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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1884

6 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

Fire on Board the s. s. Tomki

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1884 · page 2

ON Thursday evening last, a vague rumor was circulated in Lismore, that a fire had broken out on board the s. s. Tomki, when off Broken Bay, and that she had returned to Sydney…

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Careless Use of Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1884 · page 3

As some discussion has arisen during the late dry season, respecting the responsibilities of persons using or making fires in or about their promises and farms, &c., we herewith…

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The Late Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 May 1884 · page 2

As we are informed that the friends of Mr. C. A. Barham are about to send out a subscription list to help to defray a portion of the expenses of the above gentleman, who has…

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The Fire of Frendraught

Northern Star · Saturday 2 August 1884 · page 2

About six miles from the thriving markettown of Huntly, in Aberdeenshire, stands the mansion-house of Frendraught, built on the aite of and incorporating the raina of the…

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Fire Brigade

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 2

EACH time there, is, unfortunately, a fire, or an alarm of one, in Lismore, the want of some properly defined organization, to watch over, direct, and protect all the interests…

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The Northern Star. Saturday, October 18, 1884. Lismore Fires

Northern Star · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 2

IN our last issue appears a paragraph, taken from the Clarence Examiuer, stating—That Lismore still preserves its celebrity for fires," and then, after commenting upon the party…

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