A Human Wick on Fire
THE Medical Press says:—Cases of spontaneous combustion are still sometimes heard of, and we accord them the amount of credence that traditions…
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Fires & bushfires, 1888
15 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Bush Fires
AN Adelaide telegram, states that a large bush fire raged on Tuesday near Redhill. It started in a waggon loaded with furniture, which it entirely consumed, and…
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THE town was on Friday last completely enveloped in smoke from the disastrous bush fires reported in papers of the previous date. Reports since received show…
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AN Inquest was commenced at the Bridge Hotel, Molesworth-street, on Tuesday last, to iaquire into the causes of the late fire, before E. Roes, Esq., J.P., Coronor, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Star. Wednesday, February 8, 1888. Fire and Water
ALTHOUGH we have at times heard some of our public men inveighing against the expenses and rates attendant upon a Water Supply for this township, judging by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires
A TELEGRAM from Albury on Tuesday says:—The bush fires which started in the country north of here continue, and since the occurence of the fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Warden
ON Sunday morning last at 4 o'clock a fire broke out at the sawmill of Messrs. J. E. James and Son at East Wardell, which resulted in the entire destruction…
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THE Scandinavian township of Norsewood, situated in a bush clearing in the Hawkes Bay district, New Zealand, has been almost wholly destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Science of Bedroom Fires
SCIENCE says that the air in unwarmed bedrooms is not fresh; that it can never be half so fresh and pure as when a good fire is kept. This is very easy of…
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A SOMEWHAT remarkable case of apparently spontaneous combustion occurred in a threshing machine working in Canterbury, revealing a hitherto…
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A REMARKABLE case of spontaneous combustion occurred in a thrashing machine working in Canterbury, N.Z., revealing a hitherto unsuspected danger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Church Dispute Settled by a Fire
THE Union Church at Tanga, a few miles from Bega, was burnt down on Saturday night. The Rev. Mr. Colwell, Wesleyan minister, was announced to hold a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl Fires a Revolver at Her Lover
EVENING NEWS:—At the Coonamble Police Court a young named [?] Teelow was charged with attempting the life of Henry Green,…
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THE 'S.M. Herald' says— The fire at Brisbane is remarkable as, having been the most largely destructive which has yet occurred in any of the cities of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire In Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday.—The change was [?] sudden from dead calm to a strong [?] that after the fearful day experienced [?] Saturday the people were not astonished [?]…
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