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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

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Fire. an Early Morning Blaze

Northern Star · Monday 13 August 1906 · page 2

An alarm of fire reached the fire station at ten minutes to 4 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the ringing of the bell brought out the members of the Brigade…

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Fire at Lismore

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 2

ON Sunday morning last, about 3 o'clock, a fire was discovered in Mr. Brown's stables, near Bishop Doyle's residence, and at the rear of the residence…

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A Flourishing Fire Office

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 10

The facts and figures disclosed at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Coy., Ltd., were…

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The New Automatic Fire Entinguiher

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6

AN event of interest to business people, and fire insurance experts in particular, was the trial of the Morris sprinkler, an automatic fire extinguisher which is being…

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The 'Frisco Quake. a Relic of the Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 7

An interesting relic of the San Francisco conflagration is a truckload of blackened masses of metal which the United Railroads Co. recovered from its safe in…

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Fire at Drake. Drake

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

AT 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out in Davis' store, which in about three hours was burned to the ground, nothing being left but smouldering ashes…

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Fire at Cunnamulla.— Commercial Bank Destroyed

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 4

The Commercial Bank building, one of the finest buildings at Cunnamulla, was burnt to the ground at one o'clock on Monday morning All the books, etc., were locked…

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Heaping Goals of Fire

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

THE following anecdote of King Alfouse appears in "Le Courrier Australien " of 17th instant -" King Alfonso, who does not trouble about etiquette or…

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Casino Fire Brigade

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

THE Fire Brigade, under Captain Rayner, held a practice in Walker-street on Monday night. Eight firemen were in attedance, and an excellent trial was the…

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Fire at Billinudgel

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 4

MR. J. CAHILL'S well-known Tramway Hotel at Billinudgel (Brunswick River) was on Sunday morning last completely destroyed, the entire premises…

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Israe[?]'s Fillar of Fire. Biblical Critics Say Moses Used Naphtha

Northern Star · Monday 17 September 1906 · page 2

ThE sacred fire of Israel, according to Mr. F. H. Balkwill in the 'Nineteenth Century," was a composition of naphtha or liquid bitumen known to the persians and…

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Fire Brigade

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4

IN connection with the promise of a subsidy from the Sydney Underwriters' Association to the Casino Fire Brigade, Capt. Rayner has received a letter stating…

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Fire Brigade Social

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 5

ON Monday night a very nice little social eventuated in the School of Arts, Casino, under the auspices of the Volunteer Fire Brigade. Some 35 couples…

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Fire Brigades Bill

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 6

AT a meeting of the Bathurst City Council a letter was read from Mr. W. Taylor, the representative of suburban municipalities on the Fire Brigades…

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Fire Brigades

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 2

Discussing the Fire Brigades Bill at a meeting of the Bathurst City Council, the Mayor, Alderman Webb, said Sydney was like a great octopus, and those in…

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In Case of Fire

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 3

A novel feature of rescuing the audience of a theatre in case of fire, has been invented by Mr Musskard, of Germany; who has recently made an experiment which is…

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The Northern Star. Published Monday. Wednesday, & Saturday. Monday, October 8 1906. The Proposed Fire Erigade Act

Northern Star · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 2

A Fire Brigades Act which would apply to all municipalities and enable property acquipped and manned brigades to be maintained has long been felt as one of the…

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Strange Fire. Contents of a Box Burning. Suspected Incendiarism

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 11

A strange fire, reports the "Daily, Mail," of July 30th, occurred last night at the Cranbourn street, W.C., Post, Of-fice…

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The Great Whisky Fire. Streams of Burning Spirit

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 9

Never in the history of Dundee has a fire of such dimensions been witnessed as that which, as reported in the "Daily Mail" of 21st July,…

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Municipalities and the Fire Brigades Act

Northern Star · Monday 29 October 1906 · page 2

In view of the great dissatisfaction felt by the municpal councils throughout the State with the provisions of the Fire Brigades Bill now before Parliament, the…

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