newcastle were destroyed by fire last night, resulting in enormous damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire bell rang about mid-day to-day, the cause being the ignition of a wood heap at the premises of Mr. Wilson, of Short Street, when about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire occurred in the early hours of this morning, when the palatial residence formerly occupied by the Anglican Bishop, but recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out early this morning in Sydney, in a warehouse in Abercrombic-street, with the result that three floors were destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While burning off stumps in the reserve paddocks on Saturday and Sunday last, at Mr. H. Hadley's selec[?] near Emmaville the grass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fanned by a terrific wind and assisted by an absence of water Bishopscourt, which for the past four years has been used as part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Of late years Armidale has been singularly fortunate as regards visitations from the fire fiend, but the sequence was broken In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The home of Dr. J. C. Holliday, of Turramurra, was gutted by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,— I consider that had the Idcal Brigade been agaee been eqainppd to-date motor fire engine of Tuesday morning, it would more than have paid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A huge fire, causing £150,000 damage, completely destroyed the extensive moat works of John Cook aud Co., at Sanddown on the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two hotels at Chillagoe (Quensland) were destroyed by fire. A woman was reported to have died in the flames. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"It would be much better to inquire into the conditions of the working classes, with a view to improving them, than to go round talking to them about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sandown Meatworks, on the outskirts of Parramatta, were totallydestroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at between £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. T. P. H. Nance, M.B.E., who has been appointed deputy chief officer in charge of the N.S.W. fire brigades, is a native of Kempsey. Mr. Nance has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—After reading the account of the recent disastrous fire at the New England Girls' School, the citizens of Armidale doubtless see the paucity ofI…
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