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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1908

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Dog Fires Gun

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Harwood had a narrow escape from death at Munroopan, Victoria[?] He had loaded a gun, and placed it on thw floor with the stock on the ground…

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Homeward Bound (N.z.) Steamer on Fire. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 5

A cable has been received in Sydney to the effect that the steamer Paparoa, 6683 tons, from Port Chalmers (N.Z.), en route to London, had put into St. Vincent…

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Outbreak of Fire. Dwelling and Contents Burnt to the Ground

Northern Star · Thursday 31 December 1908 · page 2

Simultaneously with the striking of the midnight hour by the Town Clock last night the fire bell rang out an alarm. There was no occasion to ask from what…

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