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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1907

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Fire at the Dorrigo

Northern Star · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

The friends here of Mr.Donald Ross, for some years of the Pioneer Store Lismore, and now of the Dorrigo, will be sorry to learn that he sustained the loss of his…

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The Casino Fire Brigade. A Visitor's Opinion

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

MR. JACKSON, who has charge of the headquarters and the central district of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, visited Casino last week on holidays, for the…

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Burglar and Fire Alarm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 3

A firm in London are introducing an electric automatic metropolitan police whistle, slightly penetrating through the wall protected by an air-brick, with wire…

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Fire at Breadwater

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 2

ON Friday a disastrous fire occurred here at 1 o'clock in the morning. Brown's Farmers' Home Hotel and R. Thomas' store and dwelling being completely destroyed. The…

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Notes and News. Fire at Broadwater

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 3

A DISASTROUS fire occurred on Friday morning at Broadwater, by which the Farmers' Home Hotel was completely destroyed with nearly all its contents…

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Fire at Broadwater

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

THE most disastrous fire that has ever occurred at Broadwater took place on Friday last when Mr. A. Brown's Farmers' Home Hotel, Mr. Thomas' store and a residence adjoining were…

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A Novel Fire Escape

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

A novel fire escape which has been erected at a school in Louisville. It consists of a steel cylinder and a spiral slide, which is so constructed that it controls…

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Fire in Woodlark-street. Damage About £1700

Northern Star · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

During the early hours of Monday morning a fire occurred in Woodlark-street, which resulted in the total destruction of (our wooden one-storey shops, the property…

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Big Fire at Lismore

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

LAST Monday morning a fire broke out in a building in Woodlark-st., Lismore, owned by Dr. Connor, of Mullumbimby. The building is divided into four parts…

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Admiration of the Lismore Fire Brigade

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 5

Mr. Southward, chief inspector of the Caledonian Insurance Company, one of the Institutions mostly interested in the fire risks of Lismore, is at present in town,…

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Destructive Fire at Lismore

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 7

During the early hours of Monday morning (says the "Northern Star") a fire occurred in Woodlark-street, which resulted in the total…

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Fire at a University. Four Students and Three Rescuers Killed. a Classman's Heroism

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 5

A serious fire broke out at daybreak on 7th December morning at Cornell University, Ithaca (U.S.A.), and three students were burned to death, while…

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Casino Fire Brigade

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 4

AT a meeting of the above, held last week, it was decided to affiliate with the Metropolitan volunteer Firemens' Association. This step appears to be advantageous,…

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Fire in Lismore

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 7

DURING the early hours of Monday morning a fine occurred in Woodlark-street, which resulted in the total destruction of four wooden one storey…

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Fire in Lismore. Four Shops Destroyed

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 7

At 4 a.m. on Monday the building occupied by M. J. Curr[?], Mr. M. Gay. Mr. A. Ivali, and Mr. W. Sidaway, in Woodlark Street, Lismore were almost…

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The Fire Inquiry

Northern Star · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 3

An Inquiry regarding the recent [?] in Woodlark-street was opened by the Coroner to-day, and after hearing some evidence adjourned until later in the week…

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Casino Fire Brigade

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

AT a special meeting of the Brigade held in the station on Thursday evening last, Captain Rayner presided. The business was the adoption of by-laws, etc., in…

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The Woodlark-Streat Fire. Coroner's Inquiry

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 March 1907 · page 4

A magisterial inquiry into the origin of the fire in Woodlark-street, when four shops and the contents were destroved during the early morning of March 11th, was…

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Fire Fighting Apparatus

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 3

A combination of water tower and fire escape for persons trapped in high buildings has recently been devised. In the apparatus the principle of the lazy tongs has been…

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Army Stores Burnt. the Great Portsmouth Fire

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 4 April 1907 · page 4

It is estimated that damage to the extent of over L250,000 was done by a fire which occurred on the military section of the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth during the…

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