The Festal Fire at Murwillumbah
A your ago, this very day. We had a glorious fire; The insurance people had to pay With countenances dire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1908
343 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 14 of 18
Fire Ringing Apparatus
ON Saturday last a further trial was given of the fire ringing apparatus at the Casino Brigade Station. It will be remembered that the previous trial resulted in a failure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Warehouse Fire. Sydney
The large warehouse of Williamson Heywood and Clark, in Clarence-street narrowly escaped destruction by fire this morning owing to the supposed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telephone Exchange Destroyed Probable Cause of the Fire. London
The destruction of the Paris Telephone Exchange occasioned enormous inconvenience to City subscribers and all France lately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
The Maitland racing stables, near Ashburton, New Zealand, were destroyed by fire. Three valuable racehorses were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Millet Brooms. Motion for Adjournment Country Fire Brigades. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Agriculture if it was a fact that broom millet is being grown at Pitt Town Experimental Farm,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Singular Device. Found After a Fire
[?] discovery was made by Fireman R. [?] at the boot factory of Messrs. Fer[?]on Bros., Collingwood, (Mclbourne.) [?]ere a fire was observed last Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Narrow Escape. Fire at the G.P.O. MELBOURNE
The general post and telegraph office in Swanston-street had a narrow escape from fire this afternoon. The outbreak occurred in a cellar near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fires in Canada. London
Twenty large grain steamers have been delayed in the St. Lawrence owing to the dense smoke of forest fires along the river banks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rains Extinguishing American Forest Fires. London
Copious rains have extinguished the forest fires in the United States, except in the Adirondacks Mountains of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Fires. Sydney
Two more houses have been [?] royed by fire at Broken Hill making [?] premises burnt within 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shocking Suicide in Victoria. Woman Pours Kerosene Over [?]Rself. Then Sets Fire to Her Clothes
A shocking case of sucide occurred early on Saturday at Malvern Vic., the victim being Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Russell, aged [?] as briefly reported in our telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire at Condong. Murwillumbah
By a bush fire at Condong over 300 acres were destroyed besides [?]ing and yards. The fire ran through the pasp [?]um with great rapidity, and it was impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sawmills Destroyed. Fire at Port Macquarie. Sydney
A telegram was received in Sydney this afternoon to the effect, that two lar[?] sawmills of Nicholas Cain at Havtawn, Port Macqimric, were destroyed by fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bosphorus Forts Fire Blank Cartridges at Bulgarian Steamer. London
The forts in the Bosphorus firing blank cartridges stopped a Bulgarian steamer flying the Bulgarian Royal flag…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Koeniga Colliery. London, Wednesday afternoon
A fire has occurred in Koonlga Colliery, Silesia and it is feared hundreds of the milners have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire. Forest Fires Destroy Train. London
Forest fires destroyed a culvert, derailing a train with a load of, fugitives from Motz, Michigan. The wreckage and, piles of railway sleepers took fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fires
TWO fires occurred in this dissrict on Monday evening, 12th inst., and in both instances the owners, of the destroyed buildings sustained heavy losses. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnt Out Town 0F Fernie Being Rebuilt. London, Sunday Afternoon
The burnt out town of Fernic is [?]ising rapidly from its ashes. All arrangements have been made for permanent buildings to be re-erected before Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Setting Fire to a Shop. What the Policeman Saw. Sydney
While Constable Laycock, was on, duty at Redfern late on Saturday night he saw a man approach the draper's shop occupied by Abram Aboud, break the window with…
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